ISLAMABAD: In Occupied Kashmir, people staged forceful demonstrations in Srinagar, Shopian, Pulwama and other areas today to register protest against the surge in killings and arrests by the Indian troops.
Under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership people took to the streets in Nowhatta, Hyderpora, Lal Chowk and other areas of Srinagar and held anti-India demonstrations and rallies.
The demonstrators were holding placards with slogans demanding end to killings, arrests and other brutalities of the Indian forces in Occupied Kashmir.
Youth clashed with the Indian police and troops in Shopian and Pulwama areas. The forces’ personnel fired teargas shells to disperse the protesters, injuring many of them.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing a gathering at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar said that occupied Kashmir had been converted into a slaughter house and killings, arrests, harassment of people in Shopian, Tral, Kulgam and Pulwama are the glaring examples of the Indian state terrorism.
He appealed to the UN and the world human rights organizations to take cognizance of the Indian atrocities on the people of occupied Kashmir and play their role in the settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations.
Hurriyet leader, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza addressing a public gathering in Achabal area of Islamabad town said the settlement of Kashmir dispute is imperative for permanent peace in the region.
Hurriyet leaders and organizations in their statements strongly condemned the cold-blooded murder of a student, Umar Kumhar, by the Indian troops in Shopian district. APP/AFP