Srinagar, August 28 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities further tightened restrictions in Srinagar, Badgam, Baramulla and other areas to prevent people from taking out Muharram processions, today.

The curbs were imposed in Srinagar’s areas falling under eight police stations – Batamaloo, Shaheed Gunj, Karanagar, Maisuma, Kothibagh, Shergrahi, Kralkhud and Ram Munshibagh. Concertina wires were spread on the roads to restrict the movement of vehicles and to stop people from converging on the traditional routes for joint processions on 8th day of Muharram.

Barricades were laid to block main roads in Batamaloo, Residency Road, Dalgate, Ram Munishbagh and Maisuma to prevent mourners from assembling in large numbers. »

Srinagar, August 15 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, people are observing complete shutdown on India’s Independence Day, today, to give message to India and the world that they reject India’s illegal occupation of their homeland.

Call for strike has been given by the veteran Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Gilani, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat forum and supported by almost all Hurriyat leaders and organizations.

Meanwhile, the occupation authorities continue to impose strict restrictions across the territory to prevent people from holding anti-India demonstrations, today. The authorities have converted the Kashmir Valley, particularly Srinagar, into a military garrison by deploying Indian troops and police personnel in every nook and corner. »

Calls for complete shutdown in IIOJK on August 11

Srinagar, August 08 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has welcomed the renaming of Kashmir Highway as Srinagar Highway by the government of Pakistan.

The APHC General Secretary, Molvi Bashir Ahmed, in a media interview in Srinagar said that such moves showed Pakistan’s commitment to the cause of liberating the occupied territory from Indian subjugation.

He also appreciated the efforts of Pakistan government particularly Prime minister Imran Khan for highlighting the Indian brutalities on the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said that due to Pakistan’s forceful diplomatic campaign, the Kashmir dispute had become a focal point of world attention. »

Srinagar, July 24 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Kargil and Leh areas of Ladakh region observed complete shutdown, today, against what the locals called ‘grave indiscrimination’ being done to the students in terms of government employment.

Call for the shutdown was given by the students union and it was supported by all the political and religious both Muslim and Buddhist organizations of the region. All shops and business establishments remained shut while life was completely hit due to unprecedented shutdown. »

Srinagar, April 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, hundreds of families are receiving relief and other help from Khair-e-Aam Trust led by Qazi Yasir of Ummat-e-Islami in Islamabad district in the wake of the ongoing lockdown due to COVID-19 virus.

Kashmir valley has now been under coronavirus lockdown for over a month. Several Kashmiris have complained of shortage of essential commodities and medicines.

A statement issued by the Trust in Srinagar said, “Amid this lockdown, the Khair-e-Aam Trust has again come to people’s rescue. For last one month, over 1437 families based in South and Central Kashmir have received food packets from the trust. To help the healthcare workers and journalists, the Trust has also distributed more than 500 face-shields and masks. Over 200 patients have been given emergency medicines as they are unable to afford care in these times.” »

Srinagar, March 19 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) has expressed solidarity with the family members of the Kashmiri youth, Umair Ahmad and Muzaffar Ahmad, martyred by Indian troops on Sunday.

Indian troops killed four youth identified as Muzaffar Ahmad, Omar Ameen, Sajad Ahmed and Gulzar Ahmad during a violent cordon and search operations in Watargam area of Islamabad district. »

Jammu, March 16 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the authorities have revealed that 2157 people including travelers in contact with the suspected Corona virus have been put under surveillance in the territory.

1829 people are under home quarantine and 29 are in hospital quarantine while 131 are under home surveillance, Indian media reported. The reports further said that 101 samples had been sent for testing, of which 87 tested as negative and only two cases had tested positive, so far while as reports of 12 cases are awaited. »

Srinagar, February 09 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the 7th martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader, Muhammad Afzal Guru.

Call for the shutdown has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat forum, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and other pro-freedom leaders and organizations.

Stringent measures have been taken in the name of security to prevent anti-India protests. A large number of personnel of Indian army, police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in all important places. All shops and business establishments are closed in Srinagar and other parts of the territory while traffic is off the road. »

Srinagar, January 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of People’s Political Party (PPP) and senior Hurriyat leader, Engineer Hilal Ahmad War, has said that the Kashmiri people are observing India’s Republic Day as ‘Black Day’, today, to remind the Indian leadership and the world community that the presence of Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir is illegal, illegitimate and unconstitutional and in clear violation of International Law.

Hilal Ahmad War in a statement issued in Srinagar said the Indian troops are also present in the occupied territory in violation of the UN Charter as well as the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council.

“Therefore, by no law all over the world or morals can India justify the presence of her troops in Jammu and Kashmir be justified,” he added. »

United Nations, Dec 20 (KMS): The UN General Assembly Wednesday stamped its approval on a Pakistan-sponsored resolution reaffirming the universal realization of the rights of all peoples, including those under colonial, foreign and alien domination, to self-determination as a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights.

Adopted by consensus, the resolution, which was co-sponsored by 81 countries, calls on countries to immediately cease their foreign military intervention in and occupation of foreign countries and territories, as well as acts of repression, discrimination and maltreatment.

The text was recommended last month by the 193-member Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with Social, humanitarian and cultural issues. »