It matters little to me as to what separatists are saying and how the government is responding to the ongoing situation that has inflicted wounds the Valley has rarely seen before. I am more concerned about the children who have not gone to school for the past 100 days. Their infamous elevation as street protesters with stones is unbearable. These violent disturbances have opened so many issues other than a contest between the dangerously tilted narratives of no schools unless the mission 2016 is accomplished and let them tire themselves…
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100 days of uprising feather in Kashmiri’s Struggle: Hurriyat (G)
Praises traders, transporters for ‘Willful Support’ despite losses; thanks medicos, volunteers for selfless service Hurriyat Conference (G) on Sunday said that completion of 100 days of present uprising with persistent resilience by the people of Kashmir has added one more feather to the prolonged struggle for right to self determination of Kashmiris. “After Burhan’s killing on July 8, whole Kashmir poured in streets forcing, not only state but the whole sub-continent into the heated debate, bringing both nuclear nations at the verge of collision, attracting the world’s attention to the…
Read More100 Days of Lockdown across Kashmir; What is the way forward?
Government has failed to fulfill the moral and democratic responsibility to break the deadlock Sunday marked the completion of 100 days of 2016 summer uprising with curfew, shutdown and restrictions paralyzing the life in Kashmir valley and affecting every section of the society. Over 90 persons have been killed and thousands injured, some of them blinded by pellets, while thousands of youth have been detained across the Valley in a massive crackdown launched by the state police. As uncertainty prevails, Kashmir Post spoke to people from different fields to elicit…
Read MoreGeelani’s call for suggestions evokes mixed response
Separatist leaders look for consensus on the way forward With the shutdown set to complete 100 days on Sunday, the separatist camp is struggling for ideas on the future strategy and most of the groups and other stakeholders are yet to respond to the letter shot to them by Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani seeking suggestions as to how to go ahead. Geelani had written letters to Hurriyat (M), JKLF, Dukhtaran-e-Millat and a few civil society groups and sought ideas and suggestions on the ways and means to…
Read MoreTweets from London won’t get IIT, IIM to Kashmir; Rashid to Omar
Tweet missiles from London get Kashmir IIT and IIM, MLA Langate, Er Rashid, said in reaction to former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s reaction to approval of IIM for Jammu on Thursday. Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief, Rashid asked Omar Abdullah to stop “wounding” Kashmiris. In a statement issued this afternoon, Rashid said, “Omar needs not to forget that dominance of Jammu region started from the day when his late grandfather converted Muslim Conference in to National Conference, just to please then Congress leadership and it was the start of an…
Read MoreThousands of broken car windows, testimonies of last 3 months
Travelling from her house at Bagh-i-Mehtab to SKIMS Soura in the evening hours of October 2 proved to be an ordeal for Haleema and her husband. Writhing with a severe abdomen pain, the sense of panic increased when the car Haleema was travelling in was showered with a volley of stones at Chanapora. As Haleema’s husband tried to manoeuvre the car through narrow alleys, a huge rock hit the rare windowpane, resulting in its complete breakage. Haleema’s is not the only case of broken windowpanes. Cars with polythene working as…
Read MoreThree months, 1,000 eye injuries by Pellets
As many as 820 of those 1,000 have undergone treatment at the Ophthalmology unit of Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital. On October 9, three months after protests broke out in the Valley following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, 35-year-old Mohammed Ehsan became the 1,000th person to sustain pellet injuries to the eye. As many as 820 of those 1,000 have undergone treatment at the Ophthalmology unit of Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital. Ehsan was hit in the right eye during protests in Srinagar’s Soura…
Read MoreGovt under fire for planning exams in November
Teachers say it must concentrate on restoring peace first Amidst student protest against the J&K government’s controversial decision to hold Class 10th and Class 12th examinations in November, teachers in J&K have now come out to accuse the government of “employing pressure tactics” to hold the key examinations under the prevailing unfavorable circumstances. The teachers said despite the “failure” of the state government to make schools functional in the past three months of anti-India uprising across Kashmir, it was “thrusting exams on students without considering the ground situation.” “Given the…
Read MoreResistance Group seek inputs from stakeholders on adopting the future strategy
The unified separatist leadership has sought suggestions from the civil society activists, traders and other stake holders on adopting the future strategy. Syed Ali Geelani wrote to all the constituents of his organisations as the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) and sought suggestions on the ways and means to be adopted by the unified separatist leadership. The unified separatist leadership also wrote to civil society activists including academicians, doctors, lawyers, journalists, businessmen and other stakeholders to provide inputs for the future course of action. The detailed letter has sought concrete…
Read MoreOver 2200 Cases registered to end current protests
Govt employees, separatists, youth booked for participating in anti-India protests, stone pelting After the outbreak of unrest in the Valley on July 8, police have registered over 2200 cases against people including separatist leaders, youth and government employees to end the protests and restore normalcy. Police have resorted to arrest spree in over three months of unrest in the Valley to prevent people, especially youth from participating and leading anti-India rallies and restore normalcy. According to a senior police official, a total of 2200 cases have been registered in different…
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