The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Wednesday organised a rally in Islamabad to protest against Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s arrival in Islamabad to attend SAARC summit. The rally started from Faizabad area in Rawalpindi.
The Indian minister is travelling to Pakistan at a time when a surge of violence in disputed Kashmir has escalated rivalry between the two countries.
More than 60 people have been killed and up to 6,000 wounded since protests erupted in Indian-occupied Kashmir after security forces killed prominent freedom fighter Burhan Wani last month.
Wani, 22, was a commander of Hizbul Mujahideen. He has been declared a martyr by officials in Islamabad while India has branded him a “terrorist”.
Interior Minister Rajnath Singh is not expected to have a separate meeting with the Pakistani host of the meeting of interior ministers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Earlier on Tuesday in occupied Kashmir, Indian troops martyred three Kashmiri protestors and injured several others Kupwara district and Srinagar.
The troops fired on a group of peaceful protesters who were protesting against the Indian forces.
