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When is the curfew in Indian-occupied Kashmir going to end?

They will lift it for a few days shortly. Great violence will lead to it being re implemented after a few days creating an even fiery situation. Some big attack will then take place in IOK killing loads of their soldiers with them blaming Pak as always. We're not having it when the whole world now knows what is happening there.
 
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They will lift it for a few days shortly. Great violence will lead to it being re implemented after a few days creating an even fiery situation. Some big attack will then take place in IOK killing loads of their soldiers with them blaming Pak as always. We're not having it when the whole world now knows what is happening there.
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pakistan will be blamed for the riots even everyone knows what the indians have just done.

Behind close doors i can see Modi ******** his pants, he is a coward.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just returned from Kashmir. Twelve year olds detained and beaten in midnight raids. Women threatened with rape. Young boys given electric shocks, families unaware of their whereabouts. This is the NORMAL you talk about. This is the worst I have seen in the valley yet <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kashmir?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kashmir</a></p>— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) <a href="https://twitter.com/RanaAyyub/status/1167295082908700674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“But this is happening for the betterment of Kashmir and its people.”
 
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Havent seen [MENTION=131678]Madplayer[/MENTION] around since the curfew started probably owing to the communication cutdown.Genuinely worried for all the Indian Kashmiris.

Not a day passes that i dont send up a little prayer for Quaid Mohammad Ali Jinnah.His efforts are the reason we are safe and secure.Wish i could say the same for the innocent Kashmiris.May the Indian authorities behind this brutality and every one who supports them rot in hell.
 
I made this thread when 12 days had passed to curfew and I thought situation would be dire, but imagine now its been a month and it would have gotten a lot worse. I hope and pray that our Kashmiri brothers come out of this situation soon.



If chaiwala and his filthy supporters think that all is well, then why aren't they lifting the curfew and allowing Kashmiris to have their say.


At the end I would once again like to thank Mr. Jinnah for giving us Pakistan, otherwise we would have been going through what the Kashmiris are experiencing at the moment.
 
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Curfew clock set up right at the entry of Red Zone near Diplomatic Enclave.

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In Kashmir, the initial bravado seems to be giving way to nervousness

After the initial rhetoric of “finally integrating” Jammu & Kashmir into India, the Modi government appears uncertain about how the ground situation will pan out. Whenever restrictions are relaxed, public protests erupt, concertina wires and mobile bunkers are redeployed in the agitation prone areas.

As of now protests seem largely limited to Srinagar but no one can guarantee that they will not spread to other parts of the Kashmir Valley. It seems that those who assumed that the ordinary Kashmiri would get on with life as usual after their flag, Constitution and statehood were peremptorily taken away, miscalculated.

In retrospect, the biggest error of judgement by decision-makers in Delhi may be the removal of the mainstream political parties of the state from the public sphere by imprisoning their leaders. They were a buffer as well as a channel of communication between the State and the people.

The absence of large scale anger over their arrests has been taken as indication of their total alienation from the grassroots in J&K. But it is not exceptional for people to hate politicians. They are constantly vilified by the media, some are known to be corrupt and more often than not, politicians have not delivered on their promises. This contributes to popular scepticism about them.

However, ordinary people also at the same time do not understand the importance of politics. They may not recognise that the alternatives to democratic politics, are much worse. Despite being imperfect and allegedly corrupt, politicians at least offer an alternative to governance by intimidation. By removing them from public life and political discourse, governance can only be through coercion as one can see signs of in J&K.

Having painted mainstream Kashmiri political leaders as corrupt dynasts, the Modi government is finding it difficult to approach a sullen local population and is unsure of what to do with the state’s imprisoned leaders. It is unable to assess the public mood. Formal administrative channels of communication are ineffective or of little help. No Kashmiri is going to seek justice or help from those who he believes to be responsible for the present denouement. Informal channels have also become ineffective as no one wants to be seen as an informant. With the State still unable to trust even the local police, which remains disarmed, who is going to be its link to even police informers? The mainstream politicians were a safety valve that is now gone.

It will be difficult for the Modi government to fill the political vacuum it has created. No alternative leadership was nurtured before mainstream political leaders were removed. It cannot be created out of thin air. The Modi government would do well to learn from the miserable failure of Gen. Zia ul Haq’s and Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s regimes to create new political leaders through government patronage in Pakistan. None of the “Basic Democrats” of Zia or the “Nazims” of Musharraf have survived the vagaries of democracy. Eventually Pakistan’s military dictators had to go back to the established political parties to facilitate and sustain social and political stability.

The government is afraid that if released, the mainstream leaders would begin mobilising people against it. The Governor of J&K Satyapal Malik admitted as much in an interview saying that if they were set free “their utterances will spoil the ground situation”. If Mahbooba Mufti or Omar Abdulla, he speculated, “march with 20 to 50 people and threaten to burn (down) the Raj Bhavan, we will be forced to open fire, won’t we?” Justifying their imprisonment he fatuously claimed that he himself wished to stay in the “beautiful cottage” where Mufti was imprisoned and Omar Abdulla should not complain as he was imprisoned in a “King’s Palace” (Hari Niwas Palace, now a designated sub-jail). It seems that the top-rung leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party and the National Conference is unlikely to be released any time soon.

However their second-rung leaders also seem unwilling to cooperate with the government. They are apparently being offered freedom if they sign a legal undertaking to desist from political activity and criticism of the government. So far, there are no takers.
If, as it seems, political leaders prefer to stay in jail instead of being dubbed “collaborators”, how will politics in J&K revive? The Governor’s answer is: “Political dialogue is important but we will engage with civil society.” He claimed he would talk directly to “Lawyers, teachers and other sections” of society.

Governor Malik is overoptimistic if he thinks that civil society organisations are eager to hold a political dialogue with him. Why would those who have agitated about protecting human rights, against the excesses of the security forces and argued for greater autonomy, even independence, now agree to talk to a Governor who had promised them and indeed the whole nation that all stakeholders would be consulted before changing the special status of the state? Since he had to subsequently rationalise his untruths citing obligations under the Official Secrets Act, a dialogue with him will have no credibility.

