(5 Feb 2006)
1. Wide of supporters of religious political grouping Muttahida Majlis e-Amal, (United Action Forum) holding hands to form a chain to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Indian administered Kashmir
2. Close-up of hands
3. Various of group of about 2,000 Muttahida Majlis e-Amal demonstrators marching down road
4. Pan of demonstrators sitting
5. Policeman on rooftop
6. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Professor Abdurrehman Makkey, information secretary of the Jamaat ud Dawa religious group:
"This is our decision. We will fight with our Kashmiri brothers until our last breath, until the last (Indian) soldier in Kashmir is killed."
7. Demonstrators shouting, "Make Kashmir Pakistan's"
STORYLINE:
Thousands of radical Islamists rallied in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Sunday to show support for separatists fighting New Delhi's rule in Indian controlled Kashmir.
About 2,000 demonstrators joined hands to form a human chain to mark "Kashmir Solidarity Day,", a national holiday to mark Pakistan's support for Kashmir's independence from India.
The rally was organised by the Muttahida Majlis e Amal (or MMA, United Action Forum) religious opposition coalition.
Later on Sunday, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf was expected to address a gathering in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistan-administered side of the divided Himalayan region.
Pakistan and India separately control parts of Kashmir, but each claims the region in its entirety.
About a dozen Muslim militant groups have been fighting Indian troops in Kashmir, demanding either independence or merger with Pakistan.
About 67,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the insurgency began in 1989.
India accuses Pakistan of backing the militants, but Islamabad denies the accusation, saying it only gives moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri's "freedom struggle."
Pakistan and India have fought two wars over Kashmir since their independence from British rule in 1947.
Two years ago the two countries began a series of negotiations aimed at settling Kashmir and other disputes.
The countries have since restored severed travel links and eased travel restrictions between them, but have made little headway on Kashmir.

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