SEAnews 2016-07-29 ArtNo.45823

【Srinagar】Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today (17/07/16) listed six confidence building measures that the Centre should take for return of peace to Kashmir.
　The measures include rapid "demilitarization" process of population centers and repeal of "draconian" laws like AFSPA and Public Safety Act. The measures were suggested by Geelani in a letter written to several international bodies, including the UNSC, and Heads of States. Among others, the letter has been addressed to Prime Ministers of Pakistan and Turkey, King of Saudi Arabia and Presidents of China and Iran.
○Curfew continues for 9th day in Kashmir

【Srinagar】Strict curfew continued for the 9th day on Sunday (17/07/16) in the Kashmir Valley, police said. The death toll in the ongoing violence reached 41 after an unruly mob torched a police picket in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday. Police opened fire at the mob resulting in the death of a youth.
　The protests erupted after Burhan Wani, chief of operations of Hizbul Mujahideen, Kashmir's largest rebel group, was killed in fighting with Indian troops on the 8th of July, "Curfew shall continue in all the ten districts of the Valley," a senior police official said. "People going to the airport will not face any hardship as air tickets were being treated as curfew passes," the official added.
　All vernacular and English dailies suspended publication for the second day on Sunday. Cable television operations were allowed on Saturday evening after remaining suspended for a day. Mobile phone internet and call operations remained suspended in south Kashmir areas for the eighth day while the same remained suspended for the second day in central and north Kashmir areas on Sunday. Mobile phone operations without any internet facility are, however, continuing on post paid mobile phones provided by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). All schools, colleges and universities in the Valley were also shut down. Train services between north Kashmir Baramulla and Bannihal town in the Jammu region also remained suspended.
○Emboldened Opposition set to corner govt on Kashmir

【New Delhi】Congress will raise issues like "abuse" of Governor's office to destabilize State governments, the Kashmir violence and the "failure" of govt on the NSG issue.
　During an all-party meeting convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar on Sunday (17/07/16), opposition leaders said besides the turmoil in the Kashmir Valley and imposition of President's Rule (presidential discretionary powers of emergency under Article 356 of the Constitution of India) in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, they want a debate on India's failure to get membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and price rise, among other issues. They said the government is “answerable” to Parliament.
　Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who joined the leaders for lunch, thanked all political parties for their support on the Kashmir issue and said he looked forward to “meaningful discussions and outcomes” during the four-week session, between July 18 and August 12.
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