The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has strongly condemned the use of indiscriminate force on people of Valley particularly of South Kashmir. The APHC termed it as an open aggression and worst form of State terrorism. The Hurriyat said that it is because of the unbridled powers are given to the government forces and the lack of accountability that every day innocent civilians are brutally killed and wounded besides properties are vandalized.
The Hurriyat said that brutal use of force and unleashing the reign of terror by killing innocents, blinding and maiming youth, vandalizing properties of people, torching orchards and harassing the elderly lot has become a become a routine affair in Kashmir and the government forces continue to kill Kashmiris at their will and wish.
Meanwhile, on directions of APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, senior Hurriyat leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Abdul Rashid Untoo, Ghulam Nabi Najar, Abdul Majeed Wani, Jaffer Kashmiri visited Khrew Pampore, the residence of Shaheed Faizan Ahmad Poswal a 16-yrs-old student of Khrew Pampore who was mercilessly killed in indiscriminate firing by forces in Pulwama. The leaders expressed heartfelt condolences with bereaved family especially with the father of deceased Dr. Abdul Gani Poswal.
On the occasion, the Hurriyat leaders said that even teenagers and minor boys are not being spared by the trigger happy forces and are being shot and killed day in and day out.
Meanwhile, APHC termed the demand for returning of mortal remains of slain Mudasir Ahmed Bhat, of old Barzulla who was martyred in an encounter with army on June 29 at Kupwara as genuine and based on logical and stating that the denying of the mortal remains of a martyr to his family is condemnable and inhuman.
