Burhan Wani anniversary: Joint Hurriyat calls for shutdown on July 8

Srinagar, Jul 04: Joint Hurriyat Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik on Wednesday called for a complete shutdown throughout the valley to commemorate the death anniversary of Hizb Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.
The spokesman in a statement has called religious clerics to hold Fateh Khawani on July 6 to commemorate the 2nd death anniversary of Burhan Muzafar Wani and over a hundred civilians killed during the turmoil.
“Joint Hurriyat will hold a general public meeting in Tral town on Sunday,” the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, Joint Hurriyat leadership denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement, saying that Kashmir is not an issue of development or administration, nor it can be resolved through military might.
“Dispute related to Jammu and Kashmir is a long-standing issue in international forums and world community has agreed to decide its political destiny through right to self-determination,” Joint Hurriyat said in a statement.
Joint Hurriyat called PM Modi’s statement “nothing more than jugglery of words which illustrates frustration and insincerity”.
“It is not an issue of mere development instead the issue relates to 15 million people for their right to self-determination,” they said.