Tag: Hashim Qureshi

State gone with Article 370: Hashim Qureshi

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The State of Jammu and Kashmir existed for 173 years. The valley was purchased by Gulab Singh from the British and Jammu had already come under his suzerainty. Maharaja Gulab Singh incorporated lesser principalities into his kingdom and gave it the name of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The borders of his State extended from Damchok on the border line with China to Lakhanpur – the border of Punjab and from Gilgit to Bhimbhar. The state was under the autocratic rule of the Dogras from 1846 to 1947. Hari…

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We butchered freedom to win slavery

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By – Hashim Qureshi A scuffle took place between Indian and Chinese border forces somewhere on the border of Eastern Ladakh. Many in Azad Kashmir and some on this side of the valley and also many in Pakistan began to celebrate the faceoff by beating drums and cracking crackers. Animosity has made all of them blind. Euphoric to see the enemy dragged to destruction and defeat we do not have even the little vision about what next and what gain is it going to bring to us? Let us go…

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New thinking and New action plan needed to resolve Kashmir Issue, Nationalists must unite!

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By Hashim Qureshi Since a long time, I have been suggesting that all nationalist parties and organizations in J&K State should be dissolved. New ground situation has to be taken into account and three or four persons should be identified from big or small nationalist groups to form a Central Committee. This committee will have consultations with experts and the agenda should be to re-unite the state, struggle for opening all road links, set a claim for fundamental rights, rights for development and announce a definite anti-terrorist policy. The demand…

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Security cover of five resistance leaders snatched

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None of the anti-India leaders whose personal security was withdrawn by the government on Sunday, had ever asked for security, they and their spokespersons said.All these five leaders — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Hashim Qureshi and Shabir Ahmad Shah — said that the security was provided by the state government without consulting them.“It is always the decision of the government to keep or remove personnel but has never been an issue for us,” read the statement issued by the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat (M). “With or without these…

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