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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.

Army ‘forces’ youth to pose before camera along with AK-47 rifle in Srinagar

August 25, 2015 Editor

Seeking immediate removal of an Indian army officer and registration of an FIR against him, MLA Batamaloo, Noor Muhammad, and locals of Lawaypora HMT Srinagar Monday wrote a letter to SSP Srinagar Amit Kumar alleging that an Army party headed by an officer from Sharifabad camp forcibly took a local youth to a nearby paddy field and photographed him along with their service rifles and grenades. Reports said that on 14 August, an Army party from Sharifabad camp detained three youth from Lawaypora locality after they allegedly made a graffiti urging…

Separatists—the silent winners in latest Indo-Pak slugfest

August 25, 2015 Editor

The slugfest over NSA level talks between India and Pakistan has brought into focus Kashmir’s separatist leadership after New Delhi asserted that any engagement between Islamabad and pro-freedom leaders was unacceptable to it. Last time, the separatists were at the centre-stage of Kashmir politics in the summer of 2010 when an anti-India uprising swept the Valley. That time an unnerved New Delhi rushed a parliamentary panel to Kashmir to reach out to the pro-freedom leadership, as a fire-fighting tactic. As war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad resulted in…

Dy CM reviews works at 450 MW-Baglihar Power Project

August 25, 2015 Editor

After introducing amnesty power scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh visited Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project in Ramban district to review ongoing work there. Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation is set to commission the 450-MW Baglihar-II hydro-power project by end of this year. Dr Singh, who is also the Power Minister, today visited Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Phase II at Chanderkote in Ramba district, an official spokesman said. Dr Singh called for time bound competition of the project. He expressed satisfaction upon the ongoing…

Kashmiri youth released after hour-long protest

August 25, 2015 Editor

A Kashmiri youth was released by police on Monday after people led by separatist leader Nayeem Ahmed Khan blocked the highway and staged a peaceful sit-in out side police station Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that on 18 August, Special Operation Group (SOG) had picked up a youth Reyaz Ahmed Bhat during a nocturnal raid from his Wailo Pattan residence. The family members and people led by Nayeem Khan blocked Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road outside police station Pattan demanding immediate release of the arrested youth. Eyewitnesses told CNS that…

New Delhi’s biggest blunder in NSA talks fiasco was to make Kashmir separatists relevant again

August 25, 2015 Editor

The separatists of Kashmir — both the moderate and hawkish wings — had been marginalised and were fighting for space, when New Delhi threw them the lifeline of relevance. The cancellation of talks at the national security adviser (NSA) level between the two nations might well work for New Delhi in domestic politics, but in Kashmir, the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership has emerged as the unlikely winner of this fiasco. If Pakistan continues to maintain its stand that no talks will be possible if the Hurriyat leadership is not…

Counting the human cost of the conflict

August 25, 2015 Editor

Planned high-level talks between India and Pakistan have been cancelled hours before they were due to start on Sunday, amid mutual recriminations. The talks over the disputed Kashmir region aimed to resolve a dispute which has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years. The ongoing series of skirmishes between the two countries has a devastating impact on the lives of those living in Kashmir.

Early 90s’ situation prevalent in South Kashmir

August 25, 2015 Editor

Due to surge in militancy and youth reportedly joining militant ranks in South Kashmir, army and other forces have revived the practice of roadside frisking of commuters and crackdowns, reminiscent of the early 1990s when militancy was at its peak in Kashmir. Reports said that it has become a routine for the army personnel to cordon and launch search operations in one or the other hamlets of South Kashmir’s Pulwama, Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian district on daily basis. Forces have set up barricades at many places while frisking and nocturnal…

Locals clash with police over harassment of girl in Pulwama

August 25, 2015 Editor

Violent protests broke out in Pulwama town of south Kashmir on Monday after a police constable allegedly misbehaved with a girl. A constable attached with the Special Operations Group of the police allegedly passed lewd comments at a girl passing through Rajpora Chowk in Pulwama town, 32 kms from here, a police official said. The girl reportedly slapped the constable and raised an alarm, the official said. The girl’s action drew attention of some passers-by, who started pelting stones at the police team deployed in the area, the official said.…

Pilgrim dies enroute to Vaishno Devi shrine

August 25, 2015 Editor

A pilgrim on his way to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine died of heart attack today near Adh Kuwari in Katra belt of Reasi district, police said. The deceased, identified as Pawan Kumar (30) of Kaithal in Haryana, had come on a pilgrimage to the cave shrine along with his cousins and a group of fourteen other persons, they said. He fell unconscious and was taken to a dispensary where doctors declared him as brought dead, police said. A case has been registered and further investigation has started in this regard,…

If Hurriyat leaders are ‘evil’, why did Advani meet them in 2004?

August 24, 2015 Editor

Getting agitated about the separatists meeting the Pakistani high commissioner is indeed comical. GOWHAR GEELANI On February 22, 1994, both houses of Parliament unanimously passed a resolution emphasising that “Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India, and that Pakistan must vacate parts of the state under its occupation.” Without a whisker of a doubt, this adopted parliamentary resolution establishes that Kashmir is a dispute between India and Pakistan, the two nuclear powers and arch-rivals, and neighbours, too. This parliamentary resolution accentuates that “the one-third part of Kashmir administered…