Curfew continues for 75th consecutive day in IOK

SRINAGAR: Normal life in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) continues to remain affected for the 75th straight day on Friday due to the curfew imposed by the Indian military.

However, on 14th October, mobile-phone services were restored in the occupied valley. However, access to the internet is still prohibited in the region.

Main business activities continue to remain suspended and public transport off the road even as the authorities have lifted restrictions and partially restored postpaid mobile phone services.

Similarly, rail service from Banihal to Baramulla is also suspended and attendance of employees in offices is thin while students continue to abstain from classes at all educational institutions.

A media report maintained that the decision about releasing former Chief Ministers, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti is not on the table yet.

Despite the authorities’ claims that there are no restrictions in any part of the Valley, curbs under Section 144, banning assembly of four or more persons, continue to remain enforced in Srinagar and other towns across the territory.

Though the administration says that normalcy has returned to the territory, yet its recent publishing of full-page ads in leading Srinagar-based newspapers, asking residents to resume normal life and open their businesses is sufficient proof that things are not normal in the territory.

Since 5th August, the Indian government has placed a curfew in IoK by revoking the special status of occupied Kashmir.

Pakistan has remained vocal against the atrocities being committed in the restive region. The people of the valley do not have access to basic necessities. Pakistani politicians and parliamentarians have condemned Indian brutalities in Kashmir.