Shutdown call in IOJK on Sunday to mark Kashmir Martyrs’ Day
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has given a complete shutdown call on Sunday (July 13) to mark the Kashmir Martyrs’ Day in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, all pro-freedom leaders and organizations have supported the shutdown call to commemorate the martyrdom of 22 Kashmiris, who were killed by the forces of Dogra ruler on July 13, 1931. The APHC has also asked the people of the occupied territory to conduct a march towards the Martyrs’ Graveyard at Naqshband Sahib in Srinagar to offer Fateha for the departed souls. These martyrs remain buried at this Martyrs’ Graveyard in Srinagar.
It is to mention here that thousands of people had assembled outside the Srinagar central jail on July 13, 1931 during the court proceedings against one Abdul Qadeer who had asked the people to defy the Dogra rule. At the time of Namaz-e-Zuhr, a young man started Azaan and was shot dead by the Dogra soldiers. Another took his place and he too was martyred by the troops. In this way, 22 youth lost their lives till the completion of Azaan.
The APHC spokesman, Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement in Srinagar said that the sacred blood of these martyrs ignited the candle of freedom in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He said the sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs will not be allowed to go waste and the ongoing struggle for freedom of Kashmir will be taken to its logical conclusion.
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