A political leadership could yet evolve from the sporadic protests and agitations but that is unlikely to be sympathetic to the Union government. The only other process that can lead to the emergence of new leaders is electoral. However prospects of elections to the legislature by next spring, as speculated earlier, seem distant now. Any exercise to prop up nobodies as legislators will not succeed. They may have to be put up in makeshift ‘prisons’ to keep them safe in Srinagar.

Meanwhile, there is already some speculation that a law may be brought in to limit the amount of land non-residents can acquire to assuage local fears about outsiders grabbing land. Without this the ruling dispensation stands to lose support even in Jammu and in Ladakh.

With possibilities of political revival in J&K remaining bleak, it seems that the political situation could remain disturbed much longer than anticipated. After the initial bravado, the government seems to be getting nervous about emerging scenarios in Kashmir.

https://www.business-standard.com/a...giving-way-to-nervousness-119090200078_1.html
 
What role has Farooq Abdullah in Kashmir now? He was on TV the other day asking for Whole of India to support him. Seemed like a a pro-India guy, has he got many Kashmiri supporters?
 
IAJ said:
What role has Farooq Abdullah in Kashmir now? He was on TV the other day asking for Whole of India to support him. Seemed like a a pro-India guy, has he got many Kashmiri supporters?
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In recent years Abdullah is known more for his drunken singing and dancing at weddings than he is as a serious politician.

He never really recovered fully from rigging the state elections in the late 1980s.

Also the father and son have amassed so much wealth over the years that it wouldn’t be surprising if the government agencies have some kind of hold over them - ie “tow the line or we expose your corruption”.

Sure their party has a basic level of support (polling 15/20/25% of the vote-share during either state of national elections) but it’s nowhere near the level of support that Sheikh Abdullah had.

Fortunately from the Indian government’s POV there isn’t really one Kashmiri leader who can unite everyone. Even you take the separatists it’s only really Geelani that has support from a cross section of the pro independence/pro Pakistan side. And Geelani is 89 years old so won’t be around for much longer.

The Kashmiri leadership have let down their people badly.
 
Kashmir Valley to remain under clampdown for two more months

Hyderabad: Day 25 and counting... For the Kashmiris, who have been forced to live in jail-like conditions since August 5 - the day the central government abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into Union territories — azadi from lockdown in the valley is nowhere in sight and is very likely to remain that way for the next two months, if not more.

Though the Jammu and Kashmir administration appears to be playing a mind game, what with frequent announcements of ease in restrictions which is not seen or felt on the ground, the indications are that the lockdown will continue till November or even beyond that.

Well-informed sources in the security establishment told Deccan Chronicle that the lockdown is most likely to continue through Septe-mber and October and beyond. First, the 73rd UN General Assembly session commences on September 27, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to speak.

Second, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will formally become Union Territories on October 31. The assessment of the security agencies is that all eyes will be on the Prime Minister’s speech during which the armed forces will have to ensure nothing goes wrong in the valley. Similarly, threat of attacks or stone pelting in the valley could go up in the run up to October 31, when the two UTs will be born.

A drive across different parts of the Valley is enough to conclude that the lockdown is complete. Initially, when massive numbers of security forces were rushed to the Kashmir valley, days before the announcement, the immediate concern was to ensure that peace prevailed till Id-uz-Zuha on August 12 and then August 14 and 15.


https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/300819/kashmir-valley-to-remain-under-clampdown-for-two-more-months.html

Dont know about the source but looks increasingly possible.This is beyond inhuman now.May God protect them
 
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Amnesty International India Launches Urgent Campaign To End The Protracted Blackout In Kashmir

The draconian communication blackout in Kashmir is an outrageous protracted assault on the civil liberties of the people of Kashmir, said Amnesty International India as it launched a global campaign today in a bid to highlight the human cost of the lockdown.

“The blackout has now been a month old and cannot be prolonged any further by the Indian Government as it has grossly impacted the daily lives of Kashmiri people, their emotional and mental well-being, medical care, as well as their access to basic necessities and emergency services. It is tearing families apart,” said Aakar Patel, head of Amnesty International India.

In response to this indefinite communication blackout, Amnesty International India has launched the campaign #LetKashmirSpeak on 5 September, 2019 – which marks a month of the communications blackout, to ask for immediate lifting of the lockdown. While landline telephones have been announced to be restored, their obsoletion in the recent past will fall woefully short in facilitating communication for the 8 million people of Kashmir.

“While the region of Jammu has begun to see easing of the lockdown in many districts, most of Kashmir still remains under a severe communications blackout. Depriving an entire population of their right to freedom of expression, opinion and movement for an indefinite period is akin to taking the region back to the dark ages. ‘Naya Kashmir’ cannot be built without the Kashmiris. The country is yet to hear from Kashmir after a month of being repeatedly been told by the Indian government that all is normal. This is not normal. Let Kashmir speak,” said Aakar Patel.

On 2 September 2019, the Indian Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar in an interview with Politico Magazine said, “It wasn’t possible to stop communications between militants without impacting all of Kashmir. How do I cut off communication between the terrorists and their masters on the one hand, but keep the Internet open for other people? I would be delighted to pass on the information.”

While Amnesty International India acknowledges that the Government of India may have legitimate security concerns which may merit reasonable restrictions on right to freedom of expression in certain circumstances, it does not believe the current shutdown complies with requirement of necessity, proportionality and legality set out under Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a party. Instead, it deprives the entire population of Kashmir of their right to freedom of expression and opinion and access to crucial information, thus inflicting a form of collective punishment on the 8 million people of Kashmir. Lack of transparency on the criteria used to cut off all communication services and what mechanisms are available to challenge the sweeping restrictions puts India in a clear violation of its international obligations.

Meanwhile, sketchy reports coming out of the region have highlighted unattended medical emergencies, mass arrests and detentions, children and youth being picked up in the middle of the night, torture of civilians, indiscriminate use of tear gas, rubber bullets and pellet guns at protestors. All this with the backdrop of heavy military presence and a history of serious human rights violations in the region. This adds to the heightening of tensions and feelings of insecurity at a time when families are unable to contact each other and ensure their wellbeing – as many young and aged remain locked in their homes.

