A woman embraced martyrdom and another got injured as Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing in Shahkot sector of the Line of Control (LoC), a private TV channel reported on Wednesday.
“Indian army continues nonprofessional conduct. Besides atrocities in IOK, violating ceasefire targeted civil population in Shahkot sector across LOC, “Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet. “A woman shaheed another injured. Such acts can’t suppress indigenous freedom struggle of brave Kashmiris in IOK,” he added.
A report compiled by the Kashmir Media Service claimed that the occupied valley continued to witness grave human rights violations during the year 2018 as Indian forces in their barbaric acts of state terrorism martyred at least 375 Kashmiris. According to the report, the Indian troops conducted 2,939 cordon-and-search operations across the disputed territory during 2018.The martyrs included highly qualified youth like Professor Dr Rafi Butt, Dr Manan Bashir Wani, Dr Sabzar Ahmad Sofi, Dr Aijazuddin Khan and Dr Abdul Ahad Ganai. Those killed also included Hurriyet leaders Mir Hafizulla, Tariq Ahmad Ganie, Yousuf Nadeem and Hakim-ul-Rehman Sultani.
Published in Daily Times, January 10th 2019.
