450 people from IOK barred from traveling abroad.

ISLAMABAD -- The puppet administration in Indian Occupied Kashmir has prepared a list of over 450 people including businessmen, journalists, lawyers and political activists, who would not be allowed to travel abroad for a particular time period.

According to reporter, the list was prepared in wake of the revocation of special status and downgrading of J and K into two Union Territories through J and K Reorganization Bill passed on August 5 in Lok Sabha. This was to ensure that no influence from Kashmir would be able to travel abroad.

After August 5, authorities didn't allow people to travel abroad and were stopped at the International Airport in New Delhi. None of them were given any specific reasons on why they weren't allowed to travel despite valid visas from the country they were visiting and boarding passes given by the airlines.

In past few weeks, political leaders, activists, journalists and lawyers weren't allowed to fly from New Delhi's International Airport. One of them is Uzair Ronga, a lawyer and convener of a recently launched political party led by former bureaucrat Shah...

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