The attempts to restrict the freedom of press, like in the case of journalist and author Gowhar Geelani who was arbitrarily stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi from boarding his flight to Germany, have further compounded the effect of the communication blackout. According to a recent Kashmir Press Club statement, at least three senior Kashmiri journalists were asked to vacate government accommodations as soon as possible, which is ‘nothing but harassment aimed at coercing journalists to toe a particular line’. The government’s attempts to create a public opinion of ‘normalcy’ in Kashmir while curbing the freedom of independent press have usurped the voice of the people.

This excessive censure has not only affected the public’s right to know and threatened basic freedom of expression norms but also put the lives of journalists, health practitioners and service providers at risk, increasing their chances of being harassed, intimidated and detained in connection with their work.

“Given the chronic impunity for abuses committed by security forces in the past in Kashmir and a lack of unconditional and unconstrained access to the news from the valley, the situation calls for lifting of the communications blackout without any further delay and to listen and engage with the people of Kashmir. This is no more a clampdown on just the communication systems of Kashmir, but a clampdown on the hearts and minds of the Kashmiris,” said Aakar Patel.

https://amnesty.org.in/news-update/...gn-to-end-the-protracted-blackout-in-kashmir/
 
The longer the curfew the greater the anger will be amongst the anti India factions in J&K. India are going to have to deal with the protests at some stage. India is banking on time calming people down whereas the opposite may well be true.
 
Gabbar Singh said:
The longer the curfew the greater the anger will be amongst the anti India factions in J&K. India are going to have to deal with the protests at some stage. India is banking on time calming people down whereas the opposite may well be true.
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Can you say with hand on your heart that it is time they are banking on and not the genocide of young muslim men?
 
There was more movement of private vehicles on city roads but the shutdown in the valley continued for the 32nd day on Thursday.

Markets and other business establishments remained closed while public transport was off the roads across the valley today, officials said. A large number of private vehicles could be seen plying in many parts of the city while some vendors also plied their trade.

The efforts of the state government to open schools have not borne any fruit as parents continued to keep children at home due to apprehensions about their safety.

Government offices are open but attendance in many offices was thin due to lack of public transport, the officials said adding offices at district headquarters registered normal attendance.

Restrictions under section 144 CrPC, which were imposed last month, have been eased in most parts of Kashmir but there were no signs of end to the deadlock.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...estored-in-kashmir-valley/article29340161.ece
 
as i said, they wont lift it after a month. modi is in catch 22 .... :)
he started something which he didnt know when/where to end it. clock is ticking ....
 
May Allah help all the ones who are suffering from this curfew. Ameen
 
restrictions like internet will be there mostly till Nov. month, restoring of landline services etc., will be done in this month mostly.

Sooner or later Kashmiris will have to accept that India is their future ! They will have to welcome hindus as they have driven them out in the 90's.
 
The only solution to this problem is demographics change ! It will slowly but surely happen just like the place where I m living now (i.e.. Hyderabad, TG, India).

In 1948 Hyderabad city had nearly 50 % muslims with 50 % hindus but in 2019 now its like 65 % hindus and 33 % muslims ... so similar demographic change needs to happen in J & K especially in the valley Period.
 
IndianHero said:
restrictions like internet will be there mostly till Nov. month, restoring of landline services etc., will be done in this month mostly.

Sooner or later Kashmiris will have to accept that India is their future ! They will have to welcome hindus as they have driven them out in the 90's.
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lol what? Till november? What about guys who work from their home using internet? And who uses landlines these days? :inti
 
IMMY69 said:
Can you say with hand on your heart that it is time they are banking on and not the genocide of young muslim men?
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I don't think they want the genocide of the Kashmiri Muslim population. However I do think the recent article 370 removal is a means to change the demographics of the region and I can understanding why the Kashmiris may not like this however it's ironic that Pakistan are also crying about this given that's exactly what happened in places like Gilgit-Baltistan .
 
IndianHero said:
restrictions like internet will be there mostly till Nov. month, restoring of landline services etc., will be done in this month mostly.

Sooner or later Kashmiris will have to accept that India is their future ! They will have to welcome hindus as they have driven them out in the 90's.
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IndianHero said:
The only solution to this problem is demographics change ! It will slowly but surely happen just like the place where I m living now (i.e.. Hyderabad, TG, India).

In 1948 Hyderabad city had nearly 50 % muslims with 50 % hindus but in 2019 now its like 65 % hindus and 33 % muslims ... so similar demographic change needs to happen in J & K especially in the valley Period.
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when curfew gt lifted, take a first flight and go there, and tell them yourself .... we will see how it will endup .... :)
 
Lonewarrior said:
when curfew gt lifted, take a first flight and go there, and tell them yourself .... we will see how it will endup .... :)
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Off course ! I will even buy property in J & K at some point in future , I 'll give my contribution in changing those demographics 🤪
 
Blackout for 30+ days is absolutely ridiculous. This is human rights violation.

There has to be better ways.
 
IndianHero said:
Off course ! I will even buy property in J & K at some point in future , I 'll give my contribution in changing those demographics 🤪
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Actually you can take a flight to Srinagar, but the guy who is advising you can never do that. Its laughable how he is trying to talk about a region Pakistanis cannot set foot on.
 
Finally landline phones have been restored completely in the valley.

On a personal note, I have verified it just now myself. I have a good kashmiri friend who works in Hotel Grand Mamta , Srinagar. I just now called the hotel and had spoken with him. Thank god.

Mobile phones, internet will be restored by October slowly but surely.
 
Land lines are functional. Mobile service has been restored to practically most districts.

Restrictions on internet stays for now. But people are freely moving for work, school, shopping etc.

A month from now winter would start settling in, life would go on as normal, and we shall only have Imran's twitter feed to remind us of the Hindu Nazis plundering Kashmir ;))
 
AMSS said:
Land lines are functional. Mobile service has been restored to practically most districts.

Restrictions on internet stays for now. But people are freely moving for work, school, shopping etc.

A month from now winter would start settling in, life would go on as normal, and we shall only have Imran's twitter feed to remind us of the Hindu Nazis plundering Kashmir ;))
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I would suggest speaking to Kashmiri Muslims in Kashmir about this. Rather a different story- then maybe, you wont need to depend on Imran's twitter feed?
 
