An Indian security personnel stands gaurd on a street during a curfew in Srinagar on August 8, 2019. (AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA)
Doha: The Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Qatari citizens not to travel Jammu and Kashmir and urged Qatari residents and visitors of the region to leave immediately in light of recent developments.
The department also called on Qatari residents and visitors of the area to get in touch with embassy of Qatar to India in emergencies.
An unprecedented security lockdown amid a near-total communications blackout entered a fourth day in Jammu and Kashmir.
The latest crackdown followed a decision by New Delhi to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and downgrade the Himalayan region from statehood to a territory. Shopping malls, grocery stores and even clinics were closed.
The communication blackout - with landlines, cellphones and internet all down - means that people within Kashmir can't call one another or speak to friends and relatives outside the region, relying only on limited cable TV and local radio reports.
