"We have called off the strike this morning in view of the appeal by the High Court," Mohammad Shafi Khan, the Chief spokesman of Majlis-e-Mushawarat, which spearheaded the strike, told a news agency. Within minutes of the announcement of the strike being called off, shops and business establishments reopened in Shopian, 52 kms from here, after 47 days. Observing that the people   read more »