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CNews ISLAMABAD: Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik said that Lal Chowk March will be a peaceful democratic referendum to convey Kashmiris viewpoint to the international community and Indian masses for acquiring their right of self determination.Talking to a local newspaper, he said millions of people will participate in Lal Chowk March and it will be a successful protest. Kashmiri people want that they should be given right to decide their future whether they want to go with India, Pakistan or they want to remain independent.While responding to the ban being placed on public gathering, Yasin Malik said the planned rally will be held despite restriction imposed on public gatherings in Indian held Kashmir. "We have decided that we will defy all the restrictions imposed by India", he added. To a question, he informed that several political leaders andactivists have been arrested. Maulana Shaukat was also kept under house arrest and still the arrest proce...

CNews SRINAGAR: Security forces enforced a strict curfew in the occupied Kashmir on Sunday and detained Yasin Malik to prevent him from holding a pro-independence rally.The curfew was in force in the summer capital Srinagar and other Muslim-majority towns ahead of Monday's planned rally at the main city's Red Square, or Lal Chowk. According to Kashmir Media Service, policemen used loudspeakers to urge residents to stay indoors. Thousands of troops have been deployed around the venue, with all entry points blocked by fencing and barbed wire. Police sealed off many neighbourhoods in Srinagar with barbed wire and warned people against defying the curfew.Late Saturday night police detained senior separatist Yasin Malik in a raid near Red Square. Meanwhile, leader of All Parties Hurriat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has appealed to people to reach Lal Chowk by defying curfew. Police said Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were placed under house arrest and several second rung...