SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat ConferenceSyed Ali Gilani has urged the international community to put pressure onNew Delhi to pave the way for settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
In a statement in Srinagar, he said that India had waged a war againstcivilian population, particularly in South Kashmir districts.
Chairman APHC said Indian forces lay siege in villages and shower peoplewith bullets and pellets when they try to raise their voice against troops’excesses during crackdown operations.
He emphasized that Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s arrogant andunrealistic statements had aggravated the already volatile situation in theoccupied territory.
Syed Ali Gilani hailed the steadfastness and determination of the prisonersof conscience languishing in different jails of India including Tihar jail.
Chairman Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement in Srinagarlashed out at Indian army Chief General Bipin Rawat and Finance MinisterArun Jaitley for their remarks on Kashmir.
He said the way Fatima Begum, the mother of a teenage martyr, was hit by avolley of pellets by troops inside her house speaks volume how GeneralRawat and Arun Jaitely intend to keep Jammu and Kashmir a part of India.
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also visited the residences of Rayees, Meraj and Fahdwho were martyred by troops during a cordon and search operation in FatehKadal area of Srinagar soon after his release from three weeks of housedetention.
Meanwhile, in a statement Chairman Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and KashmirMohammad Ashraf Sehrai demanded immediate release of ailing Hurriyatleaders including Shabbir Ahmad Shah, Ayaz Akbar, Altaf Ahmad Shah, PeerSaifullah, Merajuddin Kalwal and Aasiya Andrabi, who are languishing in NewDelhi’s notorious Tihar jail.
On the other hand, as many as eight more Special Police Officers announcedresignations from their jobs on social media networking sites soon afterthe authorities relaxed ban on internet in the territory.
In a short video clips, the SPOs made it clear that they had no affiliationwith the police department, from now on.