Srinagar, July 17 : In Indian disputed Kashmir, the
forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani
has announced a 9-day protest programme in connection with its Quit
Kashmir Campaign.
The programme includes complete shutdown on Sunday, protests by
employees on Monday and sit-ins to be observed by the people across the
occupied territory on Wednesday and Thursday, reports Kashmir Media Service.
The spokesman of the forum in a statement issued in Srinagar said,
there will be a complete shutdown on Sunday against the atrocities being
committed on Kashmiris by the occupation troops and after each prayer
people should raise pro-liberation slogans.
Monday, he said, employees should peacefully protest against the
human rights violations being committed by the troops in occupied
Kashmir. He urged the employees and their union leaders to massively
participate in the programme.
The spokesman called upon the people to observe Tuesday, July 20, as
“Day of Solidarity” with the illegally detained Kashmiri youth and
Hurriyet leaders including Syed Ali Gilani. “We will continue peaceful
protests till our goal is achieved,” he vowed.
He appealed the people to come out on roads on Wednesday and Thursday
and hold peaceful sit-ins. “People should raise their voice to apprise
the international community that Kashmiris are being suppressed,” he
said.
The spokesman asked the Kashmiri people to hold peaceful protests
outside the mosques on Friday after Juma prayers and in Srinagar they
should march towards Khanqah-e-Mualla. “Doctors and lawyers should hold
protests against the random arrests on Saturday,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi in a
statement in Srinagar, while endorsing the programme announced by the
forum patronised by Syed Ali Gilani, has called upon the masses to make
it a success. She also condemned the restrictions imposed by the
authorities on Friday.
