{"id":48,"date":"2014-04-09T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmir-today.net\/mirwaiz-calls-for-valley-wide-strike-on-saturday\/"},"modified":"2014-04-09T15:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T15:38:00","slug":"mirwaiz-calls-for-valley-wide-strike-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"Mirwaiz calls for valley-wide strike on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div><b style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Srinagar:<\/b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The chairman of his faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Wednesday&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">called for valley-wide strike<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">&nbsp;on Saturday&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">against the proposed extension of Tosa Maidan lease.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1623666_581599741947182_90903132394440823_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/kashmir.watch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1623666_581599741947182_90903132394440823_n.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Addressing a press conference at APHC Headquarters in Rajbagh, the Kashmir\u2019s chief priest said there will be complete shutdown and peaceful protests<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">&nbsp;on Saturday<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">He threatened protests if lease is extended. \u201cIf this lease is extended, there will be protests.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The APHC Human Rights Division has compiled a report on Tosa Maidan which reads: \u201cTosa Maidan was leased to the army in 1964 for setting up an artillery firing range with the 50-year lease. Tosa Maidan\u2019s lease to the Indian army ends on the&nbsp;18th of April 2014this year. Since 1964, for six months from May to October every year, the meadow sees scenes of simulated warfare carried out by the army. During this period, the villages reverberate with the barrage of shelling and deafening explosions, forcing the villagers to stay indoors most of the time. The human cost of the military exercises is now causing an outcry not only in the affected villages but across the Kashmir Valley.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The report further reads:&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cOn 8 September 1992, three children aged 8, 9 and 12 went to the fringes of Tosa Maidan to graze their cattle when they were drawn to an abandoned object. But when they started playing with it, the object exploded, blowing their bodies into smithereens. The army paid no compensation to the family who have been disabled or killed.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">The people of adjoining villages of Tosa Maidan in Central Kashmir have started a massive agitation against the proposed extension of lease. (GNS)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar:&nbsp;The chairman of his faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar FarooqWednesday&nbsp;called for valley-wide strike&nbsp;on Saturday&nbsp;against the proposed extension of Tosa Maidan lease. Addressing a press conference at APHC Headquarters in Rajbagh, the Kashmir\u2019s chief priest said there will be complete shutdown and peaceful protests&nbsp;on Saturday. He threatened protests if lease is extended. 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