Domicile Row: Controversial decision by J&K Govt can touch a nerve

Kashmir, limping back to normal after five months of violent agitation, is seeing murmurs of protest following a series of decisions that are being read as an attempt to dilute the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir Valley was shut down on Friday. The separatists had called the strike after a section of media reported that the government had begun issuing domicile certificates to west Pakistan refugees. As anger grew, the government clarified, twice in two days, that the reports were mischievous. The refugees were only given…

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