Srinagar: In the wake of the Shopian killings and subsequent strike and protest call given by separatists, the state authorities have decided to shutdown all schools, colleges and Universities in Kashmir for Monday.
According to an official spokesman of the Government, the class work shall remain suspended in all the schools of Kashmir valley tomorrow on 7th May 2018 as a precautionary measure.
All the colleges in Kashmir Valley will also remain closed on Monday, official sources said.
Meanwhile, the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Central University and Kashmir University too have decided to shut on Monday.
Kashmir University has postponed all examinations scheduled to be held on May 7, 2018 (Monday).
A KU communiqué said that fresh dates shall be notified separately, later.
Meanwhile the communiqué further said that class-work at the University of Kashmir shall remain suspended on May 7/8, 2018 (Monday and Tuesday) as a precautionary measure.
Separatist call for strike
Srinagar: Separatists today called for a strike and a protest march to the Civil Secretariat here tomorrow over the death of civilians in a clash between protestors and security forces after an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sophian district.
The secretariat in the state’s summer capital opens tomorrow after the bi-annual shifting of capitals between Jammu and Srinagar.
“The strike will continue across Kashmir tomorrow against the killings in Shopian,” a statement issued by the separatists, under the banner of the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), said here.
The JRL comprises Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
It asked people to march peacefully to the Civil Secretariat where sit-in would be staged by the JRL.
“We appeal to the people, traders, lawyers, civil society, students and employees to march peacefully to the civil secretariat where the leadership will hold a sit-in as a protest against the unabated killings,” the statement said.
Separatist call for strike 
