ISLAMABAD (APP): The shortage of essential commodities has hit the Indian occupied Valley as curfew remained in place in all 10 districts across the territory for the 10th consecutive day, on Monday.
According to KMS, all communication contacts with the outside world remained severed due to the continued blockade of internet and phone services since killing of Hizubl Mujahideen commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani on July 8. So far, as many as 45 people have been killed and over 3500 injured in firing by Indian troops on the protesters.
The closure of all roads including the Srinagar-Jammu highway has made the access to commodities almost impossible for the already curfew-hit people of Kashmir. The situation in Baramulla and Kupwara districts is more grim where people are cut off from rest of the territory.
The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in their joint statement, today, issued a protests calendar for three days starting from tomorrow against the killings. The statement appealed to the people to observe complete shutdown tomorrow and day after as black day. The strike will be observed on Thursday and Friday, as well.
Meanwhile, a youth club established by Indian army was set on fire in Bandipora. In another development, Indian paramilitary Border Security Force had to evacuate its post known as Water Point taken over by the BSF in 1969 after consistent attacks by youth during the past 10 days of protests in Nuso area of Bandipora district.
The International Federation of Journalists in a statement strongly condemned the ongoing media crackdown by Indian authorities in Jammu and Kashmir. The IFJ while expressing its solidarity with Kashmiri journalists urged the authorities to immediately stop the crackdown on press freedom. The Editors Guild of India in its statement also denounced the media gag in the territory.
Newspapers were not published for the third straight day, today, following a ban imposed by the puppet authorities.
On the other hand, hundreds of Kashmiri Americans and friends of Kashmir staged a peaceful protest in front of the Indian Mission to the United Nations to express their anguish over the killing of 45 innocent civilians in Kashmir and injuries to more than 3500.
The Kashmir Council EU organized an event of candle light vigil in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, to express solidarity with oppressed people of occupied Kashmir.