[Reader-list] Posters in Srinagar ask Hurriyat to review agitation

[Aalok Aima]

interesting; both in content and in tone:

"Jammu and Kashmir Islami Ittehad (union), has issued an ultimatum of two days to the Hurriyat to reconsider its decision on continuing the strikes. “In case the decision is not taken within the next two days, the situation would be different in the Valley,”
 
......... aalok aima
 
 
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101031/j&k.htm#1
 
Posters in Srinagar ask Hurriyat to review agitation
 
Ehsan Fazili
Tribune News Service
 
Srinagar, October 30

A day after the Durbar Move offices closed in the summer capital, posters appeared here today appealing the hardline Hurriyat faction to review its protest calendars in view of the problems being faced by a majority of people due to continuing strikes. 
 
In an appeal to the APHC, the hitherto unknown organisation, Jammu and Kashmir Islami Ittehad (union), has issued an ultimatum of two days to the Hurriyat to reconsider its decision on continuing the strikes. “In case the decision is not taken within the next two days, the situation would be different in the Valley,” the statement added. These posters appeared in the central Lal Chowk and the posh market of Residency Road early this morning. 
  
“We want to convey to the Hurriyat leaders that we have been observing shutdowns for the past four months,” the posters pasted on the walls and shutters of the shops stated. They added that the outcome of the shutdowns was only “unemployment, destruction and a bleak future for Kashmiris”. It urged the Hurriyat leadership to keep in view the economic condition and loss of human lives due to the ongoing situation. 
  
It also blamed the stone throwers, whose number was very less and who were adding to the problems of the people by targeting patients in particular. “The number of stone throwers is between 100 and 125, who appear for their own interests in some areas,” the statement said. It added that these stone-throwers keep waiting for trouble to erupt so that they get benefited. Such elements were taking refuge under the Facebook and spread rumours to create trouble for their own benefits,” the statement said. 
  
It referred to such incidents of rumours spread with the help of Facebook, which included the alleged rape of a girl in Palhalan, Pattan of Baramulla district and the reports about an indefinite Kashmir bandh called by Syed Ali Geelani, both of which were wrong.