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Don’t know why Guru was hanged, says Mehbooba

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Three years after the secret execution of Muhammad Afzal Guru in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said she is still to understand why and what for he was hanged. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of Khadi Exhibition at Kashmir Haat here, Mehbooba recalled the hanging of Guru on February 9, 2013, saying his execution evoked a “strong discussion across the board, something unlikely in a country like Pakistan.” “Here one Kashmiri was hanged. We don’t even know why he was hanged or…

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No govt in JK until Centre commits to confidence building measures, says Mehbooba

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PDP, with 27 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly and BJP with 25 legislators, ran a coalition government headed by Sayeed for 10 months before his death. Hardening her stance, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday made it clear that she will not form the government with BJP in Jammu and Kashmir if the Narendra Modi dispensation does not create a “conducive atmosphere” by committing confidence building measures (CBMs) for the state. “There are problems within problems. To face these difficulties, we need to have support and to have that conducive…

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Constitution allows food of choice, says Mehbooba

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Says miscreants must be given exemplary punishment Advocating exemplary punishment to miscreants responsible for taking the law into their own hands, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has said the Indian Constitution allows a person to eat whatever he wants without hurting the sentiments of others. “Those who create disturbance are in a minority and the majority are in favour of maintaining communal harmony and secular fabric of the country,” Mehbooba said. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function, Mehbooba said the Indian Constitution guaranteed people the right to…

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Pakistan can’t claim an inch, says Mehbooba

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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said her party wanted to resolve the Kashmir issue, which if left unsettled could trigger another war between India and Pakistan. Addressing a public rally in Poonch here today, she said: “Both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers and if a war takes place, it would cause destruction everywhere. “Neither can Pakistan take an inch of Kashmir nor can an inch of the PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) land come to us. So, the ammunition worth crores of rupees being wasted by both countries on…

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