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Kashmir

‘Forces were Frisking Dead, Snatching Golden Earrings’ : May 21, 1990

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“Bodies were lying all around me. Blood was profusely oozing out from my legs. I held my breath, acted as dead and was shocked to see security personnel frisking the pockets of dead and robbing them of their belongings,” a witness of 21 May, 1990, Srinagar bloodshed shared the horror with Current News Service. Tahir Ahmed Baba, a resident of Mashal Mohalla Hawal, was 17 when on 21 May 1990 he heard that gunmen in Old Srinagar had assassinated Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq. Forces personnel killed scores of mourners by firing…

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Mirwaiz calls for joint strategy against ‘RSS designs’ during srinagar rally

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Expressing determination that a joint strategy would be devised to counter these designs, he said the resistance leadership would not stay silent but will meet these challenges head on. Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday on Friday said a joint strategy would be devised to foil the “nefarious designs of the RSS and its collaborators in the state.” He cautioned that attempts of harming the religious and cultural identity of Kashmiris and changing the demography of the region by converting Muslim-majority into a minority were being made under a…

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KEA tells govt to come clean on Pandit colonies and other issues

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The KEA Chairman appealed the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to come clean on the government stand on these sensitive issues which are “dragging Kashmir towards another 2008 like agitation.” Chairman, Kashmir Economic Alliance, Haji Muhammad Yasin Khan Friday asked the Government to come clean on the proposed Pandit colonies and other controversial issues. Khan, who is also president Kashmir Traders’ and Manufacturers’ Federation (KTMF) said the so-called “clarification” by the government on the issue of Pandit colonies in a recent press conference held by its spokesperson, has “raised more queries…

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Pak flags displayed in old City during Hurriyat procession

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Pakistani flags were displayed today during a procession led by moderate Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in old city of Srinagar. Masked men were holding the Pakistani flags when the separatist leader took out the procession from Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area as part of a series of events organised on the eve of 26th death anniversary of his father Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq. “Pakistani and green (Islamic)flags were waved by a group of youthat the rally led by Hurriyat Conference chairman Murwai Umar Farooq,” a police official said. The…

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Mirwaiz Omer Farooq threatens 2008 like strike

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Asks Govt to come clean on New Industrial Policy, Pandit townships, Sainik colonies Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday threatened 2008-like stir if the government failed to come clean on the issue of New Industrial Policy and establishment of Pandit and Sainik colonies. “If government decides to go ahead with the implementation of Industrial Policy or establishment of separate colonies for migrant Kashmiri Pandits or Sainik colonies, we will not sit back but launch a 2008-like mass agitation when the government had to roll back allotment of land…

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“Do or Die” like situation has been created for the Kashmiri nation : Geelani, Malik

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Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, have said that Indian policymakers have created a do or die situation for the Kashmiris. Syed Ali Gilani and Muhammad Yasin Malik held a meeting at the office of the APHC Chairman at Hyderpora in Srinagar and discussed several issues including the establishment of soldier colonies, separate townships for the Kashmiri Pandits, implementation of new Industrial Policy in Kashmir, construction of shelters for the non-state labourers by the Indian government…

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Govt shuts down mobile towers after gunfights in south Kashmir

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The administration has devised a new strategy of shutting down mobile phone towers in south Kashmir districts to prevent protesters from holding large-scale gatherings in the aftermath of gunfights and killings of militants. According to sources in the telecom sector, the authorities ordered a shutdown of mobile phone towers on two occasions this month when gunfights resulted in the killing of militants in south Kashmir. The telecom companies were ordered to switch off mobile phone towers across Pulwama district earlier this month when security forces killed three militants in a…

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Geelani, Yasin vow to resist Indian designs jointly

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All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chief Muhammad Yasin Malik have appealed to the people to jointly resist the imposition of evil agenda of Hindu extremist organization, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Jan Sangh in the territory. The appeal was made at a meeting between Syed Ali Gilani and Muhammad Yasin Malik at former’s Hyderpora residence in Srinagar, today. The two leaders discussed the Indian conspiracies including construction of separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits and Indian soldiers and imposition of so-called industrial policy…

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Students clash with police in Ganderbal; many injured

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At least two dozen persons were injured in clashes in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after alleged misbehaviour of policemen with students. The district authorities have ordered a probe into the incident. The trouble erupted when the police stopped an overloaded bus, on way to Ganderbal from Safapora, for violation of traffic rules near Kheer Bhawani. Students, who were aboard the bus, questioned the policemen for stopping the bus, claiming there were other vehicles that were not following traffic rules. A police officer claimed the students asked the cops not to…

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Mirwaiz, Malik pitches for unity among pro-freedom leaders

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Urges people to remember sacrifices of Kashmiri martyrs The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said he is making efforts at the party level to achieve the goal of unity among pro-freedom leadership, even as he urged people to remain steadfast in carrying forward the ‘mission of Kashmir martyrs.’ Addressing a seminar ‘ShuhadaKaKhoonZulm-u-TashadudPey Bari Hai– EkMusalimahHakeekat” under ‘Hafta-e-Shahadat’ programme of his party, he said: “Unity among us has foiled the designs of oppressors in the past. We will unite and fight again. Unity is the need of…

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