LONDON: Kashmiris have launched ‘curfew clock’ campaign in London and New York to highlight the dreadful curfew imposed by Narendra Modi’s government on more than seven million Kashmiris after revoking Article 370.

On Friday night, seven vans appeared at key London locations carrying illuminated artwork highlighting the real situation in Indian occupied Kashmir through to inform the world about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Kashmir as a result of actions of Modi’s government.

With the hashtag of #SaveKashmir highlighted prominently, the London vans were carrying a curfew clock which showed the number of days, hours and minutes since the BJP government slapped dreadful curfew conditions across the occupied Kashmir region. The curfew has now entered its fifth week in the valley with the “curfew clock” showing every minute as the clampdown and curfew conditions remain in place.

The clock with the blood is dripping, demonstrates the bloodshed and rights violations of Kashmiris by Indian occupied forces.

The banner headline on the vans, written in red, said, “Kashmir under Indian siege, knocking at the world’s conscience”.

Also in New York on Friday, two vehicles appeared before the UN building showing to the world body the number of days for which there has been a curfew in place. The ‘Indian curfew clock” read that curfew in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir going on for over five weeks was “a challenge to the world conscience”.

London has seen a large scale activity in support of the people of Kashmir. Arguably, two of the biggest protests in support of Kashmir have held in London, not once but twice in the span of one month. The first protest was held on August 16 and the second on September 3. Both protests saw at least 15 thousand turning out to condemn the Indian government’s actions in Kashmir.

In January 2018, a Kashmiri group launched in London vans and buses “bleeding paradise, let Kashmir choose” publicity campaign on Indian occupied Kashmir to show Britons and international visitors what the Indian government under Modi was doing to the oppressed people of Kashmir.

In that campaign, vans carried slogans such as “Bleeding Paradise, where freedom has a price”, Bleeding paradise, where rape is the weapon”, “Thousands of Kashmiri women have been the victim”, “Save Kashmir, save humanity”, “Over 95 thousand innocent Kashmiri innocents killed”.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/246922-cu...n-london-ny-to-track-indias-kashmir-clampdown
 
NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today said easing of restrictions from all parts of Jammu and Kashmir depends on how Pakistan behaves. The state has been under partial lockdown since the first week of August after the centre scrapped special status from Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.

"We would like to see all restrictions go, but it depends on how Pakistan behaves. It's a stimulant and response situation. If Pakistan starts behaving, terrorists don't intimidate and infiltrate, if Pakistan stops sending signals through its towers to operatives, then we can lift restrictions," Mr Doval said, news agency ANI reported.

Internet and phone lines remain snapped at parts of Kashmir valley, while communication lines are now open in Jammu region and Ladakh.

"92.5 per cent of the geographical area of Jammu and Kashmir is free of restrictions," said the National Security Advisor, who had been camping in the state for weeks to coordinate security deployment and monitor intelligence operations.
Ajit Doval said out of the 199 police station areas in Jammu and Kashmir, restrictions are in place only at 10 places

"There are Pakistani communication towers 20 km along the border, and they are trying to send messages. We heard intercepts that told their men 'how so many apple trucks are moving, can't you stop them? Should we send you bangles?'," said Mr Doval, referring to code words the terrorists use to request logistics and weapons from their handlers.

Four people, including a two-year-old girl, were injured after terrorists attacked the house of a fruit trader in Sopore for defying their warning to keep their shop shut. The police said the terrorists are trying to instil fear among people. Mr Doval has asked the authorities to airlift the injured girl to Delhi's AIIMS.

"We are determined to protect life of Kashmiris from Pakistani terrorists even if we have to impose restrictions. Terror is the only instrument Pakistan has to create unrest," said Mr Doval. "...230 Pakistani terrorists were spotted, some of them have infiltrated, some arrested."

He said out of the 199 police station areas in Jammu and Kashmir, restrictions are in place only at 10 places.

"No question arises of Army atrocities as only the state police and some central forces are handling public order. The Army is there to fight terrorists... I am totally convinced that majority of Kashmiris support the abrogation of article 370. They see greater opportunities, future, economic progress and employment. Only a few miscreants are opposing it," said Mr Doval.

The National Security Advisor has travelled across Jammu and Kashmir extensively in the weeks after special status was scrapped, meeting people and analysing the ground situation. In some photos released by the government amid the restrictions, he was seen sharing a meal of traditional Kashmiri food served on the streets by a handful of residents in Shopian, with shuttered shops in the background and a ban on large gatherings in place.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nsa...pple-trucks-bangles-2097160?pfrom=home-livetv
 
MenInG said:
I would suggest speaking to Kashmiri Muslims in Kashmir about this. Rather a different story- then maybe, you wont need to depend on Imran's twitter feed?
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I speak not just to Kashmiri muslims but also the Hindus and Buddhists from there. Including those Pandits who were stabbed in the back by their neighbors and are exiled within India.

These people are the real source of my information, and they are the ones on whom I depend for real insight.

Imran's twitter feed is dependable too, but only for its comic value.
 
Pakistan rejects India's efforts to portray 'normalcy' in occupied Kashmir

Pakistan "categorically rejected" on Sunday Indian government's attempts to "portray normalcy in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir".

A press release issued by the Foreign Office today said that despite the Indian government's claims, occupied Kashmir was still under a lockdown while Kashmiri leaders remained under house arrest.

"Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir continues to be the largest prison in the world with the heaviest deployment of Indian occupation forces since the coercive, unilateral and illegal Indian actions of August 5, 2019 aimed at altering the internationally recognised disputed status of IOJ&K and changing its demographic structure to preempt the results of a UN plebiscite," the press release read.

The Foreign Office also termed Indian reports that portrayed two farmers, who had inadvertently crossed the border in August, as terrorists as a "farcical attempt".

"This was despite the fact that the incident was discussed during the weekly military hotline contact between both sides on August 27, 2019 when Indian authorities acknowledged that they were inadvertent crossers and informed Pakistan that routine formalities are taking place after which they will be returned."

The press release highlighted that Islamabad had "sensitised the international community" about India's efforts to raise a false flag operation to divert attention from the situation in occupied Kashmir and blame Pakistan for "[India's] indefensible actions".

