Category: Community

Protesting civilian killings in Kashmir Faizan Bukhari returns award to army

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A student in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday returned his awared to army, as a sign of protest against the civilian killings in Pulwama on Saturday. Syed Faizan Bukhari, a class 11 student from Poonch district of Jammu division, returned his award that he had won during a public speaking competition organized by the Army in Government Degree College (GDC) Poonch as a sign of protest against the Pulwama killings. As Bukhari had written a post on his social media account saying that he cannot keep his eyes, ears and…

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‘Excessive’ use of force in Kashmir, Amnesty slams India

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A worrying pattern is emerging in Kashmir where security forces are increasingly using indiscriminate and excessive force against civilians, the Amnesty India said on Monday, two days after forces killed at least seven civilians in Pulwama district in southern Kashmir. Responding to Saturday’s clashes between forces and civilians near a gunfight site in Pulwama, leading to death of seven civilians, Asmita Basu, programmes director, Amnesty India, said: “The killing of seven civilians on Saturday is an unfortunate addition to a series of alleged human rights violations by security forces in…

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Offer funeral prayers in absentia for youth killed in Pulwama: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani ,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has urged the people to offer funeral in absentia on Tuesday for the youth killed at Sirnoo, Pulwama in forces firing on Saturday. The leadership also asked people to visit the homes of slain youth to express solidarity with the bereaved families. “People should offer Giabana Namaz e Jinazah tomorrow after Zuhr prayers for Pulwama martyrs and also visit the homes of the Pulwama martyrs and express solidarity with their families,” a JRL spokesman said in…

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An MBA, sole breadwinners, students with a passion for sports: The civilians killed during Pulwama gunfight

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Five of the seven civilians killed in security forces’ firing near the scene of a firefight with militants in South Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday were teenagers. The rest were in their late 20s, married and only bread earners of their families. The youngest of them, Aqib Ahmad Bhat, 14, had recently cleared his Class 8 exams. According to his family and neighbours, he was a passionate cricketer. “For his batting prowess, he was called Virat Kohli… Three days ago, he had scored an unbeaten 75 in a match at the…

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His killing didn’t hurt but what they had done to his face did: Saqib Bilal’s Mother

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Mehbooba, the mother of Saqib Bilal Sheikh, one of the four youngest militants to have been killed by government forces in gunfights recently, picks up her son’s costly watch and kisses it repeatedly. “This is what he has left for me,” she said, sitting in a room where Saqib would study. Sitting in the room also are about 30 of Saqib’s friends, many of whom were hunched over their smartphones watching his pictures and videos of his funeral. A few were arranging his books on a shelf. Mehbooba thanks God…

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Govt Notifies 75 Services in J&K now ‘Online Only’

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The Jammu and Kashmir government December 14 declared 75 services in various departments to be ‘online only’ as a part of Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) under ease of doing business (EoDB), an official spokesman said. “The Government has decided to provide services having direct bearing on the business environment in ‘Online Mode’, to the extent possible, so that the stakeholders can avail such services in a hassle-free manner,” an order issued by the General Administration Department said. It said the initiative is aimed at providing transparent, efficient and hassle-free…

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Hiba was not carrying gun or stone, why was she deprived of her eyesight: Yasin Malik

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Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Thursday visited Mujgund on Srinagar outskirts where three militants were killed in a gunfight with the forces on December 9. He expressed solidarity with the families whose houses were destroyed during encounter. “Kashmir is burning and Kashmiris are being brutalized by Indian aggression. Mayhem at Mujgund is actually a minuscule example of Indian aggression in Kashmir which is killing, maiming, destroying and oppressing Kashmiris at will. “All this aggression is continuing in the name of operation all-out which is aimed to…

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GOI using every weapon to muzzle our voice: Syed Ali Geelani

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Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani today alleged that New Delhi was using every weapon of oppression to muzzle the voice of people of Jammu Kashmir to stop them from pursuing their cause of right to self-determination. “New Delhi is suffering from arrogance of power and has tried its best to muzzle our voice but has utterly failed to do so. No power on earth can deter us from achieving our cherished goal of right to self-determination,” Geelani said while addressing mourners telephonically at the residence of 14-year…

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Saqib Bilal, teen who did a cameo in ‘Haider’ turned rebel, shot dead in Mujgund encounter

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Saqib Bilal and another boy, a Class 9 student from Hajin Bandipora, were killed along with a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in an 18-hour gun battle with security forces in Mujgund on the outskirts of Srinagar on December 9. He was a theater artist and had even done a brief role in a Bollywood movie. That was before he disappeared along with another boy in August. Saqib Bilal and another boy, a Class 9 student from Hajin Bandipora, were killed along with a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in an 18-hour gun battle…

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Armed forces, Govt departments, Police, Bureaucrats, Legislators major power defaulters in Kashmir: RTI

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Kashmir’s own government departments are defaulting on power bills. As per the official figures, the consumers who are among the top power defaulters in Kashmir are police, bureaucrats, legislators and government departments. The CRPF is a major defaulter with outstanding in crores of rupees. The figures available lying with the Kashmir Post reveal that the CRPF-157 Battalion (BTN) camp near Tatoo Ground has to pay power dues amounting to Rs 2 crores, CRPF-23 BTN camp near Assembly Complex have also an outstanding of Rs 2 crores. Similarly CRPF-23 BTN camp…

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