Kashmir celebrates Eid peacefully, ignores protest-call against army landin

[StormShadow]

As I have no permission to post in kashmir section...I am posting it here. I request mods to move to appropriate section if found inappropriate.​

Kashmir celebrated Eid with fervour on Saturday regardless of a call by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani for symbolic protests as the day coincides with the anniversary of landing of Indian troops in 1947. Thousands of Muslims offered Eid-ul-Azha prayers across the valley with no major violence reported from any part except for an incident of stone pelting in old city Eidgah after the prayers.


Geelani had appealed "freedom loving" people to "stage symbolic protests on Eid prayers and renew the pledge to carry forward the struggle for the freedom of Kashmir".

Every year since insurgency began in the state in 1989, the day marks a complete shutdown in Kashmir valley with separatists observing it as a "black day".
"Since the day coincides with Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Azha, instead of strike people should hold symbolic protests and pass resolutions," Geelani had said expressing the intentions of offering prayers at Hazratbal Shrine.

But authorities placed almost all the senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Muhammad Nayeem Khan under house arrest in Srinagar.

Except for some stone pelting in old city Eidgah after the Eid prayers, police said overall situation remained peaceful.

"There were some stone pelting incidents but overall situation remained peaceful," a police spokesman said. Eyewitnesses said that police and CRPF resorted to lathi charge and teargas shelling to disperse the youth in Eidgah. They said that security forces broke window panes of some parked vehicles during the clashes.

Earlier people thronged religious places like Hazratbal shrine, Jamia Masjid, Janab Sahab Soura in Srinagar and other major towns in the Valley in thousands to offer Eid prayers.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah offered prayers at the Hazratbal shrine, while Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah joined the congregation at the Syed Yagoob Sahab shrine in the Sonawar area of Srinagar. After the prayers, people remained busy in visiting their relatives and friends to share the meat of their sacrificial animal, locally called Qurbaan.

After the 1947 partition of the subcontinent by British colonial rulers into Hindu India and Islamic Pakistan, the Hindu ruler of the Muslim region of Kashmir - facing the threat of an invasion by Pakistani tribesmen - signed an instrument of accession with New Delhi in return for military aid.

As part of this deal, Indian troops landed in Kashmir on Oct 27, 1947, to push the Pakistani tribesmen back with then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru promising for a plebiscite.

Since then the army marks the event as "Martyrs' Day" while many in Kashmir still challenge the accession with Indian union.

Kashmir celebrates Eid peacefully, ignores protest-call against army landing - Hindustan Times

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Eid is far too important an occasion to be wasted in agitating. And partaking of the Qurbani is much more a worth-while activity.

 

[ajtr]

congress propaganda on roll.

 

[third eye]

Cynicism remains....

 

[janon]

congress propaganda on roll.

So what's the real story then, according to you? That there was large scale violence and rioting everywhere? But congress has suppressed all that news and written this to fool us? Please explain.

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the truth that Kashmir is peaceful today, no matter what you and your ilk want to happen there.

To the OP: This thread wont be moved to the Kashmir section, only bad news from kashmir will be. This one will be deleted for being posted in the "wrong forum".

 

[sexy gun]

So what's the real story then, according to you? That there was large scale violence and rioting everywhere? But congress has suppressed all that news and written this to fool us? Please explain.

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the truth that Kashmir is peaceful today, no matter what you and your ilk want to happen there.

To the OP: This thread wont be moved to the Kashmir section, only bad news from kashmir will be. This one will be deleted for being posted in the "wrong forum".

THAT !!

 

[Tshering22]

congress propaganda on roll.

Shytting your pants what's to come next for you?

 

[Edevelop]

Source ---- Hindustan Times.

 

[KRAIT]

^ Do you guys believe any Indian news source as far as it delivers some positive news. Strange view people have.

 

[EzioAltaïr]

When something positive is reported: Nooooooooo it's RAW propaganda. Kashmir is an integral part of Pakistan.

When something negative: Noooooooooo, there's no doubt about its credibility.

Hypocrites.

 

[illusion8]

Source ---- Hindustan Times.

Hindustan Times is more reputable than most of your newspapers put together.

 

[ajtr]

^ Do you guys believe any Indian news source as far as it delivers some positive news. Strange view people have.

Other day indian themselves calling indian media as porpaganda media............

 

[arp2041]

congress propaganda on roll.

no trolls on the roll.

It's time PDF should change it's criteria to promote a member to Elite Troller, oops my bad, it's Elite member

 

[ajtr]

So what's the real story then, according to you? That there was large scale violence and rioting everywhere? But congress has suppressed all that news and written this to fool us? Please explain.

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the truth that Kashmir is peaceful today, no matter what you and your ilk want to happen there.

To the OP: This thread wont be moved to the Kashmir section, only bad news from kashmir will be. This one will be deleted for being posted in the "wrong forum".

Teargassing, lathicharge in protests, clashes
6 injured, vehicles damaged in Valley

Teargassing, lathicharge in protests, clashes
6 injured, vehicles damaged in Valley
KT NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Police and CRPPF fired smoke shells and resorted to lathi charge during pro-freedom demonstrations and subsequent clashes at Eidgah here and Sopore this morning. Over half dozen persons were injured in the incidents.
Senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Javid Ahmad Mir, and Shahid-ul-Islam continued to remain under house arrest today. They were not allowed to move out of their respective residences to offer congregational Eid prayers. Geelani had asked the people to hold protests and pass resolutions during Eid prayers in support of right of self determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and total demilitarisation of the state.
As the Eid prayers culminated at Eidgah, protest demonstrations were held. The demonstrators were raising pro-freedom and pro-Islamic slogans. As the men in uniform were in the process of dispersing the protestors, a CRPF bunker and the camp came under intense stone pelting. The cops burst smoke shells and resorted to lathicharge.
A group of demonstrators regrouped themselves and continued stone pelting. The police and CRPF personnel kept on bursting smoke shells and resorting to lathi charge to disperse the demonstrations. Some security men allegedly damaged some vehicles.
Tension mounted at Eid. Amid clashes, people ran helter skelter. This also caused panic. Some people abandoned their parked vehicles and fled from the spot. Reinforcement of police and security forces was rushed to the affected area to bring the situation under control.
The police and security personnel were deployed in strength at Eidgah during the wee hours of this morning. Despite the tight security restrictions, the demonstrations were held and clashes occurred. After some time the police and security personnel were able to bring the situation under control.
Following violent clashes at Eidgah, security was beefed up in old city of Srinagar. Additional deployment of police and paramilitary was made as a preventive measure.
Reports said that protest demonstrations were held at Sopore also after Eid prayers. A protest march was also taken out from Eidgah, where the prayers were held. As the march reached near Jamia Majid, police and paramilitary forces burst smoke shells and resorted to lathicharge.
This led to clashes between the two sides. The clashes continued for some time. Reinforcement of security personnel was rushed to the affected area to bring the situation under control.
Usually, every year on October 27, a general strike is observed in Kashmir on the call of separatists in connection with the anniversary of landing of Indian troops in Kashmir. The day is observed as “black day.”
However, the separatists did not give a strike call today in view of Eid-ul-Zuha.

 

[KRAIT]

Maafi madam ji....Indian media ko aapse certificate lena chahiye....main kab application bhejun