The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has said that the entire Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has virtually been transformed into an army garrison.

According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement while expressing serious concern over anti-Kashmir policies, strongly condemned the cordon-and-search operations and the arrest of youth on fabricated charges in the territory.

The statement also condemned the harassment and threats faced by Kashmiri shawl sellers in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.

Minhas said that the Hindutva-driven establishment in IIOJK, which derives pleasure from inflicting pain and penalizing Kashmiris, has intensified its atrocities in the occupied territory.

He added that innocent people, especially youth, are being booked under draconian laws by forces operating under the cover of a range of repressive laws that grant them impunity.

The spokesman urged the international community, particularly human rights organizations, to take action to stop the ongoing Indian state terrorism in the occupied territory and hold India accountable for the war crimes being committed by its forces against Kashmiris.

On the other hand, concerns are escalating among Kashmiri people over growing practice of land grabs under pretext of development projects.

The latest move involves the allocation of nearly 5,000 Kanals of prime agricultural land in Pulwama district for the establishment of a university campus.

Local residents and political leaders have questioned the necessity of using such a vast expanse of fertile land for this purpose.

They view it as part of a larger strategy to seize land under the guise of development, which could alter the territory's demographic and political landscape.