Srinagar, August 09, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities imposed strict restrictions in Srinagar and other areas to prevent people from taking out the traditional Ashura processions, today, fearing that they could convert into anti-India demonstrations.
The occupation authorities deployed Indian troops and police personnel in strength across the territory to foil any attempt by the mourners to take out the religious processions. Traditionally, the main procession of 10th Muharram in Srinagar used to start from Aabi Guzar and culminate at Zadibal after passing through different areas. However, obsessed with pro-Azadi demonstrations, India banned the major processions in 1989. Despite heavy deployment of Indian forces’ personnel, mourners took out Muharram processions in Srinagar, Badgam, Ganderbal, Baramulla, Bandipora, Pulwama, Islamabad and other areas. Senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, led a big Muharram procession in Badgam. The mourners paid glowing tributes to Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his devoted companions for their great sacrifice in Karbala.
Hurriyat leaders and organizations in their statements in Srinagar said the sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and other martyrs of Karbala gives the message to the oppressed to stand firm against the oppressors. They maintained that the Kashmiris are carrying on their struggle against oppressor India by following in the footsteps of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA).
A report released by Kashmir Media Service, today, said that Modi-led fascist Indian regime has turned occupied Jammu and Kashmir into a present-day Karbala. It said Modi is the Yazid of the time and India is modern Yazidi regime for the Kashmiris.
Meanwhile, panic gripped Barzulla locality of Srinagar after unknown persons in plainclothes were spotted throwing petrol bombs towards some houses during the midnight, the other day. The locals feared that around two dozen houses would have been gutted in fire, if the assailants were not spotted on time by the residents. Several houses and shops have been destroyed in mysterious incidents of fire in the past few months. The locals are pointing fingers at Indian army and its agents for carrying out such acts.
Thousands of Power Sector employees and workers held strong protest demonstrations across the occupied territory against the Modi government’s move to introduce Electricity Amendment Bill-2022 in the Indian parliament. The employees say the move is meant to hand over the sector to India-based businessmen associated with the Hindutva ideology.
Hundreds of Kashmiri and Pakistani diaspora members and their friends came out on streets in Spain’s Barcelona on the call of Tehreek-e-Kashmir Spain to support Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. Besides others, Turgay Evren, Turkish lyricist and composer known for his groundbreaking songs on the Kashmir freedom movement, while speaking on the occasion, lamented that mere commercial and geo-political interests have made powerful nations dumb on Kashmir.
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