Kashmiri Students Protest In Hyderabad Against IOK Lockdown
Faizan Hashmi Published January 19, 2020 | 02:10 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jan, 2020 ) :Hundreds of Kashmiri students gathered outside the University of Hyderabad, India, to protest against state repression and continued lockdown in occupied Kashmir on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) members used poetry and revolutionary slogans to register their protest during their sit-in. JKSA President Hadif Nisar said the protest was about the many injustices that have been unleashed upon Kashmiris by successive Indian governments, Kashmir Media Service reported.
He said, "The only difference is that the Congress was doing it quietly while the BJP is very open about it." He highlighted the continued internet ban in Kashmir and said that people elsewhere in India can't imagine life without internet even for five days. JKSA member Aakriti Suresh, a Kashmiri Pandit (KP) student, highlighted the problems faced by her community.
She said the role the government had played in communalising the Kashmir issue cannot be ignored.
"The way successive governments have pitched KPs against Kashmiri Muslims really exposes the grand conspiracy they have hatched in turning and then keeping forever Kashmir into a war zone. They were never interested in bringing a political solution to Kashmir on to the table."JKSA General Secretary Arman Kazmi said the fundamental question to discuss was if India really was a democracy. "How can disappearances, tortures, massacres and the idea of democracy exist simultaneously," he asked.
JKSA member Maryam B. highlighted the problems faced by students of her community because of the internet ban.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 27 April 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 27 April 2024
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
More Stories From Pakistan
-
Saudi ministry warns against fraudulent Hajj schemes; urges vigilance, official channels for booking
9 hours ago -
SC to take up 9 identical petitions regarding judges' letter
9 hours ago -
Woman committed suicide in Pindigheb
9 hours ago -
Teenage girl abducted in Hassanabdal
9 hours ago -
NTDC Super 8 Inter-Departmental Tape Ball Cricket Tournament concludes: GM (HR) team clinches the w ..
9 hours ago -
AJK President calls for overseas Kashmiris' proactive role to expose the Modi government's nefarious ..
9 hours ago
-
AJK-wide campaign begins to vanish black-tinted glasses to all sorts of vehicles
10 hours ago -
Islamabad to be digitalized as pilot project under national digitalization plan: IT Minister
10 hours ago -
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
10 hours ago -
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
10 hours ago -
Documentary on life of Jamiluddin Aali screened at embassy
10 hours ago -
"Sindh Theater Festival 2024" commences in Larkana
10 hours ago