Indian Authorities Impose Restrictions on Youm-e-Ashur Procession in Srinagar

Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian occupation authorities have imposed severe restrictions on the Youm-e-Ashur procession in Srinagar.

According to Radio Pakistan, as the authorities have continued the decades-old ban on Ashura processions along the traditional route from Abi Guzar to Zadibal in Srinagar, the mourners had submitted a request for the Ashura procession from Bota Kadal to Zadibal via Mill Stop, which was outrightly rejected.

However, the District Magistrate granted conditional approval for a heavily restricted alternate route from Bota Kadal to Imambara Zadibal via Alipora Chowk, Mohalla Syed Afzal Lane, Shiribhat, Alamgari Bazar, and Gassiyar Chowk. Despite this partial approval, the conditions imposed have significantly curtailed the religious and symbolic nature of the procession.