Life far from normal on 92nd day of lockdown, interaction gag.

ISLAMABAD: In Indian occupied Kashmir, 92 days on, situation is still far from normal in the Kashmir Valley and Muslim Majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions as Indian forces remain deployed in huge numbers and restrictions in place under Section 144.

According to Kashmir Media Service, while landlines connections and voice calls on postpaid cellular networks have been partially restored, but ban on internet across all platforms and prepaid mobile phones remain enforced in the territory.

As a mark of unprecedented silent resistance against Indian occupation and its August 5 illegal action, people continue to keep their shops shut except for a brief two-hour period in the morning or evening, students stay away from schools and very thin attendance is witnessed in government and private offices. Public transport is also off the roads.

Bhim Singh, chief patron of the J&K National Panthers Party, addressing a press conference in Jammu has urged the Indian president to...