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Srinagar shutdown, Hurriyat leader continues to be in critical condition
SRINAGAR: Senior separatist HurriyatConference leader Fazal Haque Qureshi, who was shot outside his house here byunidentified gunmen on Friday, is stable but not out of danger, a relative ofhis said on Saturday. A shutdown to protest the attack, meanwhile, affected lifein the city.
Qureshi underwent a four-hour long operation in theSher-e-Kashmir Medical Institute Soura and is now on a ventilator forrespiratory support.
"His operation was conducted last night whichcontinued till 11:30pm and the doctors said he is stable but critical," TariqAndrabi, a close relative said.
Qureshi is in the Intensive CareUnit (ICU) of the hospital under tight security and no one is allowed to meethim except close relatives, Andrabi said. Doctors had said a bullet has piercedhis head.
Qureshi, a senior leader of the moderate Hurriyat groupheaded by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, is said to be one of the most vocal supporters ofthe dialogue process to solve the Kashmir issue.
He was shot andcritically wounded outside his Soura house on Friday evening when he was leavingfor prayers at a mosque. Four men shot him from close range. Al-Nasreen, alittle-known guerrilla group, had called some local media offices and ownedresponsibility for the attack.
The attack is seen as an attempt toderail the "quiet dialogue" reportedly going on between the union government andthe separatist leaders of Kashmir. The moderate Hurriyat group headed by theMirwaiz called a shutdown on Saturday to protest the attack on Qureshi.
Traffic and businesses were affected here due to the strike whilegovernment offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed onaccount of a public holiday on the birth anniversary of the regional NationalConference (NC) founder, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah.
Reacting sharplyto the attack on Qureshi, the Mirwaiz had Friday termed it an act of cowardiceand said the moderate Hurriyat would not be demoralised by it. "There arecertain elements within Kashmir who do not want a permanent solution to theproblem. They want to continue the uncertainty so that their vested interestsare protected.
"We have vowed to stand by the sacrifices of themartyrs and work for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem by talking toboth Pakistan and India," Mirwaiz told reporters outside the hospital whereQureshi is being treated.
Source: The Times of India
SRINAGAR: Senior separatist HurriyatConference leader Fazal Haque Qureshi, who was shot outside his house here byunidentified gunmen on Friday, is stable but not out of danger, a relative ofhis said on Saturday. A shutdown to protest the attack, meanwhile, affected lifein the city.
Qureshi underwent a four-hour long operation in theSher-e-Kashmir Medical Institute Soura and is now on a ventilator forrespiratory support.
"His operation was conducted last night whichcontinued till 11:30pm and the doctors said he is stable but critical," TariqAndrabi, a close relative said.
Qureshi is in the Intensive CareUnit (ICU) of the hospital under tight security and no one is allowed to meethim except close relatives, Andrabi said. Doctors had said a bullet has piercedhis head.
Qureshi, a senior leader of the moderate Hurriyat groupheaded by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, is said to be one of the most vocal supporters ofthe dialogue process to solve the Kashmir issue.
He was shot andcritically wounded outside his Soura house on Friday evening when he was leavingfor prayers at a mosque. Four men shot him from close range. Al-Nasreen, alittle-known guerrilla group, had called some local media offices and ownedresponsibility for the attack.
The attack is seen as an attempt toderail the "quiet dialogue" reportedly going on between the union government andthe separatist leaders of Kashmir. The moderate Hurriyat group headed by theMirwaiz called a shutdown on Saturday to protest the attack on Qureshi.
Traffic and businesses were affected here due to the strike whilegovernment offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed onaccount of a public holiday on the birth anniversary of the regional NationalConference (NC) founder, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah.
Reacting sharplyto the attack on Qureshi, the Mirwaiz had Friday termed it an act of cowardiceand said the moderate Hurriyat would not be demoralised by it. "There arecertain elements within Kashmir who do not want a permanent solution to theproblem. They want to continue the uncertainty so that their vested interestsare protected.
"We have vowed to stand by the sacrifices of themartyrs and work for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem by talking toboth Pakistan and India," Mirwaiz told reporters outside the hospital whereQureshi is being treated.
Source: The Times of India
