The "ghayabana namaz-e-janaza" for Afzal, held at a ground near the National Press Club in Islamabad, was led by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri. Dozens of activists of Kashmiri groups participated in the event. Malik described the hanging of Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail yesterday as a "blot on Indian democracy". Malik and other leaders contended that Afzal's execution would strengthen the movement in Jammu and Kashmir. "Even Guru's (Afzal) family was surprised as it was informed three hours after the hanging. What was the emergency? It�s because polls are coming up in India and the Congress government has been facing lots of scandals," Malik said. The hanging, he contended, had affected Indian law, democracy the Constitution, and the judiciary. "There was pride and hatred behind this decision," he said. Malik condemned the roughing up of Kashmiri students who had gathered in Delhi yesterday to protest Afzal�s hanging as well as the curfew imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. He urged leaders from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to organise public protests. Though two spokesmen for the Jamaat-ud-Dawah had informed