On August 21, two farmers in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, identified as Muhammad Nazeem, 21, and 30-year-old Khalil Ahmed, had unintentionally crossed the LoC near Hajipir while they were out for cutting grass.

The statement also denounced "a false and fabricated story", where Indian authorities had "blamed deaths of some Kashmiris in [the occupied territory] on 'Pakistani militants'". The statement referred to a briefing by Indian army officials that was held on September 4.

'Kashmir issue is a dispute left from history'
A Chinese delegation led by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, which came to Pakistan on a two-day visit, said that Beijing "opposes any unilateral actions that [would] complicate the situation" in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a press statement said on Sunday.

A joint press release issued by foreign ministries of Pakistan and China, said that the former briefed the Chinese delegation on the situation in India-occupied Kashmir — that has been under a strict lockdown for the past month — "including [Islamabad's] concerns, position, and urgent humanitarian issues".

The Chinese side assured Pakistan that it was paying "close attention" to the situation developing in the occupied territory, the press release said. Chinese delegation further said that the "Kashmir issue is a dispute left from history" and must be solved according to the United Nations resolutions.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1504213/p...forts-to-portray-normalcy-in-occupied-kashmir
 
IndianHero said:
Off course ! I will even buy property in J & K at some point in future , I 'll give my contribution in changing those demographics &#55358;&#56618;
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your most welcome to do that... keep us update with your demographics changing contribution .... i hope you wont runaway from PP in coming months .... :)
 
cricketjoshila said:
Actually you can take a flight to Srinagar, but the guy who is advising you can never do that. Its laughable how he is trying to talk about a region Pakistanis cannot set foot on.
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have some courage to make a conversation with me directly.... :)
 
cricketjoshila said:
Actually you can take a flight to Srinagar, but the guy who is advising you can never do that. Its laughable how he is trying to talk about a region Pakistanis cannot set foot on.
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Funny cause last I checked even Indian opposition leaders couldn't set a foot in the region. Common Indian toh door ki baat
 
Missing [MENTION=131678]Madplayer[/MENTION] here. Hopefully he is fine. I am sure he can tell the actual things which are happening there currently.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Missing [MENTION=131678]Madplayer[/MENTION] here. Hopefully he is fine. I am sure he can tell the actual things which are happening there currently.
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Remember when some joshilay members claimed that Madplayer and others were just Pakistani posters pretending to be from IOK. :inti
 
Lonewarrior said:
your most welcome to do that... keep us update with your demographics changing contribution .... i hope you wont runaway from PP in coming months .... :)
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Nope ! As I said demographic change will be done slowly but surely like hyderabad since 1947 coz as they say slow knife cuts deep also running away is not in my blood either. Peace
 
IndianHero said:
Nope ! As I said demographic change will be done slowly but surely like hyderabad since 1947 coz as they say slow knife cuts deep also running away is not in my blood either. Peace
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theres a say, giving the enemy a death by thousand cuts, so he can die a slow and painful death .... :)
now , make that into 1000x .... Piece
 
ILcricket said:
35 days :(
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Wrong Count ! Its only 31 days actually ! Since 6th Sept 2019 landlines in entire J & K are restored, mobile phones started working. Yes internet is not yet restored but it will be done in 7 to 10 days max.

But situation is NOT like any landlocked or blocked or something...



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today's second video update from Batmaloo Srinagar. Market is open, people moving around freely, absolutely no restriction, vehicles plying, fruits, vegetables & other essentials available and medical shops open. Today's newspaper shared in the video. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kashmir?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kashmir</a> <a href="https://t.co/4OdqA2rfg0">pic.twitter.com/4OdqA2rfg0</a></p>— Kashyap Kadagattur &#55356;&#56814;&#55356;&#56819; (@iamkash_kr) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkash_kr/status/1171793556710649856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
one more evidence that life is returned to normal without any protests or something...



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today's first video update from GB Pant Hospital, Srinagar. One can see men, women n kids visiting hospital on foot/vehicle, seamless movement of traffic, gathering of people, no stoppages anywhere and presence of pushcart vendors. Today's newspaper shared in the video. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kashmir?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kashmir</a> <a href="https://t.co/HWOzoYQK6h">pic.twitter.com/HWOzoYQK6h</a></p>— Kashyap Kadagattur &#55356;&#56814;&#55356;&#56819; (@iamkash_kr) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamkash_kr/status/1171767866397347840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Will visit Srinagar myself to see if people are unable to access high court, says India's top judge

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday said that he would himself visit occupied Kashmir's biggest city Srinagar to see if people were unable to access the region's high court, India Today reported, but did not pass any order pertaining to restoration of normalcy.

He made the remarks during the hearing of a petition filed by child rights activists Enakshi Ganguly and Professor Shanta Sinha, whose lawyers said that people in the region could not access the Jammu and Kashmir High Court due to a government-imposed lockdown that has been in place for over a month.

The appeal was one of many filed by civil society members pertaining to the ongoing clampdown in occupied Kashmir. The Indian government imposed a strict lockdown in occupied Kashmir last month before it revoked the region's special status.



While hearing Ganguly and Professor Sinha's appeal, Chief Justice Gogoi said: "If you make a statement that it's difficult to approach the HC [high court], it's a very serious statement. Is anyone coming in the way of you going to the high court? Please tell why?"

According to the lawyer, the shutdown in the region was preventing people from approaching the court, India Today reported.

Seeking a report from the region's high court chief justice, the top judge said: "It's very, very serious if people are unable to approach the high court; I will myself visit Srinagar."

Additionally, he warned a lawyer for one of the petitioners that if the report was contrary to what they were saying then they should "be ready for the consequences".

The Indian Supreme Court has also asked the centre to "make all endeavours to restore normalcy in Kashmir as soon as possible".

According to India Today, a bench of the court refused to pass any order on the restoration of the disputed region but said that the restoration would be done on a "selective basis, keeping in mind national interests".

"We are not passing any orders. We are saying restore keeping in mind national security. We have said all facilities should be restored keeping in mind national security. We are not carving out exceptions for any category," Chief Justice Gogoi said.

