Gloomy situation continues to prevail in IOK on 140th day.

ISLAMABAD:The night temperatures across Kashmir Valley and in Ladakh dropped to freezing levels amid the gloomy situation continues to prevail particularly in the Kashmir Valley and parts of Jammu region on 140th consecutive day of curfew in Indian Occupied Kashmir.

According to Kashmir Media Service people continue to suffer immensely due to unrelenting military siege and lock-down. Restrictions under Section 144 remain in place while prepaid mobile phone, text messaging and internet services continue

to be snapped.

Start ups have become one of the worst casualties of the Internet blockade in Kashmir. The ban on Internet has dealt a severe blow to the small ventures

employing hundreds of people.

The Internet ban has also impacted the courier services as online tracking of the courier has come to a halt. The courier service providers face the problem of contacting their customers as most of them have provided their pre-paid mobile numbers for contacting them, which is blocked in Kashmir by the Indian government.

The smart phone business has been also crippled due to the Internet suspension. According to the...