Rules bent to give govt job to Geelani’s grandson during 2016 Kashmir Unrest

When scores of Kashmiri mothers were receiving bodies of their sons covered in shrouds everyday on calls of strike by pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani throughout the latter half of 2016, his grandson managed to get an out-of-turn job with the Jammu & Kashmir government run by the PDP-BJP coalition. Highly placed sources said Geelani’s grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, was appointed research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir international convention complex (SKICC), a subsidiary wing of the J&K tourism department, flouting all rules of recruitment policy of the state government. The pensionable job fetches…

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