MUZAFFARABAD: In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik organized a peaceful demonstration in Srinagar, today (Tuesday) to condemn India’s revengeful policies against the Kashmiri political prisoners languishing in different jails.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the demonstration held outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar was led by Muhammad Yasin Malik and was participated by a large number of Hurriyat leaders and activists. The participants carried placards and banners urging India and its puppet authorities to stop victimizing the Kashmiri prisoners.
Syed Ali Gilani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing the demonstrators over telephone said that the oppressive tactics unleashed by New Delhi could not prevent the Kashmiris from carrying forward their freedom struggle.
Meanwhile, Syed Ali Gilani addressed an international seminar on Kashmir at the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad through video link from Srinagar today and said that at the time of partition Jammu and Kashmir had to become the part of Pakistan but India illegally occupied the territory.
Thousands of people attended the funeral prayers of two martyred youth in Pulwama and Bandipora districts, today, amid high-pitched anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. A youth, Mushtaq Ahmad was martyred by the Indian police during custody inside Tral police station in Pulwama yesterday.
On the other hand, Indian troops conducted search operations in Chhatabal, Soura, Aharbal, Khaag and Charar-e-Sharief areas of Srinagar and Badgam districts. Besides subjecting residents to inhuman treatment, the troops arrested a youth.APP/AFP