Sardar Arif Shahid was a Kashmiri nationalist leader who advocated the independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan's rule. He was killed on 14 May 2013 outside his house in Rawalpindi. His supporters allege that his Pakistan security forces killed him.[1][2][3]
Arif Shahid was also the first pro-independence Kashmiri leader who was killed in Pakistan.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kashmiris protest at killing of Sardar Arif Shahid". BBC News. 16 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Why they killed Arif Shahid". Express Tribune. 30 May 2013.
- ^ Arch Puddington, Aili Piano, Jennifer Dunham, Bret Nelson, Tyler Roylance (2014). Freedom in the World 2014: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 805. ISBN 9781442247079.
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