Celebrations in Held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Residents in Indian-held Kashmir Sunday fired crackers in city after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the World Twenty20 championship, witnesses said. Occupied Srinagar — erupted in celebration after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets and as scores of Kashmiri youth poured on to the streets and lit firecrackers.
The youths also chanted pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans as Indian occupation troops stayed in their bunkers, witnesses said. Thousands of Kashmiris, including women and children, were glued to their televisions sets to watch the tense final. “It is a great victory and one day I hope we will merge with Pakistan,” said a die-hard Pakistani cricket fan, Mohammed Yaseen. Residents in Muslim-majority Kashmir valley traditionally support Pakistan in sports events.
Celebrations in Held Kashmir was first posted on June 22, 2009 at 12:51 pm.
Kashmir Shutdown For Indian VP Hamid Ansari visit
SRINAGAR: A strike to protest against a visit by the Indian vice president to the disputed region of Kashmir on Saturday shut down shops, offices and schools.
Vice President Hamid Ansari was set to arrive in Srinagar later in the day to attend a university event in the city.
Security was tight after the death of a vegetable seller overnight in a grenade explosion in Srinagar.
Police and paramilitary forces patrolled the deserted streets of Srinagar and sealed off neighbourhoods to prevent rallies against India’s rule of the Muslim-majority region.
Ansari’s visit comes as protests have been raging across the Kashmir valley since the bodies of two women who had been raped were found three weeks ago.
Families of the two victims have blamed security forces for the crime.
Kashmir Shutdown For Indian VP Hamid Ansari visit was first posted on June 20, 2009 at 2:39 pm.
