Published 19:06 IST, September 15th 2019

Heena Sidhu hits out at Malala Yousafzai over her tweet on Kashmir

Indian Olympian medalist Heena Sidhu on Sunday slammed Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai for her tweet claiming that lives of Kashmiris are disrupted in J&K.

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Indian Olympian medalist Heena Sidhu on Sunday slammed bel Laureate Malala Yousafzai for her tweet where she claimed to have quoted a young girl from Kashmir who has been allegedly unable go to school. In her tweet, she claims that Kashmiri local told her that she was depressed that owing to restrictions related to curfew, she couldn't go to school and appear for her exams, due to which her aspiration to be independent Kashmiri woman w seemed to be under a cloud. Sidhu retorted, reminding leing activist -  who herself faced Taliban's bullets for going to school as a student in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - of security situation in neighbouring country for women and wher Kashmiris will have a better fate re. She even asked Malala to le her activism from her homeland first, before pontificating or nations.

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Malala Yousafzai mum on atrocities faced by women from Pak's mirity community?

Malala Yousafzai faced brickbats on Twitter for claiming to have spoken to Kashmiris and alleging that ir life has been disrupted in valley following restrictions placed by Centre and over abrogation of Article 370. While Centre has maintained that curfew and communication restrictions were placed in order to safeguard people from terror attacks, Pakistan has used situation to spin a narrative and gone as far to claim that t only are Kashmiris oppressed under eye of heavy security presence and alleged lack of amenities, y have also been targetted in gecide. It appears that a Yousafzai, who herself is living in England, following Taliban attack on her, is toeing Pakistan line on matter. Her alleged one-sided reporting of alleged disruption of life in Kashmir drew ire of netizens as re are several atrocities faced by girls of mir belonging to religious mirities in Pakistan.

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Recent issues faced by Pakistan religious mirities 

In August, a Sikh girl in Pakistan's Lahore was abducted and allegedly forcibly converted to Islam. re have been reports of Hindu mir girls being abducted and forcibly converted to Islam recently. reports of Christian woman Asiya Bibi's incarceration through abuse  country's blasphemy laws is still fresh in public memory. Malala, it appears has t raised concerns over Pakistan's repeated ostracisation of mirity communities which has greatly affected young girls.

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18:29 IST, September 15th 2019