Trying to fish in troubled waters, Pakistan’s parliament today passed a resolution condemning the hanging of Afzal Guru and demanded the return of his body to his family.

The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged last week for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack case, will be allowed to visit his grave inside Tihar jail here, Home secretary R.K. Singh said today.

Dismissing Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s suggestion that the execution of Afzal Guru was “selective”, the Centre today said the cases of killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Punjab chief minister Beant Singh were different.

In a new twist, a top officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Postal department today said a letter from Delhi addressed to the wife of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged on Saturday, was delivered this morning.

Kashmir Valley remained under curfew for the third day today even as mobile Internet services remained suspended and newspapers failed to hit the stands following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.

Srinagar/New Delhi: An angry J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday slammed the execution of Afzal Guru and said this would reinforce a sense of alienation and injustice amongst a generation

Srinagar: An angry Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today slammed the execution of Afzal Guru and said this would reinforce a sense of alienation and injustice among generations of yout

In the wake of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, global rights groups have asked India to end the use of executions and move towards abolishing the death penalty.

Curfew continued in Kashmir for the second day today following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru in Delhi’s Tihar jail.

New Delhi: Mohammed Afzal Guru has been executed around 7:30 am this morning at Tihar jail on the outskirts of Delhi.
Earlier, the mercy plea of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was rejected by P