IoK observes complete shutdown in protest over search operations

 

SRINAGAR: A complete shutdown was observed in Indian occupied Kashmir today (Sunday) against the cordon and search operations and subsequent killings by Indian forces across the Kashmir Valley, the Kashmir Media Service reported.

All shops and business establishments were closed, while traffic remained off the road. The call for strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Muhammad Yasin Malik. 

Strict restrictions were imposed in Srinagar to prevent anti-India protests. Train service remained suspended in the territory for the second day on Sunday. The internet service was also suspended in parts of the occupied valley.

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Pakistan’s permanent envoy to the United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi’s stand on Kashmir, expressed by her in the World Body, was in accordance with the historical and ground realities of Jammu and Kashmir. 

He added that Pakistan had been making its all-out efforts to implement the UN resolutions for settlement of the Kashmir dispute for the past many decades. He urged the international human rights organizations to take cognizance of the worsening situation in Kashmir.

A large number of women held pro-freedom protests in Hajin area of Banidpora district against the killing of six youth by Indian troops. The protesting women raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Funeral prayers-in-absentia for the martyred youth were held in Chandergaer area.

Indian troops martyr six Kashmiri youth in Hajin

The operation continued till reports were last received

Indian troops had martyred six Kashmiri youth on Saturday in a siege and search operation at Chadergeera in Hajin area of the Bandipore district.

Earlier, a commando of the Indian Air Force was killed and an army man was injured in an attack in the same area, the KMS reported.