{"id":35894,"date":"2026-07-16T01:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hurriyat-conference-chairman-mirwaiz-urges-restraint-as-pok-unrest-leaves-9-dead-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:15:17","slug":"hurriyat-conference-chairman-mirwaiz-urges-restraint-as-pok-unrest-leaves-9-dead-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/hurriyat-conference-chairman-mirwaiz-urges-restraint-as-pok-unrest-leaves-9-dead-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz urges restraint as PoK unrest leaves 9 dead | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132424785,imgsize-112598,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mirwaiz-umar-farooq-on-pok.jpg\" alt=\"Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz urges restraint as PoK unrest leaves 9 dead\" title=\"File photo: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"File photo: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq\">File photo: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mirwaiz-umar-farooq\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mirwaiz Umar Farooq<\/a> urged Pakistan to defuse mounting unrest in PoK through dialogue and consultation, expressing anguish over civilian and police deaths and calling for restraint from both authorities and protesters.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cDeeply saddened and pained by reports of loss of life of civilians and police personnel in the continuing unrest on the other side of LoC especially in Rawalakot and Poonch,\u201d Mirwaiz said Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>At least 9 people were killed Tuesday in clashes between police and protesters in PoK, according to reports. Violence centres on a dispute over 12 seats in PoK legislative assembly reserved for Kashmiri refugees who migrated to Pakistan after 1947.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Mirwaiz urged Islamabad to \u201cprioritise dialogue, restraint and engagement\u201d and resolve differences through \u201cconsultation and accommodation rather than confrontation\u201d. He also voiced concern over debate surrounding representation and constitutional status of Kashmiris living in Pakistan. \u201cQuestions touching upon identity, representation and political rights require sensitivity, dialogue and broad public confidence,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Protesters said reserved seats allow Pakistan-based political parties to wield influence over PoK\u2019s 53-member assembly and want them scrapped. Protests gathered steam after a court ruled in June that seats are constitutionally protected and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment. Elections are scheduled for July 27.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/hurriyat-conference-chairman-mirwaiz-urges-restraint-as-pok-unrest-leaves-9-dead\/articleshow\/132424777.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged Pakistan to defuse mounting unrest in PoK through dialogue and consultation, expressing anguish over civilian and police deaths and calling for restraint from both authorities and protesters.\u201cDeeply saddened and pained by reports of loss of life of civilians and police personnel in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}