SRINAGAR: Kashmiri Pandits and all other non-Muslim government employees in Jammu and Kashmir have been granted official leave for 10 consecutive days from Friday as part of the administration’s effort to allay their fears in the wake of select terror attacks targeting minority communities. A top government official under Said on Saturday. The extension of the holiday begins with the Hindu festival season Navratri.
“Grant of 10 days leave to non-Muslim government employees working in Kashmir to enable them to celebrate the upcoming festivals, to take them out of fear mentality in the wake of fresh attacks on some members of their community It was the last few days,” the official said.
Sources said the holiday was initially for Kashmiri Pandit employees, but the administration extended it to all non-Muslim employees after the local administration. Sikh The community demanded equal privileges.
The announcement was made a day after the terrorists were killed Kashmiri Sikh The school principal and his Kashmiri Pandit colleague after checking their identity cards on the premises of the government-run boys’ higher secondary institution SrinagarIn Idgah locality on Thursday. Two days before that, Pakistan-backed organization TRF had killed a prominent Kashmiri Pandit trader and a food vendor from Bihar in Srinagar.
Amidst reports of minorities from Jammu and Kashmir fleeing after the killings, United Sikh Forum (USF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that no Kashmiri Sikh will leave the Valley out of fear. It appealed to all communities to unite in the time of crisis.
“Grant of 10 days leave to non-Muslim government employees working in Kashmir to enable them to celebrate the upcoming festivals, to take them out of fear mentality in the wake of fresh attacks on some members of their community It was the last few days,” the official said.
Sources said the holiday was initially for Kashmiri Pandit employees, but the administration extended it to all non-Muslim employees after the local administration. Sikh The community demanded equal privileges.
The announcement was made a day after the terrorists were killed Kashmiri Sikh The school principal and his Kashmiri Pandit colleague after checking their identity cards on the premises of the government-run boys’ higher secondary institution SrinagarIn Idgah locality on Thursday. Two days before that, Pakistan-backed organization TRF had killed a prominent Kashmiri Pandit trader and a food vendor from Bihar in Srinagar.
Amidst reports of minorities from Jammu and Kashmir fleeing after the killings, United Sikh Forum (USF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that no Kashmiri Sikh will leave the Valley out of fear. It appealed to all communities to unite in the time of crisis.
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