In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, complete shutdown is being observed on Thursday, to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri leader, Muhammad Afzal Guru.

Call for the strike has been given by All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and supported by all other Hurriyat leaders and organizations.

India had sent Muhammad Afzal Guru to the gallows in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on 9th February in 2013 in a fake case related to the Indian parliament attack. 

Shutdown will also be observed on Saturday on the martyrdom anniversary of prominent Kashmiri leader Muhammad Maqbool Butt.

He was hanged by India in the same jail on 11th February in 1984 for his role in Kashmir freedom movement.

The bodies of Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru remain buried in the premises of Tihar jail.

Paying rich tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru, All Parties Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front said their martyrdom infused a new spirit in the freedom movement of Kashmir.