Renewed Conflict In IOK Killing, Blinding Young Kashmiris: NYT Article

Faizan Hashmi Published January 22, 2019 | 12:51 AM

Renewed conflict in Indian Occupied Kashmir continued unabated by killing and blinding the young as politicians remained unwilling to find a just resolution of to the old dispute, an article carried by the New York Times on Sunday said

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :Renewed conflict in Indian Occupied Kashmir continued unabated by killing and blinding the young as politicians remained unwilling to find a just resolution of to the old dispute, an article carried by the New York Times on Sunday said.

The article, which was based on graphic art and depicted the plight of Kashmiris, was contributed by Malik Sajjaj, a graphic novelist from Kashmir.

The writer through the graphic art inscribed with some words or some lines, gave an account of how he left Srinagar for New Delhi to work as an illustrator for a website, but later returned to the valley due to Indian law enforcing agencies that used to disturb and question the Kashmiris by one way or the other.

"In spring of 2016, I left Srinagar, my home in Indian controlled Kashmir, to work as an illustrator for a website in New Delhi. A few months later Knock Knock This is Delhi Police! Open the door. It was 4 a.m. I was jolted out of sleep.

"Are you a Kashmiri? Yes Sir! They searched my apartment.

What do you think about terrorism in Kashmir? Do you know this guy? We are looking for him. Take a picture of this photo with your phone. If you see him around, let us know. I returned home to Kashmir Where I felt safer, despite our long war, which has killed over 70,000 since the Kashmiri struggle for freedom," stated captions of the few of a number of graphics published by the New York Times.

"I saw Hiba, an 18-month old girl, the youngest victim of this renewed, old war, on a hospital bed in Srinagar. Her mother said, on November 23, Indian forces encircled some militants in a village in Shopian District of Kashmir. A battle ensued. The troops fired pepper and tear gas to push away the villagers who had gathered there., I was home with my son and Hiba when pepper and tear gas filled our house. I tried to move them to safety, but the troops fired pellets.""Hiba's face was covered with blood from her eye. Doctors believe the pellet has detached her retina which causes complete blindness in the affected eye," stated the captions of some other graphics.