JKLF activists stage sit-in at LoC

Nearly 1,000 gathered at Sari Khoi Ratta to condemn Indian repression.

MUZAFFARABAD: Hundreds of pro-independence Kashmiris staged a protest sit-in at the Line of Control (LoC) against Indian repression in Indian Kashmir.

Carrying party flags, banners and placards and shouting pro-freedom slogans, nearly 1,000 Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) supporters, led by its chairman Sardar Saghir, marched to the LoC from Kotli district and gathered at Sari Khoi Ratta where they staged the sit-in.

A senior JKLF leader and its founder, Amanullah Khan, could not participate because of his illness but he will participate in the Muzaffarabad-Chakothi march on October 27 march.

Since June this year, the JKLF has initiated a series of sit-ins on the LoC in front of Indian bunkers to protest the killings of innocent Kashmiris.

The JKLF leaders said that the ‘Go India Go’ movement started on both sides of the LoC and they said they wanted independence on both sides of the Line of Control.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 24^th, 2010.