SRINAGAR- In Occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown will be observed on Fridayto mark the fifth martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader, Muhammad AfzalGuru.
The call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadershipcomprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
The leadership also called for peaceful protests after Friday prayerstomorrow to press the demand for the return of the mortal remains ofMuhammad Afzal Guru and renowned Kashmiri liberation leader, MuhammadMaqbool Butt, from New Delhi’s Tihar Jail to occupied Kashmir for decentburial.
The puppet authorities put Hurriyet leaders under house arrest to preventthem from leading anti-India demonstrations tomorrow.
Complete shutdown, marked by demonstrations, was observed in Batpora areaof Shopian today against the arrest of youth by Indian police.
Meanwhile, the President of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, MuhammadSultan Magray, addressing a party meeting in Srinagar, has appreciatedPakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, for raisingthe Kashmir dispute at the United Nations and urging the UN SecurityCouncil to implement its relevant resolutions on Kashmir.