July 15, 2016 | Kashmir POST

Pakistan declares Burhan Wani a ‘Martyr’, to observe July 19 as black day

July 15, 2016 Editor

Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday declared slain Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani a “martyr” and said July 19 will be observed as a “black day” to express solidarity with people of Kashmir. Addressing a special cabinet meeting in Lahore to discuss the situation in Kashmir, Sharif termed the “movement of Kashmiris as a movement of freedom”. “Pakistan would continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support for Kashmiris in their just struggle for right to self-determination,” the Prime Minister said. “The Prime…

Kashmiri’s voice muzzled – Both Offline and Online

July 15, 2016 Editor

As it cracks down on dissent in Kashmir, India has gone far beyond its previous record of gagging voices in the valley. Internet and cellular services have been suspended as hundreds of thousands of Indian soldiers patrol Kashmiri streets, shelling protesters with tear gas and pellets. Some 40 people have been killed and over 1,600 wounded in the unrest that began six days ago in response to the killing of 21-year-old rebel leader Burhan Wani. Due to its reputation for skewed and slanted reporting, suspicion against Indian media runs deep…

Govt making secret contact with separatists to calm anger

July 15, 2016 Editor

Apprehensive that the ongoing violent unrest may prolong – as in 2008 and 2010, the Jammu and Kashmir government has quietly reached out to separatists, seeking their help to calm anger on the streets following the killing of a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, informed sources said on Friday. However, none in the separatist leadership has agreed to engage with the government of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti amid the current volatile situation that has left 38 people dead and over 1,500 injured in the last one week, the sources told IANS.…

Two injured in Delina firing, Heavy clashes in Sopore, Scores hit by pellets, Pahalgam under curfew

July 15, 2016 Editor

Two persons were wounded in Delina area of Baramulla district after Friday prayers when armed forces open fire on the protesting youth in the area. The injured have been hospitalized. Police sources said that both the youth are stable. Intense clashes erupted in the volatile Sopore town soon after Friday prayers between people and armed forces. Sources said that many youth have been injured while some have severe head injuries. Armed forces have used heavy tear smoke shells and deadly pellets to disperse people. Sources said that many of the injured have pellet…

Community kitchen at SKIMS ensures no one sleeps without food

July 15, 2016 Editor

The Relief Committee Anchar- a self help group constituted by three mohalla committees- is serving food to estimated 2000 people on daily basis post eruption of protests after killing of Hizb Commander Burhan Wani. While thousands of stranded attendants are itching to go home due to prevalent situation, but local volunteers at SKIMS are ensuring that none has to sleep without having food. Amid crisis and chaos in the Srinagar tertiary healthcare institution, SKIMS the resilience of Kashmir is evident from the fact that local volunteers of adjacent mohallas have…

Curfew clamped in all 10 districts of Kashmir

July 15, 2016 Editor

Curfew was on Friday clamped in all the 10 districts of the Kashmir in view of Friday prayers which see large congregations as authorities apprehended fresh violence in the valley where 36 persons have died and over 3,100 injured in clashes following the killing of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani last week. “Curfew has been imposed in all 10 districts of Kashmir valley today as a precautionary measure for maintaining law and order,” a police official said. No major clash was reported on Thursday from anywhere in Kashmir where uneasy calm…

What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?

July 15, 2016 Editor

Over a hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries, and while the police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, doctors treating pellet victims say it maims a person forever. The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns into focus. Over hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries after security forces fired pellet guns to contain violence triggered after Burhan Wani, a militant, was killed last week. Police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, but doctors treating pellet victims say…

Wounded Childhood: Meet Valley’s teenage pellet victims

July 15, 2016 Editor

4 Year old Zuhra blames ‘firecrackers by police uncle’ for injuries Four-year-old Zuhra Majeed, who is undergoing treatment at general specialty SMHS hospital here, has been insisting on meeting her friends. She wants to show them her video that has gone viral on social networking sites. “I want to go home. I want to be with my friends,” says Zuhra, unmindful of the pellets, fired by forces, which have pierced her body. Asked how she got injured, Zuhra blames “firecrackers by police uncle.” “Mein Bachpan Mein Pathakay Jalati Thi, Ab…

‘Imams arriving at Kashmir to create wedge between Sunni-Shia Muslims’

July 15, 2016 Editor

Appealing Sunni and Shia Muslims to get united at this critical juncture, Shia cleric and patron Pairwan-e-Villayat Jammu Kashmir Maulan Sibt Muhammad Shabir Qami Thursday claimed that reliable sources have informed him that a group of non-local Imams have been arriving into the state to divide people on sectarian basis. “A group of outside state Imams (clerics) is arriving in Kashmir and their sole motive and agenda is to divide the people here on sectarian lines. I appeal people of Kashmir to be united and foil their designs,” Maulan Sibt…