The authority said confinements on the movement of the general population were in force in rest of the valley.
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Police said the boy was injured in a clash between a stone-throwing mob and the security forces, but the residents claimed no protest or clash was held in the area when Junaid received pellet injuries in the chest.
Worshippers were blocked Friday from offering prayers at large mosques for the sixth consecutive week. Many locals of Old City alleged that they were not allowed to buy milk and vegetables by forces.
The Himalayan region has been under curfew for nearly six weeks as the largest street protests in years erupted after Indian troops killed a top rebel leader, and security was tightened further in the week preceding Independence Day.
Curfew also remained in force in the entire Srinagar district, Anantnag town, Pampore town, Shopian town, Khanpora in Baramulla, Ganderbal town and Kaloosa in Bandipora District on Friday, the official said.
The mobile telephone services across all networks were restored around 11am, an official said. “I appreciate the continued commitment of Pakistan to the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute for the sake of regional peace and security, as you reaffirmed in your letter”, Ban said in reference to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s letter.
According to media reports, prepaid and internet services remain suspended. However, the BSNL postpaid connections are functioning without any suspensions ever since the unrest in valley started.
The attendance in government offices was thin. Sources said forces had raided their house at Kamla village to arrest their son Shabir Ahmad Falahi, a Jamat-e-Islami leader who is wanted in provoking protests. “When forces tried to arrest his brother Noor Muhammad, the elderly parents resisted”, said the local. The senior Falahi was shifted to Srinagar’s SMHS Hospital for treatment, while his wife, who is hit on her arm, is being treated at a hospital in Tral.
In the meanwhile, scores of patients and drivers of today staged protests near Old Secretariat after forces disallowed ambulances to proceed ahead during curfew.
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He managed to drive to a hospital where he was admitted, police said.
