Month: June 2018

Desecrating militant graves, Attacking their houses unacceptable: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) and president Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday strongly condemned the vandalising of properties of militant commanders and desecrating the graves of slain militants in southern districts of the Valley. Addressing religious gatherings at Narwara and Nowshehra areas, Mirwaiz welcomed the decision of the DGMOs of India and Pakistan for deciding to honor the 2003 ceasefire and to follow it in letter and spirit. “Such a decision will at least provide a huge sigh of relief to the people on both sides of LoC, who…

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Police, Auqaf agree on ‘Truce Plan’ inside Jamia Masjid premises

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In a rare move, Jammu and Kashmir police and the caretaker body of historical Jamia Masjid, Anjuman-e-Auqaf, have agreed on a ‘truce plan’ that would see at least 40 volunteers deployed at the entry and exit points of Jamia Masjid so that no protester is allowed inside fences after the prayers. Police, the Auqaf members disclosed, have also agreed not to depute any police or force personnel inside the Masjid premises. Head of Anjuman-e-Auqaf and the key resistance leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has approved the need to involve volunteers “in…

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Mehbooba talks to GoC, IGP on troops ‘High Handedness’ in Shopian

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Tells them to stop such acts as it won’t help restore peace Asks admin to provide compensation to affected people After the Army men allegedly damaged about 60 residential houses in Sugan, Shopian in south Kashmir recently, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has talked to senior Army and Police officers and directed them to stop the “excessive approach, as it will only provoke people instead of obtaining peace”. Reliable sources told Kashmir Post that CM talked to Srinagar-based GoC 15 Corps Lt Gen AK Bhatt and told him that acts of…

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Lal Singh slams Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘Double Standards’ over CBI Probe

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Emboldened after getting a “pat” from BJP national president Amit Shah during a recent meeting, BJP leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Thursday vowed to intensify his struggle to “expose” the ruling elite of Kashmir for “hatching a conspiracy to demonise the ethnic Dogra minority of J&K.” “This dispensation is propagating biased, discriminatory and anti-minority policies to appease radical and fundamentalist elements of the Kashmir valley,” Lal Singh said. Reiterating his demand for handing over the infamous Rasana rape-murder case to the CBI, Lal Singh said Mehbooba Mufti had claimed in…

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