An estimated 90,000 people gathered in the Jamia Mosque to pay tribute
to
Maqbool Butt Shaheed. The gathering was addressed by amongst others,
Bashir
Butt of JKLF.
All Kashmiri papers carried special feature on father
of thenation.
special reference was made to jklf website.
Shabir Shah was
arrested on the day.
‘Maqbool Day’ observed Strike paralyses
normal life in Kashmir KT NEWS
SERVICE SRINAGAR, Feb 11: Normal life was
paralysed across the Kashmir
Valley today in view of the general strike
observed on the death anniversary
of founder chief of JKLF Mohammad Maqbool
Bhat. The call for the strike was
given by Hurriet Conference and supported
by JKLF. The organisations had
also asked the people to observe the day as
"Maqbool day". All the shops and
business establishments remained closed.
Same was the case with government
and semi-government offices. Transport was
off the roads. This city wore a
deserted look with people preferring to
remain indoors. Large number of
security men were deployed in strength for
security reasons. Reports of
general strike were also received from almost
all the major and other towns
of the Valley including Baramulla, Sopore,
Pattan, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian,
Anantnag, and Kokernag. Rich tributes were
paid to Maqbool Bhat at a public
meeting at Jamia Masjid here this afternoon.
A number of Hurriet leaders
including Haji Sheikh Ali Mohammad, Bashir Ahmad
Bhat, Peer Hafizullah
Makhdoomi, Ghulam Nabi Zaki, Abdul Khaliq Hanief and
Ghulam Qadir Hagroo
addressed the people. The speakers threw light on the
life and role of Bhat
in " freedom struggle". They said the JKLF founder
chief’s work is a guide
for the"freedom fighters". The Hurriet leaders urged
the people to remain
united and take speedy steps to take the ongoing
movement to its logical
conclusion. They strongly assailed the "state
terrorism" and the gross
violation of human rights by the security forces.
They said Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone are in touch with New Delhi
based ambassadors of
different countries in connection with the Kashmir
issue. They urged the
international community to intervene and get the issued
solved. A procession
was also taken out and the people raised pro-freedom
slogans.
