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Javid Amin - IT Consultant, Freelance Writer, Travel Enthusiast, Entrepreneur Javid Amin is a dynamic professional with a diverse skill set and a passion for technology, travel, and entrepreneurship. With a background in IT engineering, he excels as an IT consultant and is equally enthusiastic about staying ahead in the ever-evolving tech world. Javid's creative flair shines through his work as a freelance writer, where he crafts engaging content across a wide spectrum of topics. As a travel enthusiast and consultant, he shares his love for exploration and his deep knowledge of Kashmir's hidden gems. Javid is also the visionary behind several successful digital ventures, each contributing to the promotion of Kashmir's beauty, culture, and craftsmanship. His career embodies versatility, creativity, and a deep connection to his roots. Printer, Publisher, Editor of "Weekly Shohrat - Kashmir" (Print Edition) as well owner of online news portals www.KashmirPost.org / www.KashmirInFocus.com.

Resilience shown in the face of pain, loss

September 7, 2015 Editor

Floods: A Year Later For a moment, Ahmad (40) from the Chattabal locality of Srinagar thought everything was lost. He saw his two children and wife crying, struggling in the water and drowning when the boat, in which they were being rescued during the floods last year, hit something and capsized. The fate, however, had something else in store for them. Another boat which was rowing nearby rushed and saved the family. Ahmad (last name used) is haunted by the memory of the floods and has not returned home at…

Weary of waiting for aid, Kashmir Valley shuts down today

September 7, 2015 Editor

Coalition of trade associations calls for protest, says state and central governments did not fulfil promises. Accusing the state government and the Centre of failing to rehabilitate victims of the devastating floods that submerged parts of Jammu and Kashmir exactly a year ago, the Kashmir Economic Alliance, a coalition of trade bodies, has called for a complete shutdown in the Valley on September 7. After the deluge hit the Valley, the then Congress-National Conference government had sought a financial assistance of Rs 44,000 crore from the Centre for rehabilitating the…

Mitigation measures yet to take off for future floods

September 7, 2015 Editor

With a series of mitigation measures recommended by experts remaining unimplemented over the past year, the threat of floods remains real in Kashmir. The recommendation and preventive measures to “minimise the risk” associated with floods — suggested by experts and also documented in an official assessment report of the state government — have remained unimplemented even as the Kashmir region is ready to mark the anniversary of last year’s devastating floods. The official report prepared after last year’s deluge by the Indian Space Research Organisation’s National Remote Sensing Centre and…

Time, funds must to save Srinagar from another disaster, says govt

September 7, 2015 Editor

After a year that witnessed change of guard in the state, the Irrigation and Flood Control Department headed by Sukhnandan Choudhary is confronted with the challenge to save Srinagar from any possible disaster. In Jammu, where the Tawi, Ujj and Chenab breached its banks last year, the government has been posed with the task of strengthening flood protection works. Sukhnandan Choudhary elaborated the long-term flood management plan which includes regular dredging, removal of encroachment along the banks of the rivers and creating alternate flood channels as the only solution, which…

Package or no package, Kashmir will rise again

September 7, 2015 Editor

Two tragedies that I witnessed in my recent past are stuck to my memories- the disastrous earthquake that hit on Oct. 8, 2005 and the floods of September 7, 2015. The earthquake hit the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan; it also affected adjacent parts of India and Afghanistan too badly. At least 79,000 people were killed and more than 32,000 buildings collapsed in Kashmir, with additional fatalities and destruction, making it one of the most destructive earthquakes of contemporary times. Morning 8:50 AM; I was…

Bat industry struggles to stay afloat

September 7, 2015 Editor

The dwindling cricket bat manufacturing industry in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has made minimal recovery since its infrastructure was hit by the last year’s floods. More than 50 cricket bat manufacturing units — operating from Halmulla and Sangam villages along the Srinagar-Jammu highway — are struggling to recuperate their business as little help has come from the government. The industry was already grappling with dislocation due to the widening of highway when the floods created havoc last year. Most of the bat manufacturers incurred heavy losses during the deluge and…

‘RSS statement reflection of true of face of Hindu outfit’

September 7, 2015 Editor

Hurriyet leaders Shabbir Ahmed Dar, Mohammad Iqbal Mir and human rights defender Mohammad Ahsan Untoo have condemned the RSS statement asking the BJP government to deal with the pro-freedom leaders with iron hand. The leaders in their joint statement issued in Srinagar, today, termed the statement as reflection of the real face of the Hindu extremist organization. They also denounced the steps taken by present PDP-BJP regime in the territory and said that these steps had put a question mark on the democratic credentials of the regime.The leaders said that…

Ex-CM Omar decries Modi Govt’s ‘step-motherly treatment to Kashmir’

September 7, 2015 Editor

Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday accused the BJP-led NDA Government of giving “step-motherly” treatment to Kashmir. He was referring to New Delhi’s non-commitment to sanction rehabilitation package for flood victims. Omar equally blamed ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for “letting the Centre go away” and not “taking firm commitment from BJP on the package before joining hands with it.” “This non-commitment on flood rehabilitation package is more of NDA and BJP’s step-motherly treatment (towards Kashmir),” Omar said, in an exclusive interview to us. He was responding to a…

Geelani reveals India’s secret mission to create Sainik Colony in Kashmir

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015 Editor

Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Sahab revealed that the PDP and BJP have entered into a secret agreement over the issues like creation of Sanik Colony in Kashmir, permanent settlement of the west Pakistan refugees in the state and isolated colonies for the Kashmiri Pandits and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had assured the New Delhi for his full cooperation in this regard. While addressing a seminar titled “Indo-Pak Hostilities – Causes and Solution” at Hyderpora, the pro-freedom leader announced that this dangerous plan will be resisted tooth…

PDP has no role in govt affairs: Geelani

September 7, 2015 Editor

The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani today hosted a seminar on the Indo-Pak hostilities, its causes and solution. Speakers at the seminar expressed their viewpoint. Geelani also spoke at the seminar and alleged that the state was being ruled by the RSS. Syed Ali Geelani said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was being used for implementing New Delhi’s policy and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had no role in the affairs of the government.