The Embassy of Pakistan, Oslo observed Kashmir Black Day on 27th October 2026 to mark the illegal occupation of Jammu & Kashmir by India on this day in 1947. The event was attended by Norwegian politicians, current and former Members of the Norwegian Parliament, civil society representatives, media, members of the Pakistani and Kashmiri community, as well as friends of Kashmir. The speakers included MP from the ruling Labour party, Mr. Frode Jacobsen, former Deputy Speaker of the Storting Mr. Akhtar Chaudhry, former MP Mr. Lars Rise, former MP and writer Mr. Khalid Mahmood, and notable community members Mr. Athar Ali and Mr. Nasir Chaudhry.

The speakers paid rich tribute to the resilience and sacrifices of the Kashmiri people and urged the international community to take notice of the continued denial of Kashmiris’ fundamental rights in IIOJK by India. They highlighted that historic struggle by the oppressed people of IIOJK for self-determination is commendable as it is an in-alienable fundamental as well as democratic right.

In his address, Mr. Asim Ali Khan, Ambassador of Pakistan to Norway and Iceland highlighted the grave human rights violations being committed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). He reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering moral, political, and diplomatic support to the just struggle of the Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination, as enshrined in the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. The Ambassador thanked the Norwegian political figures and the Pakistani-Norwegian community for becoming the voices of the suffering Kashmiris.

During the ceremony, Messages from the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister/FM were also read out; and a short documentary was shown to the audience to shed light on the plight and sufferings of the Kashmiri people. The participants expressed their solidarity with the Kashmiri people and underscored the importance of a just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people and the relevant UNSC resolutions. At the end of the ceremony, a Dua was also offered for the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.