*SRINAGAR: **Massive protests were held in Occupied Kashmir defying curfewrestriction by the Indian military following Pakistani PM Imran Khan speechat UNGA session.*
*In occupied Kashmir, restrictions have been further intensifiedparticularly after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s powerful speech onKashmir at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.*
Police vans fitted with speakers are making public announcements inSrinagar and other parts of the territory warning people against defyingrestrictions. Additional troops have been deployed and access to themarkets blocked with concertina wires to prevent protests, Kashmir MediaService reported.
All shops, transport, internet and other channels of communication continueto remain suspended as Kashmiris are facing a crippling 56-day lockdownimposed by India.
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Meanwhile, Indian troops killed another youth in custody, raising the tollto seven during the past 48 hours in the occupied territory. Earlier,during cordon and search operations the troops martyred three youth inGanderbal and three in Ramban district in Jammu region.
Al Jazeera TV reported that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aggressive speechtouched a chord with many Kashmiris reeling under the unprecedentedcommunications blackout and travel restrictions in place since August 5 inthe territory.