Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the ban on schools run by Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), an affiliate of banned Jamaat-e-Islami, was another form of atrocity inflicted on the people of the Union territory to sabotage their future. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president tweeted, “Move to ban FAT affiliated schools is another form of atrocity inflicted on people of J&K to sabotage their future. After land ownership, resources & jobs the last target is education. I am sure Kashmiris will overcome this & not let…
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Questions over timing, Purpose of move to seal Falah-e-Aam Trust Schools by GoI
Showkat Ahmad Var, director of the Trust which had once been affiliated with the outlawed Jamaat-e-Islami, said that the ban imposed on the trust by the J&K government expired in 1991. Most schools earlier associated with the trust now function independently. By: Jehangir Ali The Jammu and Kashmir administration is in the process of sealing nearly a dozen schools in Kashmir while hundreds more are facing scrutiny for their alleged links with the Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), a Srinagar-based non-profit which has been affiliated with the outlawed organisation Jamaat-e-Islami. The decision…
Read MoreCOVID: J&K reports 32 new cases, 17 from Jammu division, 15 from Kashmir division
Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 32 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 454501 however, no fatality reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said. Of the new cases, 17 were from the Jammu division and 15 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, Officials said. There are 163 active cases in the union territory while the number of recoveries so far has been 449586, officials said. 10 Covid-19 patients recovered today, 03 from Jammu division and 07 from Kashmir division,…
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