Hurriayt leader against liquor shops permission in occupied valley.

ISLAMABAD -- Tehreek-e-Hurriayt Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai Monday said the move to allow liquor shops was an open act of interference in the religion of Muslims, while alcohol was the root of evils according to Islamic teachings.

He, in a statement issued in Srinagar, termed it another plot to target the Kashmiri youth to weaken them morally and keep them away from the resistance against the Indian illegal occupation, reported.

Sehrai deplored that the Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government first repealed the special status of Kashmir on August 5, last year, and then illegally divided it into two union territories.

He added that after the passage of over 10 months, the Indian government had amended the domicile law for occupied Kashmir, adding that non-Kashmiris were being granted domicile certificates.

The senior APHC leader said the move was aimed at changing the Muslim majority status of...