SRINAGAR: A lockdown has been imposed in occupied Kashmir on the death of great Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The Indian government has deployed troops at the house of the Hurriyat leader. Leading Hurriyat leader Abdul Hameed Lone has said that Syed Ali Geelani will be buried at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Srinagar today.
Hurriyat leader Abdul Hameed Lone further said that the occupying Indian army was conducting raids in various parts of occupied Kashmir in the name of search operation to round up the Hurriyat leaders.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was “deeply saddened” to learn about Geelani’s death. Recalling his courageous struggle, the premier said Geelani had struggled all his life for his people and their right to self-determination.
Deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kashmiri freedom fighter Syed Ali Geelani who struggled all his life for his people & their right to self determination. He suffered incarceration & torture by the Occupying Indian state but remained resolute.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 1, 2021
“He suffered incarceration and torture by the occupying Indian state but remained resolute. “The Pakistan flag will fly at half-mast and we will observe a day of official mourning,” the premier announced.
President Dr. Arif Alvi had last year conferred Nishan-i-Pakistan, the country’s highest civil award, on Geelani in recognition of his decades-old struggle for Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.
