Complete Shutdown In IOK Against Holding Of Panchayat Polls
Fakhir Rizvi Published November 17, 2018 | 02:45 PM
In Indian occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown was observed, Saturday, to register protest against the holding of so-called panchayat elections in the territory.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Nov, 2018 ) :In Indian occupied Kashmir, complete shutdown was observed, Saturday, to register protest against the holding of so-called panchayat elections in the territory.
According to Kashmir media service , Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. All shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is off the road. The nine-phased panchayat elections commenced in the occupied territory, today, amid tight security and heavy deployment of Indian troops and police personnel.
The resistance leaders have urged the Kashmiri people to boycott the panchayat elections in the same way they boycotted the recently held local bodies' elections. The leaders have also called for the strike in the poll-bound areas on their scheduled dates.
The occupation authorities have suspended train service in the territory.
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