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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.

Jhelum Dredging: All eyes on Govt as private firm misses another deadline

May 17, 2017 Editor

A Kolkata based dredging firm has again disappointed public and government by failing to meet the target of Jhelum de-silting after its contract was extended in January this year. The dredger installed near Zero Bridge here remained dysfunctional in the month of April while locals and eyewitnesses said that no effort was made by the company to compensate the already lost time. The contract for dredging of river Jhelum in Srinagar ended in January 2017. At the time the firm had dredged out only around one lakh cubic meters against…

BSF Exam topper gets life threat from militants, seeks help

May 17, 2017 Editor

According to ANI, Nabeel Ahmed Wahi has approached the Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi for protection. A Kashmiri youth who topped the recruitment exam for Border Security Force (BSF) has been receiving death threats from militants in the Valley, a media report said on Tuesday. According to ANI, Nabeel Ahmed Wahi has approached the Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi for protection. Nabeel reportedly claimed that both he and his sister have received death threat from the militants after he topped the recruitment exam. The news comes days after…

Lt Fayaz fourth Kashmiri soldier to become victim of militancy

May 17, 2017 Editor

Young Kashmiri Army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz, who was abducted from his home in south Kashmir last week and shot dead, became the fourth serving soldier from Kashmir and the first officer to have fallen victim to the militant violence in the strife-torn region. Lieutenant Fayaz was home on leave to attend the wedding of his cousin. In the early 1990s, when militancy was at its peak, few Kashmiri youth would join the Army. The trend, has, however, changed slowly after the Army started holding massive recruitment rallies across the…

South Kashmir’s youth back Musa’s Islamic ‘Struggle’

May 17, 2017 Editor

The orchards across south Kashmir are lush green as it is summer season now and a pleasing fragrance makes the rural landscape here distinct from the region’s crowded and polluted urban neighbourhoods. Amidst this picturesque landscape of Shopian district, militants lurk in shadows, gathering in large numbers in the shade of orchards where they click pictures and shoot videos. Here they are protected by a shield of sympathetic civilians even as the ‘nationalist versus Islamist’ debate has divided the separatist movement into two camps. In the villages of Shopian, many…

Rains lash Kashmir, bring respite to Jammu

May 17, 2017 Editor

Intermittent rains lashed Kashmir on Tuesday even as weatherman predicted more precipitation in next 24 hours. The intermittent rains started in Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon and continued till evening. MET officials said Srinagar recorded 1.0 mm , Qazigund 2.4 mm, Pahalgam 14.2 mm, Kupwara 0.6mm, Kokernag 29.2mm and Gulmarg 6.6mm of rainfall. Pertinently, weather turned pleasant due to rain on Monday afternoon much to the delight of the people in Kashmir. MET officials said that the night temperature surged and settled at 7.3 degree, against seven degree recorded yesterday. The…

Chaos erupts in Mehbooba Mufti’s event at SKICC

May 17, 2017 Editor

Chaos erupted on Tuesday in an event where Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was to address a gathering. Chaos erupted on Tuesday in an event where Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was to address a gathering. Mehbooba was to address an audience at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) but the whole event got cancelled as panic was created in the premises. The reason of the chaos is unknown. “Women were present in large numbers and probably a lady fainted. Seeing that others panicked. Hope this programme…

Student protests continue; Scores injured

May 17, 2017 Editor

Forces use teargas, pellet shelling to restrain protesters from blocking Srinagar highway At least 15 students were injured during clashes with security forces in north Kashmir after posters carrying the Hizbul Mujahideen stamp surfaced on the premises of educational institutes, asking students to protest. Hundreds of college and higher secondary school students came out on roads, chanting anti-India slogans and threw stones at the security forces personnel deployed at Pattan in Baramulla district, nearly 30 km north of Srinagar. Police officers said the students were asked to protest after the…

Nine arrested for posing with Pakistan flags in photo

May 16, 2017 Editor

Police has registered an FIR against the nine men, many of them students, and seized the handmade flag and the vehicle they were travelling in. Nine men were arrested on Monday after they posed for photographs with a Pakistani flag in the hill-resort of Pahalgam in Anantnag district in south Kashmir. A senior Anantnag district police officer told “The young men are from Chadoora area of Budgam district and they were taking pictures for fun with the flag while on a tour to the hill station.” Police has registered an…