India's top court also allowed Ghulam Nabi Azad, a senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, to visit occupied Jammu and Kashmir, India Today reported.

While granting him permission, the Supreme Court asked Azad to interact with people in the region and to file a ground report on the situation. It also told Azad not to take part in any political rally, the report added.

Azad was among a delegation of India’s top opposition leaders, including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who were sent back after they landed in Srinagar on August 24.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1505526/w...le-to-access-high-court-says-indias-top-judge
 
Kashmir has seen 20 daily anti-India protests despite crackdown, source says

Kashmir has seen an average of nearly 20 protests per day against Indian rule over the last six weeks despite a security lockdown to quell unrest, a senior government source said.

Tensions remain high in the disputed Himalayan region after New Delhi's controversial decision last month to revoke the territory's decades old semi-autonomous status.

Despite a curfew, movement restrictions and the severe curtailment of internet and mobile phone services, public demonstrations against India — mostly in the largest city Srinagar — have been constant, the source told French Press Agency (AFP) late Saturday.

Altogether there have been 722 protests since Aug. 5, with Baramulla district in the northwest and Pulwama in the south the biggest hotspots after Srinagar, the source said.

Since that date, nearly 200 civilians and 415 security force members have been hurt, according to the source.

Ninety-five of the civilians were injured in the last two weeks, the official said.

So far more than 4,100 people — including 170 local political leaders — have been detained across the valley, with 3,000 released in the past two weeks, the official said.

It was unclear whether any politicians were among those released.

Indian authorities have so far insisted that outbreaks of violence have been minimal, and that only five civilians have died since the clampdown started.

The relatives of four of those killed told AFP they believed the security forces were responsible for their deaths.

The latest updates came as police said Thursday that three men suspected of belonging to a Pakistan-based militant organization were arrested while transporting weapons and ammunition towards Indian Kashmir.

Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, which was split between the two countries in 1947.

India deployed extra troops ahead of the Aug. 5 decision to reinforce some 500,000 soldiers already stationed in the region, one of the most militarized places on the planet.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday promised to raise the decision to strip Indian Kashmir of its autonomy at the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session.

https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/201...-india-protests-despite-crackdown-source-says
 
The false narrative of torture and abuse has become a joke now. There are videos shared from kashmir daily with flourishing business and traffic on roads. Now the kashmir issue will die down unfortunately for mischief mongers!!!
 
globalcitizen said:
The false narrative of torture and abuse has become a joke now. There are videos shared from kashmir daily with flourishing business and traffic on roads. Now the kashmir issue will die down unfortunately for mischief mongers!!!
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Their hope is to shut down Kashmir through terrorists threats to local people.Already shop owners etc are getting threats, some have been attacked . I hope the govt takes out the terrorists.
 
globalcitizen said:
The false narrative of torture and abuse has become a joke now. There are videos shared from kashmir daily with flourishing business and traffic on roads. Now the kashmir issue will die down unfortunately for mischief mongers!!!
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False narrative?
Where are independent foreign journalists or UN or Amnesty International to back up your assertions of false narrative?
 
IMMY69 said:
False narrative?
Where are independent foreign journalists or UN or Amnesty International to back up your assertions of false narrative?
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"Everything is normal"

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After Mr. Dar told them he didn’t know about his militant brother,he said, the soldiers smashed his body with sticks, kicked him in the ribs & broadcast his sobbing pleas for mercy from loudspeakers on the road, terrorizing his village. By <a href="https://twitter.com/suhasiniraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suhasiniraj</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/cuYpDzPxkY">https://t.co/cuYpDzPxkY</a></p>— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/ahmermkhan/status/1173444351231311873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thousands have been arrested in Kashmir till now and taken to undisclosed locations. Every day, a crowd gathers outside Rajbagh police station, demanding to know the whereabouts of their children.<br><br>Every day, they return home without any answers.<a href="https://t.co/hjlqGUwbJz">https://t.co/hjlqGUwbJz</a></p>— The Wire (@thewire_in) <a href="https://twitter.com/thewire_in/status/1173577271916953600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Indian government denies there is a "health crisis" in Kashmir.<br><br>But hospitals are struggling to care for patients and canceling surgeries as the lockdown stretches into a second month. <a href="https://t.co/Fi8GcadCXN">pic.twitter.com/Fi8GcadCXN</a></p>— DW News (@dwnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1173546546664792064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Jammu and Kashmir: Over 500 academics, scientists issue statement calling for end of curfew

Over 500 academics and scientists released a statement on Saturday expressing their deep concern about the crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, over a month-and-a-half since the Indian government abrogated special status for the state under Article 370 of the Constitution.

Jammu and Kashmir has been under a curfew since August 5, when its special status was scrapped. National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti have been put under detention, among others.

“We are writing to express our deep concern about the crisis in Kashmir that has now persisted for over a month, and which was precipitated by the government’s decision to de-operationalize Article 370 of the Constitution and to end Jammu and Kashmir’s full statehood,” the signatories to the statement said. “Since then, the government has restricted communications in Kashmir, detained opposition leaders and dissidents, and flooded the state with security personnel.”

The signatories said that while they held differing views on Article 370, all of them are appalled by the shutdown of the communications system and internet in the state. “We understand that landlines have been restored in some parts of Kashmir, but since landline tele-density in Kashmir is below 1% according to the government’s own statistics, this measure has failed to provide substantive relief to Kashmir’s residents,” the statement read. “In our own institutions, we have witnessed students suffering because they are unable to maintain contact with their families.”

The signatories said the restrictions have apparently made it difficult for citizens to even buy medical supplies or for children to attend school. “We believe the government’s actions in detaining and restricting the communications of opposition leaders and dissidents in Kashmir are deeply undemocratic,” the signatories said. “Whatever views one might hold about these individuals, a fundamental norm in a democracy is that the party in power does not have the right to lock up its political opponents when they have not even been accused of any crimes.”

The academics and scientists said they were disturbed by the reports of human rights violations in Kashmir. “We would like to express our solidarity with the people of Kashmir and offer our support to those outside Kashmir, who have been cut off from their families and friends as a result of these decisions taken by the Government of India,” they said.

