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ISLAMABAD: Former President Asif Ali Zardari has said the conviction of Hurriyet leader Yasin Malik has revealed the real face of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the entire world.
In a statement issued here on Thursday by the party secretariat, Asif Zardari said he would approach every global forum to raise voice against the Indian court’s decision penalizing Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Yasin Malik.
“My and my party’s heart beats with the Kashmiris and we will never leave them alone in the need of hour,” he added.
He questioned what kind of message India wanted to give to the international community by laying the foundations of fascism and extremism in the region.
“We will never let the blood of Kashimiris go in vain and we will not relent until the promise of freedom that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto made to the Kashmiris is fulfilled,” he said.
Protests in IoK
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a shutdown was observed for the second consecutive day on Thursday against the Indian court’s verdict of sentencing Yasin Malik to life imprisonment.
According to reports, shops and other business establishments in Srinagar, Tral and other areas remained closed while traffic movement was thin.
The occupation authorities continued with heavy deployment of Indian troops and police personnel and suspension of internet service in the Kashmir Valley to prevent people from holding anti-India demonstrations.
In a statement, Senior APHC leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Yasin Malik has been waging a peaceful and democratic struggle for the resolution of the internationally-recognized Kashmir dispute.
Another senior APHC leader, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, termed Yasin Malik’s trial as unfair and urged the Indian government to release all illegally detained Kashmiris.
Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three more Kashmiri youth, today, during a violent cordon and search operation in Jumagund area of Kupwara district.
Meanwhile, protest demonstrations were held in Muzaffarabad and other cities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on the second successive day, today, against the Indian court’s verdict against Yasin Malik. The protesters wore shrouds and black ribbons chanted anti-India slogans.