Separatist strike call closes India-controlled Kashmir - People's Daily Online May 21, 2010
A shutdown call by a Kashmiri separatist alliance, Hurriyat Conference, which is headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday paralyzed life in Muslim majority areas of India- controlled Kashmir including Srinagar city, its summer capital, officials said.
The shutdown was called to mark the death anniversaries of two prominent leaders, Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone.
Mirwaiz, father of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was murdered on May 21 in 1990 inside his residence. And Lone was killed on May 21, 2002 during one such anniversary function.
The authorities in Srinagar have allowed the moderate Hurriyat faction to conduct the rally, but imposes restrictions on it.
Source: Xinhua
A shutdown call by a Kashmiri separatist alliance, Hurriyat Conference, which is headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday paralyzed life in Muslim majority areas of India- controlled Kashmir including Srinagar city, its summer capital, officials said.
The shutdown was called to mark the death anniversaries of two prominent leaders, Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone.
Mirwaiz, father of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was murdered on May 21 in 1990 inside his residence. And Lone was killed on May 21, 2002 during one such anniversary function.
The authorities in Srinagar have allowed the moderate Hurriyat faction to conduct the rally, but imposes restrictions on it.
Source: Xinhua
