The third martyrdom anniversary of prominent APHC leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, will be observed on Thursday with the reaffirmation of Kashmiris’ resolve that the mission of martyrs will be accomplished despite Indian state terrorism.
According to Kashmir Media Service, it was on 11th August, 2008, that Sheikh Aziz was shot dead by Indian troops while he was leading a procession from Srinagar to the Line of Control against the economic blockade of the Valley by Hindu extremists of Jammu. The day will be marked by a seminar in Srinagar organised by the APHC and various other functions in both parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement issued in Srinagar paying rich tributes to the martyred leader said that the people of Kashmir would not let the sacrifices of their martyrs go waste. Hurriyet leaders, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Javed Ahmed Mir in their statements also eulogised the services of the martyred leader for the Kashmir cause.
Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred one more Kashmiri youth at Zachaldara in Handwara. A youth killed by the troops in Surankote area of Poonch and dubbed as a mujahid turned out to be a mentally challenged civilian identified as Ashok Kumar. Two Indian troopers and their informer were injured in a clash with Mujahideen at Dar Mohallah in Kupwara.
People took to the streets and staged forceful demonstrations in Maisuma area of Srinagar against the arrest of youth by Indian police. Eyewitnesses said that the police personnel swung into action and cane-charged the protesters. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani, strongly denounced the arrest of youth.
Normal life in the Kashmir Valley remained disrupted today due to a strike called by Kashmir Economic Alliance, an amalgam of traders' bodies against the anti-people policies of the puppet administration.
In Islamabad, the APHC-AJK in a meeting chaired by its Convenor, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, expressed serious concern over gross human rights violations by Indian police and troops in Kashmir.
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