Overview

• The Ministry of Home Affairs has officially banned the Awami Action Committee, the political outfit led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
• Mirwaiz Umar Farooq continues to face arbitrary house arrests every Friday, preventing him from leading prayers at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid.
• The cleric’s legal challenge against his house detention remains pending in the High Court, with no resolution in sight.
• Farooq accuses authorities of targeting Muslim institutions like Jama Masjid to suppress dissent and weaken cultural and religious centrality.
• National Conference leader Tanvir Sadiq has condemned the restrictions, calling them unjust and counterproductive to achieving genuine normalcy in the region.