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Curfew, restrictions in Srinagar to prevent a sit-in protest

ISLAMABAD, Jul 21 (APP): The puppet authorities have imposed
curfew and restrictions in Srinagar and other parts of the
territory to prevent a sit-in protest outside the UN office in
Srinagar on Friday.
The joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has called for
complete shutdown and a peaceful sit-in protest outside the UN
office at Sonawar in Srinagar against the surge in killings by
Indian forces in the territory, Kashmir Media Service reported.
The objective of the protest is to urge the United Nations
to ask India to stop the massacre of people in Kashmir and to
remind the World Body to fulfill its commitments made to the
people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The district administration Srinagar has said that
restrictions will remain imposed in parts of Srinagar city today
(Friday).
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone, told
media men that strict restrictions will remain in place in the
areas falling under the jurisdictions of Khanyar, Nowhatta,
Rainawari, Mharaj Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma, Kral Khud and Ram
Munshi Bagh police stations in the city on Friday.