The signatories said that the government is duty-bound to uphold the rights and welfare of all citizens of the country. They demanded that full communications be immediately restored in Kashmir, security restrictions be lifted, opposition leaders released, and investigations conducted into alleged violations of human rights in the state.

On Friday, Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti had said that the ordinary Kashmiri looks at India as an occupying force. “Is this the India of Gandhi or Godse?” she asked at the India Today Conclave, referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.

https://scroll.in/latest/938047/jam...sts-issue-statement-calling-for-end-of-curfew
 
^ Nice to see. Finally we have some intelligent and sane voices in India. Well done to all those have signed.
 
https://youtu.be/tjZhb9SBTAc?t=2192

Per home minister Amit Shah:

No Curfew in any of the 196 Police Stations in Kashmir valley. Only Sect 144( not more than 4 people can gather) in 8 Police Stations.
Not one single bullet fired on civilians or death.
10,000 New landlines added (In addition to all existing landlines being operational )
6,200 PCO opened
350000 OPD's
7,300 operations
Ambulances travelling to houses for the 1st time ever
No restrictions on journalists.
 
Shabir Choudhry is a British national and a Kashmiri leader, rights and peace activist, politician, academician and writer. He helped form the Kashmir Youth Movement in 1973, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front in 1976 and later on the Kashmir National Party in 2008.He is a British national as well as a Pakistani/Kashmiri national (AJK) settled in UK since 67.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yug0CWWX8I


please listen to him from 12:00 in the video where he talks about current curfew in J & K
 
SakunaPataka said:
https://youtu.be/tjZhb9SBTAc?t=2192

Per home minister Amit Shah:

No Curfew in any of the 196 Police Stations in Kashmir valley. Only Sect 144( not more than 4 people can gather) in 8 Police Stations.
Not one single bullet fired on civilians or death.
10,000 New landlines added (In addition to all existing landlines being operational )
6,200 PCO opened
350000 OPD's
7,300 operations
Ambulances travelling to houses for the 1st time ever
No restrictions on journalists.
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You believe these lies?
He said Farooq Abdullah is free when he was in House arrestt
 
Curfew should be lifted now. It has been almost 2 months.

They should resolve this without curfew and army.
 
In Srinagar, Journalists' Protest Ban on Internet, Mobile Service Across Kashmir

Srinagar: Journalists from the Valley staged a silent demonstration in Srinagar on Thursday to protest the ongoing communication blockade in Kashmir.

Holding placards and wearing black bands, scores of journalist working with different media organisations assembled inside the premises of Kashmir Press Club, demanding an end to the restrictions on internet and mobile services in the Valley.

“Stop criminalising journalism, rescues us from sub-jail what you call MFC (media facilitation centre), allow journalists to work freely in Kashmir, we are journalists not mouthpieces,” read some of the placards.

The protest comes after several demands to restore the internet facility and mobile phones for journalists failed. The Kashmir Press Club, an elected body of journalists in Kashmir, had taken up the issue with the state government and asked that the internet gag on newspaper houses end and that mobile facilities be restored for journalists.

On Wednesday, several journalist associations met at the club and took the decision to hold the protest.

“We have assembled here to highlight our plight,” said senior journalist Naseer A. Ganai. “In the absence of internet and mobile facilities, these two months have been very difficult for us to report the situation in Kashmir.”

The journalists condemned the communication clampdown, saying it was a deliberate attempt to stop the flow of information from Kashmir to the outside world and “suppress freedom of media in Kashmir”.

The gag has drastically affected media operations in the Valley. Most newspapers published from Srinagar have slashed their page numbers and none have been able to update their online editions since August 4. Journalists stationed in different districts across Kashmir have been rendered jobless since the imposition of the communication gag.

New Delhi scrapped Article 370 of the Indian constitution and bifurcated the state into two union territories on August 5. The move stripped J&K of its separate flag and constitution. Fearing reprisals, the authorities imposed strict restrictions and a communication blockade across the Valley. Though restrictions were eased last month, the communication blockade is still in force.

Facing criticism, the government set up a make-shift media communication centre at a private hotel in Srinagar for journalists.

The centre has one internet connection and nine terminals where journalists working with international, national and local media houses have to wait in a queue for their turn to send reports and check mails.

The information department managing the centre has allotted 15 minutes for each journalist to access the internet.

“This (communication gag) is a deliberate attempt to control flow of information from J&K. The setting up of media centre is aimed at censoring journalists because it takes more time to file a story while waiting in a queue than collects facts from the ground,” said senior journalist Peerzada Ashiq. “The time you can spend on the ground is wasted at the centre in long queues.”

On Thursday, Kashmir completed two months under communication blockade. But officials are tight-lipped over the restoration of services in Kashmir.

In his last press conference on September 12, government spokesperson Rohit Kansal justified the ban, saying there were fears Pakistan might be exploiting the facilities to create disturbance in the Valley.

“This too shall pass,” he said, in response to a question about when the ban will be lifted.

“By enforcing the ban it seems the sole aim of the government is to not allow people outside know what is happening in Kashmir,” said senior journalist Muzaffar Raina. “In this situation, Kashmiri journalists have become as big a story as Kashmir itself.”

Anuradha Basin, the editor of reputed Jammu-based daily Kashmir Times, has already filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking that media should be allowed to work freely in Kashmir and the authorities should lift all restrictions on their working.

Following the culmination of sit-in protest, journalists took out a peaceful march to city’s Press Enclave.

Hilal Mir, another senior journalist, said the fact that it took journalists 60 days to protest against the communication gag “shows the fear they are working in” and how they have been “scared into silence”.

A joint statement issued by 11 Kashmir-based journalists’ associations has demanded that the communication ban been lifted.

“There have been no clear answers from the government why it has barricaded Kashmiri journalist fraternity under a communication blockade,” the statement said. “The government must come up with up with an answer on how long the crackdown on news will continue.”
https://thewire.in/media/in-srinagar-journalists-protest-ban-on-internet-mobile-service-in-kashmir
 
Any news from our Kashmiri members who disappeared when the curfew started?
 
