Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, normal life was affected in the Kashmir Valley, today, due to the shutdown against Indian illegal occupation, civilian killings and other brutalities by Indian police and troops in the territory.
Call for the shutdown was given by the joint resistance leadership comprising the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, and Hurriyet leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
Shops, business establishments, educational institutions and fuel stations remained closed in response to the strike.
Meanwhile, the puppet authorities continued to place the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, and other Hurriyet leaders including Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Aasiya Andrabi, Ayaz Muhammad Akbar and Fehmida Sofi under house arrest or in custody. They were not even allowed to offer Juma prayers.