DeM Denounces Continued House Arrest Of Aasiya Andrabi

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2017 ) : Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) in occupied Kashmir has strongly condemned the continued house arrest of its Chairperson, Aasiya Andrabi. According to Kashmir Media Service, the DeM General Secretary, Nahida Nasreen, in a statement in Srinagar said that Aasiya Andrabi had been kept under house detention since December 21 when she was released from Baramulla jail.

She said that the continued house arrest had caused severe health problems to the party Chief. "Aasiya Andrabi is an asthma patient. She is not able to get proper treatment under house detention.

Besides, she is also suffering from many other ailments and a single doctor is not able to treat her properly and do a proper medical check-up.

" she added. Nahida Nasreen maintained that the DeM would not succumb to such inhuman tactics of the puppet regime and would protest against the continued arrest of Aasiya Andrabi.

She said that due to restrictions on her movement, Aasiya Andrabi had not been able to meet her illegally detained husband, Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, in Srinagar central jail for last over six months. She warned that the puppet authorities would be responsible if anything untoward happened to the party Chairperson.