Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday appealed the Muttahida Ulema Council to take back the shutdown call for March 16 against NIA’s summon to him.

Express my deep gratitude to Mutahida Ulema council J&K the Traders fraternity and the civil society members for there concern and support ,I however request Mutahida Ulema council to take back the hartal call for 16th March in this regard

— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) March 13, 2019

Expressing gratitude to the council, the Traders fraternity and the civil society members for there concern and support, Mirwaiz said, “I however request Mutahida Ulema council to take back the hartal call for 16th March.”

The MUC on Tuesday asked the people of Kashmir to observe shutdown against the summoning of the Kashmir’s chief cleric by the National Investigation Agency to New Delhi for questioning in “terror funding case”.