F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Complete shutdown marked by curfew-like restrictions was observed across the occupied valley on Tuesday to commemorate the martyrdom anniversaries of prominent liberation leaders, Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone.
All shops, other business establishments and educational institutions remained closed while traffic was off the road, KMS reported.
Call for the strike and a march towards martyrs’ graveyard at Eidgah in Srinagar was given by the resistance leadership to pay tributes to the martyrs.
The authorities had imposed curfew and other restrictions in Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, Maharaj Gunj and Safa Kadal areas of the city to prevent the march. Heavy contingents of army, paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force and police were deployed, on the occasion.
