Joining the official bandwagon, Saeed welcomed the statements of the foreign ministry and said the Pakistan government should raise the issue at the worldwide level.
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Mother of Tabish Bhat, 16, whose eye was damaged after Indian government forces fired pellets at him during a protest shows his damaged eye as he rests on a hospital bed in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
Most of those killed were teens and men younger than 26 from southern Kashmir, police said. A statement from the prime minister’s office condemned the “excessive and unlawful force” used against those protesting the killing, adding: “Oppressive measures such as these can not deter the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand of exercising their right to self determination”.
Most shops and businesses were closed, and mobile phone and internet services have been suspended.
In another incident, a youth was injured when security forces opened firing at Koil in Pulwama district to disperse a mob which was pelting stones at Indian Air Force base, the officials said.
Protesters entered four police stations and pickets and looted 40 weapons, including AK-47 rifles, one light machine gun, magazines and several rounds of ammunition.
Authorities have said they would investigate the complaints.
Saeed, who plans to hold funeral prayers in absentia for Wani and others on Friday in Lahore, said issues in the Valley should be resolved as per the wishes of Kashmiri people.
“Obviously, we’re concerned about the violence”.
There were similar reactions from ministers in the Narendra Modi government. “We will continue to support them”.
New Delhi warned Islamabad late Monday not to meddle in India’s internal matters after Pakistan accused it of violating human rights in the aftermath of Wani’s killing.
Who was Burhan Wani?
In a major success for security forces, the poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Wani, was killed in an encounter at Kokernag area, 83 km from here, along with two of his local accomplices. The statement also asks Pakistan to stop interfering in the “internal affairs of its neighbours”.
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Pakistan’s top army commanders met today and said, “the world needs to recognize the aspirations of Kashmiri people, their struggle for freedom”.
