Srinagar September 14:(KNS) Awami Action Committee (AAC) today called a condolence meeting over the demise of the grandmother of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq and expressed condolence and solidarity with Mirwaiz Family.

The octogenarian gentle and pious lady of the Mirwaiz Family, she was the wife of Late Moulvi Ghulam Rasool Shah, the aunt and mother-in-law of Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq, and the mother of Moulvi Manzoor Ahmad and Moulvi Shafaat Ahmad.

Awami Action Committee in the meeting paid tributes to the deceased while remembering the services rendered by the Mirwaiz Family in upliftment of the people of Kashmir.

AAC said it’s members stands with Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq in this hour of grief. The members of AAC strongly condemned the “arbitrary, undemocratic, unethical and unlawful” house detention of the Mirwaiz, and reiterated their demand of unconditional release of all those detained in homes or lodged in prisons in and outside J&K.

During the meeting, Dua-e-Maghfirat and Fateha prayers were offered for the departed soul.(KNS)