The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has advised the J&K legislators, who have been voicing their concern over the civilian killings and human rights violations in the ongoing session of the Assembly, to “register their protest and concern through proactive means rather than empty words”. In a statement, the Hurriyat said the meeting of the APHC executive council, headed by chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was held today at his Nigeen residence and discussed in detail the “current political situation” in Kashmir. The progress on transition to the long-term strategy for…
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Sopore Massacre can never be forgotten: Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani today described the 1993 Sopore massacre as a “barbaric and inhuman incident”, saying “anybody with a human heart can never ever forget it”. “Kashmir has hardly witnessed such a barbaric and inhuman incident and not only Kashmir but anybody with a human heart can also never forget it,” Geelani said in a statement recalling the killing of civilians in north Kashmir’s Sopore town in January 1993. The incident had happened when militants had attacked security forces resulting in the death of one soldier. “Inhuman forces…
Read MoreBurhan Wani was a trigger for mass uprising: Congress
NC seeks judicial probe into civilian killings The opposition Congress Monday said killing of 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani triggered the mass uprising in Kashmir and the anger of people was in reaction to policies of the PDP-BJP government. Speaking during the obituary references in the Assembly, senior Congress leader and MLA Leh, Nawang Rigzin Jora, described the unrest in Kashmir as a mass uprising, which evoked strong protests from the BJP and PDP members leading to pandemonium in the House. “The psyche of Kashmiris was deeply hurt and…
Read MoreResistance Group protest issuance of domicile certificates to WPRs
Members of separatist groups, affiliated with Hurriyat Conference factions of Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF of Yasin Malik, held a joint protest on Monday against the issuance of domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees (WPRs). The members of the separatist groups held the protest at Abi Guzar in the city here. The demonstration was held against the issuance of domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees and also against allowing outside banks to confiscate and hold properties in the state. The separatists termed the two issues as…
Read MoreOver 12000 transformers damaged in one year: PDD Survey
Distribution network in Kashmir being upgraded to cater to the increasing demand: Chief Engineer The Power Development Department (PDD) survey has shown that over 12000 distribution transformers have been damaged in one year in the state due to excess load on the distribution set up. As per the survey, the transformer damage rate was 28 percent in Kashmir division while as it was 22 percent in Jammu division in the year 2015-16. In Kashmir, maximum number of 1013 transformers were damaged in electricity division Budgam and percentage was 36, while…
Read More‘New Ganderbal’ power project hanging since 2 Years
Hopeful of a breakthrough soon, says JKPDC MD For the past more than two years, the J&K government is delaying allotment of construction of 93-MW New Ganderbal Hydropower Project despite the Power Development Corporation (PDC) having cleared all the requisite formalities. A Mumbai-based construction company had won the bid for the power project—announced two decades ago—in September 2014. Since then, the Government has failed to clear the allotment. “It has been quite some time now when the PDC submitted the proposal for awarding construction of the project to the State…
Read MorePellet victims left to fend for themselves
Costly treatment pushes affected families to penury Eviction of volunteers from SMHS hospital deprived patients of valuable assistance On July 9 when the protests against the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Wani spread far and wide and casualties started pouring in, various volunteer groups set up stalls at SMHS hospital to help the injured civilians and their attendants. Since the eviction of the volunteers from the hospital compound, the pellet victims have been left to fend for themselves. At a time when the authorities failed to provide assistance in…
Read MoreJK Govt to fight petition in Delhi HC challenging Article 370
The PDP-BJP coalition government has decided to fight a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging non-applicability of any constitution amendment in the region under Article 370 of Indian Constitution. The Law department officials told Kashmir Post that they would examine the case and file writ petition against the PIL filed in Delhi High Court challenging the non-applicability of any constitution amendment in Jammu and Kashmir without a Presidential order under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. “We have to thoroughly examine the petition filed in Delhi High Court so that we…
Read More2016 Summer will go into history of Kashmir as epidemic of dead eyes: Hurriyat (M)
119 civilians killed by forces in 2016, 16000 wounded, 13000 arrested, 3 civilians died in accidents due to alleged road blockades, 2 cops killed in mob attacks, says Hurriyat (M) Human Rights report Stating that the summer of 2016, will go into the history of Kashmir as a season of “epidemic of dead eyes,” Hurriyat (M) on Thursday said that “119 civilians were killed by security forces in J&K this year.” The group also asserted that three civilians lost their lives in accidents caused allegedly due to road blockades, etc.,…
Read MoreToday Resistance Camp call for bandh over West Pakistan Refugees Issue
As the fortnight-long relaxed protest calendar ended today, the separatist leaders called for a bandh and statewide protests and demonstrations tomorrow against “issuance of domicile certificates” to the West Pakistan refugees. It was for the second consecutive week that normal life activities continued for five days followed by two days of shutdown. The continued shutdowns have been a practice in the past about six months following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir on July 8. In a joint statement, the…
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