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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.

Educated youth have infused new life into Kashmir struggle: Mahmood Shah

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Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Mahmood Shah has paid glowing tributes to the outfit commander Abu Al-Qasim Shafat Hussain, who was slain in a gunfight with the government forces in Arizal areas of Budgam district. “The educated youth have infused new life into Kashmir struggle. The youth have understood that there is no mightier answer to atrocities other than gun,” LeT spokesman Dr Abdullah Ghazanwi quoted the LeT chief Mahmood Shah as having said. “Abu Al-Qasim was an educated young man who opted to pick up gun after his graduation to seek…

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Manzoor Ahmad alias pandav all set to play in IPL season 11

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The new cricketing sensation of the state, Manzoor Ahmad Dar also known as Pandav departed to Chandigarh on Monday afternoon to play in Indian Premier League (IPL) season 11 for Kings XI Punjab. Manzoor Pandav told Kashmir Post before his departure that he is excited to join his team camp at Mohali. “I am very much excited to play in IPL besides to meet and attend camp with renowned and elite international players,” he expressed. He further said that it will be a great learning experience for him to play…

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Situation ‘Worrisome’, says resistance camp after their first meet in three months

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The Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday cautioned the state government against pushing the Kashmir youth to the wall and called the prevailing situation as “worrisome”. The trio last evening held a two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting, their first in the past three months. What transpired during the closed-door meeting at Geelani’s residence couldn’t be known immediately, but a statement issued by the JRL today delved on “harassment of the youth, ill-treatment meted out to political prisoners, and iron-fisted policies of the state…

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Shun confrontation, solve Kashmir Issue: Abdul Gani Bhat

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Moderate separatist leader and former Hurriyat chairman Abdul Gani Bhat has urged India and Pakistan to see reason, shun confrontation and address the Kashmir issue. He also urged the Kashmiri separatist leadership to rise above their narrow confines and self-interest to serve humanity at large. Bhat, who also heads the Muslim Conference, was addressing a gathering of people in his native Botengoo village in north Kashmir. Addressing the gathering with reference to verses from the Quran, Bhat said Muslims should never ever worship false gods. “Raise your heads high and…

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Step up efforts to wean youth from militancy: Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba

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Chairs high-level meeting on security situation in Kashmir valley Expressing concern over youth joining militancy in Kashmir, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday urged the “security agencies to make more efforts to bring them back from the fold of militancy”. The Home Secretary, who arrived on a two-day visit to the Valley on Monday, chaired a high-level security meeting in Srinagar to review the security situation in Kashmir. He is accompanied by top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Gauba asked the security agencies to “deal sternly with…

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Tension mounts in Nowshera after attacks by right wing groups over Christian conversions

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A number of Christian families in Sayal village of the border town of Nowshera are facing nightmarish situation after allegations of attacks by right wing groups on them over the conversion of Hindus into Christianity. Earlier a church, some shops and a tractor were set on fire by a right wing mob on January 15 after a woman died under “suspicious” circumstances. The allegation of conversion of Hindu families into Christianity and their reconversion to Hinduism has triggered unprecedented tension in Rajouri and Poonch districts. The woman Seema Devi, who…

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Tulip Garden thrown open for tourists, draws large crowds

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The new-look Tulip Garden located in the foothills of the Zabarwan range overlooking the Dal Lake was thrown open to visitors on Sunday. Even as the garden opened with added attractions, including a fountain channel and hyacinth terrace, the beauty of myriad tulip varieties was also streamed live through drone cameras on the social media. And as the garden bustled with visitors on the opening day, causing traffic jams in the vicinity, stakeholders remain hopeful that it will augur well for the tourism sector. “We had actively promoted the Tulip…

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LeT militant Shafat Wani killed, woman injured in Budgam gunfight

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A militant was killed and a teenage girl injured in a gunfight between forces and militants at Arizal in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday. According to officials the personnel of special operations group (SOG) of police, army’s 53 RR and paramilitary CRPF troops launched a cordon and search operation in Khan Mohalla, Arizal, following a “specific” input about the presence of militants in the area. “During search militants tried to flee and came out of the house and fired indiscriminately on forces. In retaliation one militant was killed,” a…

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Hurriyat Chief, Ashraf Sehrai’s son joins Hizb, won’t appeal for his return: Family

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Days after the new Hurriyat chief called ISIS ideology ‘venomous’ and anti-Kashmir, his son went missing Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief decides not to pursue police complaint Junaid Ashraf, son of the newly elected chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai has joined terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, Jammu and Kashmir police said on Saturday. The information comes barely 24 hours after the separatist leader filing a missing report for his son. “Junaid Ashraf, the 26-year-old son of Sehrai, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group,” a police official said. Earlier this week, Sehrai was…

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IS flags seen at militant’s funeral in Kashmir but clerics, politicians deny group is gaining ground in Valley

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A raging debate over whether Islamic State really exists in Kashmir has taken social media by storm over the last few weeks. The tipping point was the funeral of Eisa Fazli, a militant who was allegedly inspired to follow Islamic State’s ideology last year, and whose body draped with black flags was paraded near his Srinagar home for photographers in what looked like a carefully scripted act. But never before in recent times has the Valley’s intelligentsia, political leadership and citizenry come out in a single voice to denounce the…

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