Srinagar, December 25, 2018 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the residents of Pulwama district including businessmen, lawyers and students are suffering immensely due to continued suspension of the mobile internet services by the authorities. The occupation authorities had suspended the mobile internet services in the district on December 15, 2018 following the killing of eleven people by Indian troops during a cordon and search operation and by opening indiscriminate fire on peaceful protesters in Sirnoo area of the district.
The President of Pulwama Traders Federation, Nisar Ahmed Wani, in an interview said that they suffered huge losses due to the long internet blockade in the area. “Neither could we make online transactions nor were we able to keep ourselves updated about the rates of different commodities in other places,” he said.
Sheikh Shahnawaz Ahmad, a young lawyer at district court Pulwama, said that they could not send or receive documents in absence of internet. He said that their clients had to personally visit courts to bring the small documents which otherwise they could have easily sent through email. He said that they were also unable to access the legal websites and journals.
Students have complained that their studies are being hit badly due to the unavailability of internet. “I was unable to access online content and for the past 10 days I hardly could prepare for general studies,” said Waseem Parvez Dar, a civil service aspirant. Many unemployed youth said that they could not send across their job applications to various companies due to the continued suspension of the internet service.
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