Srinagar: Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday vowed to continue the protest programme while hinting that it would be comprehensive and for the long term.Mirwaiz, one of the three separatist leaders who are steering the ongoing unrest by issuing week-long protest calendars, said the future protest programme would also include the functioning of trade and schools.“We (separatist leadership) are not allowed to meet but despite this we are preparing a long-term programme to ensure that resistance will continue and your homes and trade will function and schools will also work,” Mirwaiz said during his first Friday sermon at the city’s Jamia Masjid.Separatist leaders Mirwaiz, Syed Ali Geelani and Yasin Malik had recently attempted to meet but were barred from doing so by the police. The three separatists are jointly issuing weeklong protest calendars scheduling shutdown and work hours to steer the unrest, sparked by killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8.Mirwaiz said the separatist leadership was not tired of the long unrest. “We are not tired out…these five months have given us such strength that we can continue it for five years,” he said.The separatist leader said the “past record of tyranny and oppression” has been beaten during the unrest. “I am meeting you after five months and past records of tyranny and oppression have been beaten during these five months. The right to live of Kashmiris has been snatched during these months,” said Mirwaiz, who heads the moderate faction of separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference (TNS)
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