Silencing phones to stifle protests: A recipe for disaster

Shafaq Shah The government decision to block mobile services in Kashmir has added to the miseries of people with the families of injured persons, undergoing treatment in hospitals, being the worst hit. Cellphone services, barring the postpaid network of government-owned BSNL, remained suspended for second consecutive day Saturday, much to the inconvenience of the people. Khateeja Bano was one of the many such frantic people who were left stranded in the wake of the communication blockade. A woman in her early 50s, Khateeja had come from Kupwara in a load…

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