Times of Islamabad

Occupied Kashmir lockdown cum curfew enters 34th day, valley remains cut off from the World

Occupied Kashmir lockdown cum curfew enters 34th day, valley remains cut off from the World

*SRINAGAR: The curfew and strict communication blockage on Saturday entered34th day in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).*

The valley remains cut off from the rest of the world since August 5, whenthe Bhartia Janta Party (BJP) led Indian government scraped special statusof the held valley.

Owing to the curfew and communication blackout continues in the Kashmirvalley, people are facing acute shortage of essential commodities includingbaby food and life-saving medicines.

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS) occupation forces have martyred 16Kashmiris in the month of August and injured 467 with air-gun.

Over 10,000 arrested have been booked under draconian law, Public SafetyAct since the repeal of the special status of territory by the Indiangovernment on August 5.

Those detained under PSA include Hurriyat leaders, political workers,traders, lawyers, social activists, and youth.

Meanwhile, after getting a number of Twitter accounts blocked for raisingvoice for miserable Kashmiris, the Indian agencies are scanning over 3,500Facebook and Whatsapp pages and groups, respectively.