SRINAGAR – In occupied Kashmir, a forceful anti-India and pro-freedom rallywas held in Srinagar, today (Thursday), which was led by Chairman ofHurriyat Forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

The rally was held in Wanganpora area of the city with full-throat sloganslike “We Want Freedom” and “Jeeway Jeeway Pakistan”. It was organized toprotest against the killing, nocturnal raids and arrest of youth by theIndian forces. A large number of women participated in the rally.

Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik in astatement in Srinagar strongly condemned the prolonged detention ofHurriyat activist, Maulana Sarjan Barkati who is languishing in an Indianjail since 2016.

He urged the world human rights organizations including InternationalCommittee of Red Cross to impress upon India to release Barkati, at theearliest.

Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party has expressed serious concernover escalating tension along the Line of Control and Working Boundarybetween Pakistan and India.

In a statement, the party General Secretary, Muhammad Abdullah Tari, urgedthe UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan to play its mandatedrole in ending the clashes between the two countries.