Hurriyat leader hoists Pakistani flag in occupied Srinagar

Militant-turned-human rights activist Ahsan Untoo wearing green clothes inscribed with greeting for Pakistan Independence Day was seen distributing candies among commuters around City Center Lal Chowk. The women were also seen sporting Pakistani flag pins.

The authorities are especially watching Hurriyat Conference leaders and have reportedly placed Mirwaiz Umer Farooq under a house arrest.

Separatist activists have been hoisting Pakistani flags on August 14 for more than two decades.

Amid tight security in view of the Independence Day celebrations, radical Islamic leader Asiya Andrabi along with her support dared to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence day at an undisclosed location in the Kashmir valley on Friday. The BJP spokesman said if Asiya were indeed obsessed with the idea of Pakistan and inclined towards hoisting of Pakistani flags, she should do it in the open and ask both her sons to lead from the front.

“Restrictions have been imposed in seven areas of Khanyar, Nowhatta, Rainwari, MR Gunj, Maisuma, Kralkhud and Safa Kadal in order to maintain law and order”, said the official. But there will be no people to accompany them to raise the Indian flag atop the clock tower whose hands will quietly keep ticking and recording yet another chapter of history.