MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 10: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front held a demonstration here on Sunday to condemn the hanging of Kashmiri activist Mohammed Afzal Guru in a New Delhi prison.

The participants of the demonstration held at the press club were holding party flags and placards inscribed with slogans paying tribute to Guru and condemning India for his ‘judicial murder’.

The AJK government, in consultation with all political parties, has given a call for a strike on Monday to condemn the hanging.

Funeral prayers for Afzal Guru, led by Prof Shahabuddin Madni of the Jamiat Ahl-i-Hadith, AJK, were also offered in Upper Chattar.—Staff Correspondent

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