Pakistan, July 20 -- Across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, July 19 is observed with solemnity and fervor as Kashmir Accession Day, commemorating a landmark resolution passed in 1947 by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference that called for the princely state's accession to Pakistan.

The day holds profound emotional and political weight, especially in the backdrop of the over seven decade-old Kashmir conflict that remains unresolved due to the hegemony of India.

"On July 19, 1947, a month before the partition of British India, political leaders in the Muslim-majority region of Jammu and Kashmir gathered in Srinagar. The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference had passed a historic resolution favoring Kashmir's accession to Pakistan," sa...