SRINAGAR: The united resistance leadership on late Thursday evening issued new protest program asking people to remain steadfast and maintain discipline.
The statement detailing the protest program is being reproduced here verbatim:
6th August (Saturday): No Relaxation
Assemble and occupy local squares and centers from Asr to Magrib in the vicinity of your Mohallas, villages and localities; protest peacefully; play Islamic and Azadi Taranas in Masjids from Magrib to Isha.
7th August (Sunday): Relaxation (after 6 pm)
Sanitation and cleanliness drive from 10 am to 4 pm in Mohallas, villages, localities and hospitals; a team of volunteers under the guidance of local Masjid Committees should supervise the drive; peaceful protests from Asr to Magrib.
8th August (Monday): No Relaxation
Block all the roads towards and around Civil Secretariat Srinagar, DC and Tehsil offices and ensure that no employee is able to join the duty; the Deputy Commissioners are directed to desist from calling the employees on phones and pressurizing them to resume the duty.
9th August (Tuesday): Relaxation (after 6 pm)
Women’s Protests from Zuhr to Asr and Men’s protest from Asr to Magrib; play Islamic and Azadi Taranas in Masjids from Magrib to Isha.
10th August (Wednesday): No Relaxation
Sit-In protests from Zuhr to Asr with black flags; Mashaal Bardaar protest from Magrib to Isha.
11th August (Thursday): Relaxation (after 6 pm)
Ijtimayiee Fateha Khwani for Shaheed Sheikh Abdul Aziz at Mazar-e-Shohada Srinagar;
A poster letter asking pro-India politicians and their workers including Panchs and Sarpanchs to resign from their parties and positions to be pasted on the gates of their homes.
12th August (Friday): No Relaxation
A freedom awareness campaign letter to all Imams and Khateebs to be read in all Masjids after every Namaz; paste this letter on the entrance of every Masjid; peaceful protests in the nearby Chowks and centers after every Namaz.
Directions For All The Days
1 The protests be held across Jammu and Kashmir on all days.
2 Shutdown across J&K on all days except the relaxation mentioned in the program.
3 Lockdown all the routes entering your Mohallas, villages and localities by every means during night to protect people in general and youth in particular from the raids and arrests by Indian forces and J&K police.
4 Mashaal Bardaar processions should be carried out on alternate days.