Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Nov 6: The three separatist leaders who have been calling for protests and shutdowns in Kashmir since the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani in July this year, have called for a meeting on Tuesday during which they may decide respite from daily strikes.
Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq, and chairman of JKLF chief, Mohammad Yasin Malik today held a meeting at the residence of Geelani for the first time in four months and discussed the situation in Kashmir.
These leaders have been issuing strike and protest programmes for last four months but they met for the first time today. The leaders rejected any economic package and stressed for political resolution of Jammu and Kashmir issue.
They said that the Government is squeezing and denying the political space to them. The leaders called for a meeting of different forums to discus the situation in Kashmir.
“All the forums among whom traders, educationists, transporters, civil society members, religious, social and political organizations ,bar association and people from other walks of life have been called on Tuesday, Nov 8 at 10.30 am at Hyderpora to jointly deliberate and discuss future course of action,” a joint statement issued by these leaders reads.
Sources said that the separatist may decide to give some relaxation after calling for 4 month long strike and protests which paralysed life in Kashmir.
In the meantime, an attempt to torch Govt Middle school Kishwan in Trehgam area of district Kupwara was foiled today. Police said that miscreants tried to set ablaze the school but timely action by the locals saved the schools.
And in Hajjan area of Bandipara district, Government Higher Secondary School Hajjan was partially damaged as miscreants torched it this evening. The miscreants set the school afire but locals doused the flames during which one room of the school was damaged.
Amid shutdown in Kashmir, an increased rush of shoppers was seen today in the weekly Sunday market at commercial hub Lal Chowk and its adjacent areas.
Large number of people came out to shop at Sunday market that led to the traffic jam in the areas, which forced the commuters to take alternative routes.
The weekly market stretches from Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) to Polo View area, a distance of half a kilometre.
The shoppers from different areas thronged the market to buy items like clothes, blankets and other stuff.
Hundreds of street vendors had arrived early morning today to get space in the market while some among them didn’t find any space in the market and installed their stocks at an extended stretch of the market.
The weekly flea market started operating from the first week of October amid shutdown.
The normal life elsewhere remained paralysed today with shops and business establishment closed and public transport off the roads.
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