SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, Chairman of All Parties HurriyatConference, Syed Ali Gilani has said the Indian government has declared afull-fledged war on the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar said New Delhi was targetingMuslim majority population in Kashmir the way Israel was doing in Palestine.

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema in its statement today strongly condemned theban on Jamaat-e-Islami by the Indian government and termed the decisionhighly undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, three prominent leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested andnearly a dozen assets sealed during raids across six districts of Jammutoday.

A complete shutdown is being observed today against the detention of tworeligious clerics from Tral area of Pulwama district by the Indian policeduring a nocturnal raid.

Chairman of Darul Uloom Noor Ul Islam Maulana Noor Ahmad Trali and KhateebJamia Masjid Dardsara, Tral Ghulam Nabi Molvi were detained by police fromtheir residences last night.

On the other hand, three Kashmiri youth were martyred and five Indiantroops killed during a 56-hour long cordon and search operation in Handwaraarea of Kupwara district, today.

In Geneva, a conference called for a panel discussion in the United NationsHuman Rights Council on the UN Report on human rights in occupied Kashmir.

Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari participated in the function asthe guest of honor.