Srinagar: PDP chief and East-J&C CM Mehboba Mufti and Hurrit leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday asked to protest a “Kashmir bandh” separately. Terrorist attack on tourists In Pahgam. This is the first time Mehboba and Mirwaiz have given a call for a bandh after a terrorist attack.
“This is not just an attack on a few selected; it’s an attack on all of us. We are standing together in sorrow and resentment,” Mehboba said, urged people across the valley to urge to take cue for shutdown from Jammu Chamber and Bar Association calls.
The PDP chief said, “I appeal to all Kashmiris to unite this bandh in solidarity, as as a mark of respect for innocent life lost in a brutal attack in Pahgam,” said the PDP chief.
Party member Yasir Reshhi said that Kashmiris need to send a message “and it is clear that we have united and united against this cowardly task of terror and our silence cannot be wrong for acceptance”.
In a statement, Mirwaiz said: “Whoever kills an innocent soul … is as if he has completely killed mankind.” He said that through the Islamic fraternity of Jammu and Kashmir, Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU), “Support and solidarity with the bereaved families of those killed”, appeal to the people to peacefully oppose a shutdown by opposing this heinous crime peacefully.
