Rallies, protest demonstrations mark black day in AJK
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Black flags flutter along with national and Kashmir flags on Faizabad Bridge on Thursday. - Photo by Mohammad Asim MUZAFFARABAD: Rallies and protest demonstrations were held across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Thursday to observe India´s independence day as `black day´. Shops and businesses remained shut and traffic thin on roads with people from almost all walks of life questioning India´s right to celebrate independence while denying internationally acknowledged inalienable right to self-determination to the Kashmiris despite repeated pledges by its founding fathers. `We have been observing Aug 15 as black day since long but today is the blackest day because India has broken all records...