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Srinagar, January 07, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that Kashmir is an issue concerning the future of 15 million people of Jammu and Kashmir, and it warrants urgent attention of the global community for settlement as per Kashmiris’ aspirations.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar reiterated that the Kashmiris would not surrender their inalienable birth right under any pressure or compulsion. He pointed out that the Kashmiri brave hearts were struggling for the genuine cause of freedom, for which they had sacrificed tens of thousands of lives, so far.
Meanwhile, complete shutdown was observed in Pulwama town for the 8th consecutive day, today, against the recent killing of a youth, Manzoor Ahmad Dar, and authorities’ denial for construction of a monument for the victims of Indian state terrorism. All business establishments and shops remained closed while traffic was off the roads in the town.
The veteran leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a media interview supported the public demand for installation of the monument bearing names of martyrs and said that the administration was unnecessarily raising hurdles in the matter.
Hurriyet leaders Syed Agha Hassan Al Moosvi Al-Safvi, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Zafar Akbar Butt, Moulvi Bashir Ahmad, Zamruda Habib, Muhammad Ramzan Khan and others in their statements urged world community to prevail upon India to address the Kashmir as per relevant resolutions of the United Nations.
Other Hurriyet leaders including Muhammad Musaddiq Aadil and Ghulam Nabi Zaki talking to people during their visit to Pattan as part of mass contact programme urged international human rights organizations to stop rights abuses in the occupied territory.
On the other hand, a constable of Indian Central Reserve Police Force committed suicide by slitting his throat with a knife inside the camp near Nagamin in Badgam district. This has raised the number of such deaths among Indian Army and police to 350 since 2007.
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