ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Editors Guild taking a serious view of the continued snapping of internet broadband to the media in Indian occupied Kashmir, has said that the objective of the ban is aimed at subverting an institution and preventing it from recording the history of the most crucial period.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the KEG in a statement issued after an emergency meeting in Srinagar said, snapping of the internet services has become more frequent.
The KEG conveyed to the puppet authorities that internet was not a luxury but a basic requirement of life in general and media in particular.
"It is a tragedy of democracy in Kashmir that in the 21st century, the media in Kashmir is being pushed to broadband begging when it is being considered as a fundamental right of individuals in most parts of the world," the statement read.
For the last two days, the KEG said, it has spoken to almost everybody who matters in the territory.
"Every time, we were assured of the service being restored to media but it did not happen.
KEG considers the frequent snapping of the service as an informal gag as most of the time that media spends in news gathering was consumed in knocking at different doors in the government to restore the service," the statement added. (APP)