SRINAGAR, Aug 25:
Kashmiri separatists withdrew their five-day protest programme against a move to get Article 35A of the Constitution repealed, after the Supreme Court today deferred hearing on a petition challenging the validity of the provision.
“The protest programme, including the proposed strike on August 29, is postponed for the time being as the hearing,” separatist leaders, including chairmen of both factions of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Yasin Malik said in a statement here.
A new protest schedule would be issued whenever needed, they added. (PTI)
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