PP should put up a curfew clock on homepage [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] @saj
 
Tourism is going to start on Oct 10. Harming any tourists will play into India's hands. It appears this is the start of easing restrictions.
 
rhony said:
Tourism is going to start on Oct 10. Harming any tourists will play into India's hands. It appears this is the start of easing restrictions.
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Well I think the decision has been taken taking into account the security situation. Govt is happy about the security situation.
 
All mobile phones to be restored by starting from monday (14-Oct) in J & K

Srinagar : More than two months after the government imposed a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir before revoking its decades-old special privileges granted to the state under the constitution, postpaid mobile connections will be restored on Monday.
"Mobile phone connections, to be specific, all postpaid mobile phone connections, irrespective of service provider, will resume from Monday - October 14th at noon. This will happen across the state, in all 10 districts of Kashmir," Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal said at a news briefing.

More at :

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all...-j-k-from-monday-2115656?pfrom=home-topscroll
 
Still worried for our PP Kashmiri friends.

Has anyone heard from them?
 
Postpaid Mobile Services Back In Kashmir with no internet


72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir were restored at noon today. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.
Some 40 lakh postpaid mobile phones have become operational from Monday noon. Around 30 lakh pre-paid mobile phone connections are yet to be restored. Internet connectivity, however, will remain suspended for now.

A couple of people NDTV spoke to on the streets of Srinagar were not aware that postpaid connections are back and had left their mobile phones at home. "It won't make any difference to me... There are certain other issues which need to be solved first," a Srinagar resident said. "In today's world, it is a need. Yes, definitely there will be a relief," he added.

"Having reviewed the situation, a decision has now been taken to restore mobile phone services in the remaining areas of Jammu and Kashmir. All postpaid mobile services, irrespective of the telecom operator will stand restored and be functional from 12 noon on Monday, October 14. This will cover all 10 districts of Kashmir province," Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal had said on Saturday.

The central government had ended Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 and split it into two union territories, saying the move would help ensure that people of the state get the same constitutional benefits as the rest of the country and spur development.

To prevent any backlash, the centre also imposed massive security restrictions and took measures that included arresting politicians, evacuating tourists, posting extra troops and blocking phone and internet lines.

Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir Valley were largely still blocked. The advisory preventing tourists from visiting the state was lifted last Thursday.

Last month, the government restored landline connections.However, few of these telephones serviced by government-run operator BSNL are used at homes. The restrictions had left local residents frustrated and disrupted essential services and businesses.

In Jammu, the communication was restored within days of the blockade and mobile internet was started around mid-August. However, after its misuse, internet facility on cell phones was snapped on August 18.




https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pos...-news-agency-pti-2116403?pfrom=home-topscroll
 
Also curfew is very light or even lifted in 90 % of the areas in J & K. Let's hope internet gets restored soon as well.
 
An 80 year old lady, Ruqayya Sayeed was arrested today and lodged in Central Jail Srinagar with scores of women activists for protesting peacefully against communication blockade in Kashmir

Source Twitter.
 
IndianHero said:
Also curfew is very light or even lifted in 90 % of the areas in J & K. Let's hope internet gets restored soon as well.
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I see.
So where are the independent news sources?
Are they not in IOK?

Have the 5k odd men and boys who were detained, released and returned to IOK?
 
EU far-right MPs head to Kashmir in rare foreign visit

Nearly 30 European MPs, drawn mainly from far-right parties, will on Tuesday be the first international delegation to visit Indian-administered Kashmir since a security clampdown was imposed in the Muslim-majority region in August.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government withdrew Kashmir's autonomy on August 5, a move accompanied by a crackdown on dissent by security forces there, to head off protests.

While the Indian government backs the visit, the European Parliament and the European Union hierarchy has not been involved, raising some diplomatic doubts. Several European embassies in New Delhi were unaware of the visit until Monday.

Kashmir, which is also claimed by Pakistan and in the grips of an armed rebellion for three decades, has been in the international spotlight since New Delhi's move to tighten its grip on the Himalayan region.

"The delegation of MEPs is not on an official visit in India and came here at the invitation of a non-government group," said an EU official in India, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"We are not organising any of their meetings."

EU Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini earlier raised the issue of "restrictions on fundamental freedoms" in Kashmir with India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.

Pakistan has condemned the change of status of the territory and warned that it could drive more Muslims to extremism across the world.

The dispute over Kashmir has bedevilled relations between the two nuclear-armed nations and sparked two of their three wars.

The EU delegation of 27 politicians drawn from 11 countries will meet with government officials and residents to assess the situation in Kashmir, Indian officials said.

The trip comes after US members of Congress expressed concern over a lack of access for diplomats and foreign media in the disputed region. US Congressman Chris Van Hollen was not allowed to visit Srinagar, the main city of Kashmir, earlier this month.

New Delhi has so far denied permission to foreign journalists to cover the situation in Kashmir after the August 5 decision, according to the Hindu newspaper. UN Special Rapporteurs at the Human Rights Council have also criticised New Delhi for denying them to visit the region.

On Monday, the EU legislators met Modi who said the visit would give them a clear view of the development priorities of the region, his office said.

Modi, making the biggest political move in Jammu and Kashmir since an armed revolt erupted in 1989, has said that special rights for Kashmir, such as a ban on outsiders buying property, had hindered its development.

The Jammu and Kashmir state, as it was officially known, was split into two federally-administered territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh - in August.

"Their visit to Jammu and Kashmir should give the delegation a better understanding of the cultural and religious diversity of the region of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh," Modi said.

An Indian official said the EU group's visit would open the door to visits by others. India is trying to counter Pakistan on the international stage. Islamabad has accused New Delhi of unleashing genocide in Kashmir.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, one of the scores of leaders detained since August, said on Twitter she hoped the politicians would be allowed free access.

"Hope they get a chance to speak to the people, local media, doctors and civil society members. The iron curtain between Kashmir & the world needs to be lifted."

Fearing unrest, the government cut telephone and internet lines and imposed a near curfew in many parts after the Article 370 that accorded Kashmir special rights was abrogated.

The measures were recently eased, with telephone lines restored, but the population still has no internet.

Thierry Mariani, a European MP for France's far-right National Rally, told AFP "we are going to see the situation in Kashmir, at least what they want to show us".
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...-foreign-visit-clampdown-191028121735778.html
 
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