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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.

PM and GoI must rise above ‘Petty politics and Propaganda films’: Asaduddin Owaisi

March 17, 2022 Editor

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said PM Modi and the government must rise about their petty politics and propaganda films, criticising defence minister Rajnath Singh’s statement in the Rajya Sabha concerning the accidental missile-firing which landed in Pakistan. Citing the Bloomberg report that has claimed that India’s accidental missile-firing prompted Pakistan to prepare a retaliatory strike, Owaisi said the defense ministry’s statement told nothing. “Is its true that there were more missiles on the launcher which had to be stopped from taking off after the first one did? Do…

Instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is ‘Deliberately tearing them apart’: Mehbooba Mufti

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Editor

The aggressive manner in which the Centre is promoting “The Kashmir Files” film and “weaponising” the pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes its “ill intention” obvious, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is “deliberately tearing them apart”. “The manner in which GOI (Government of India) is aggressively promoting Kashmir Files & is weaponising pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes their ill intention obvious,” Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter.…

What were BJP’s 85 MP’s doing when Kashmiri Pandits were being persecuted: Congress attacks PM Modi over Kashmir Files

March 16, 2022 Editor

What were BJP's 85 MPs doing: Congress attacks PM Modi over Kashmir Files

In reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message to the opposition over The Kashmir Files, the recently released movie of director Vivek Agnihotri, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Tuesday asked how long the PM Modi government will continue to seek political opportunities in sharing hate and lies. “Your parent organisation stood against the country’s freedom movement and Bapu since its formation in 1925. It stood with the British every time be in the non-cooperation movement or Civil Disobedience or Quit India. When the country became independent, it adopted divide and…

Understanding Teenage

March 16, 2022 Editor

We may not able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future. (President Franklin D. Roosevelt) Sahil Sharifdin Bhat Teenage — It is short-lived but it leaves long-lasting marks on one’s personality. It is the happiest phase of one’s life. It is the worst phase of one’s being. It is experimenting on one’s own self in the biggest lab called ‘ the world; It is comparing and contrasting one’s physique and abilities with others and then feeling elated or dejected.…

Rising Airfare; Rationalise ticket prices to Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah asks GOI

March 15, 2022 Editor

National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Monday sought rationalisation of airfare to all domestic tourists destinations in the country including Kashmir. He said the escalation of airfare dampens the plans of those countrymen who can ill-afford to pay hefty amounts of pleasure trips across the country. “People across the country cannot afford to visit domestic destinations due to skyrocketing airfare. There, it is imperative for the government to rationalise the airfare, so that countrymen can visit these domestic destinations, particularly Kashmir,” he said.…

Minor child among 4 killed, 15 hurt in Jammu scrap shop blaze

March 15, 2022 Editor

At least 4 people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in a major blaze that broke out in a scrap shop near Dak Bungalow at Residency Road in Jammu on Monday evening. Officials in Government Medical College ( GMC) Jammu said that they received four bodies, including that of a woman and a minor child from the incident of the fire. The officials in Fire and Emergency Services said that five fire tenders and several ambulances were rushed to the spot to start rescue…

Media in Kashmir is being ‘Choked’ due to local admin curbs; PCI fact-finding committee

March 15, 2022 Editor

A three-member Fact-Finding Committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India (PCI) has said that news media in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in Kashmir, was “slowly being choked” due to extensive curbs imposed by the local administration. The FFC, in its report submitted last week, has also advised the J&K administration to immediately stop the “tendency” to see all critical reporting and opinions as “anti-national”. “A conflict zone has many players and many aspects of events that unfold. A journalist cannot and should not ignore the government version; at the…

BJP dares Congress to say it will restore Article 370 if it returns to power

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Editor

The BJP on Monday dared the Congress to announce in Lok Sabha that it would restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir if it comes to power. Intervening in the debate on the budget for Jammu and Kashmir in the Lower House, Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said that the Modi government was allocating 63 percent of the budget to the Union Territory to deal with the legacy of the Congress regime. “Does the Congress party have the courage to say that it will restore Article 370 after…

Most people in Kashmir don’t need masks now: DAK

March 15, 2022 Editor

The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday suggested that most people in the Valley do not need to wear masks now due to the low number of Covid cases. The association, while referencing Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention guidelines, said that Kashmir is a low-risk area now. “Masks can come off in schools too,” said DAK president Dr. Nisar Ul Hassan, in a statement. Dr. Hassan said, “Under new CDC guidelines, masks are not recommended if average new cases fall below 200 per 100,000 population, there are fewer…

Delimitation panel releases draft proposal for public remarks

March 15, 2022 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission on Monday released its draft report for public remarks and sought objections and suggestions from residents of the union territory before March 21, which will be considered by the panel in its public sitting on March 28 and 29. There isn’t much difference between the first and second draft proposals that were given to associate members of the commission, but in the new report, names of some assembly constituencies have been kept the same as they were in the erstwhile state. For example, the…