Incidentally, Shah was in Srinagar reviewing the progress on various development projects when the announcement of these separatist groups came.
"India and Pakistan have a real opportunity at the upcoming SCO Summit to break the ice and engage constructively. Hope they heed to it," said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
The Protesters also raised anti-Pakistan slogans while pulling down the board. They also held a candle light protest outside the Hurriyat office.
In a statement, the police said the family sources of Geelani have said the letter purportedly issued by the octogenarian separatist leader is a 'fake' and has not been issued by him.
Meanwhile, Geelani also released a two-page letter in which he accused constituents of Hurriyat of inaction after the scrapping of Article 370.
Qureshi had reportedly tried to instigate the Mirwaiz by briefing him about the anti-India Kashmir Solidarity Day that Pakistan would observe on February 5.
Faesal became the first Kashmiri IAS to resign from the elite service and hinted that he might contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The Mirwaiz had expressed anguish over the violation of the sanctity of the pulpit by a group of miscreants. "Such hooliganism that harms the mosque or misuses the name of Islam to spread anarchy and fear among people will not be tolerated at all," he said.
A spokesman for the Hurriyat said, "The phone call of Mehbooba Mufti condemning the Jamia incident which she is broadcasting in media for obvious reasons is quite ironical as it was during her tenure as Chief Minister that people were barred from offering prayers at the mosque most of the time."
The encounter began early in the morning when a joint team of Army, CRPF, and J&K Police cordoned off the area after receiving credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.
