Killing Of Youth By Troops In Pulwama Strongly Denounced

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -25th Augst,2016) : The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) and resistance leaders have condemned the killing of an innocent civilian by Indian forces in Pulwama and described it as the worst kind of state terrorism. Accccording to KMS , the APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said that killing the youth Amir Gul of Ratnipora, Pulwama, had proved that India had given its forces a free hand to kill the Kashmiris. The Chairman of Hurriyet forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in a statement issued in Srinagar expressed deep sorrow and grief over the killing of Amir Gul.

He said that state terrorism was in full bloom in occupied Kashmir for the past 48 days as the graph of violence against civilians was steadily rising. Referring to India's decision of sending more troops to the occupied territory where lacs of them are already present, he said, "To continue its hold on Kashmir India will not hesitate to wipe us off from the face of the earth." APHC leader, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, in his statement in Srinagar said that from religious places to residential houses and vehicles everything was being smashed and damaged only to give a message to the Kashmiris that India could go to any extent to suppress them.

"But, the pro-freedom people of Kashmir have neither succumbed to the suppression in past nor will they do it now," he added. Another APHC leader, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash in his statement in Srinagar said that Indian forces had become rampant and had made killings their favourite pastime.

He said that Indian Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, who is on a visit to Valley, should bear in mind that Kashmiris would not accept any solution less than complete freedom from India. The spokesman of Kashmir Freedom Front in a statement in Srinagar said that the way the reign of terror had been unleashed in occupied Kashmir for the last 48 days indicated that New Delhi had waged a war against the innocent and unarmed people of the territory.

A party delegation participated in the funeral prayers of Amir Mir and expressed solidarity with his family.