Stone throwing clashes began in Islamabad township near Achabal adda and Ganjiwara post Friday prayers. As per Eyewitnesses, Scores of youth gathered at Achabal adda and started throwing stones on the Government forces deployed in there. The Government forces chased away the protesters, however they regrouped and restarted pelting stones upon Government Forces. Meanwhile the Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir led a protest against the blasphemous comment made by an Indian Journalist.
Mirwaiz Yasir said, India is a Hindu Rashtra and the denial of space to minorities is shrinking, which will isolate small communities from India. "First only Kashmir wanted independence from India, but the way Hindu Nationalists are ruling the country, they may get divided into 40 parts," Mirwaiz Yasir said. Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir demanded the release of Political prisoners including Barkati and others. He said Indian Government has many a times promised amnesty to stone throwers. "We cannot trust them, until and unless they do it," he said. Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir also paid tributes to the Militants killed the past week.