Kashmir.Watch

Category: Union Territory

  • Brutality Oppression and Hitlerism have become the hall mark of PDP led coalition in Jammu Kashmir: Yasin Malik

    Attack on inmates in Baramullah sub-jail has again demonstrated the ugly face of state terrorism in Jammu Kashmir.
    Srinagar: Attack on inmates in Baramullah sub-jail has again demonstrated the ugly face of state terrorism in Jammu Kashmir. So-called rulers not only have turned whole Kashmir into a concentration camp but have made the lives of those incarcerated a hell. This was stated by the chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik while condemning the attack on prisoners in Baramullah jail. Terming this attack as another glaring example of ugly brutalism of so-called rulers, Yasin Malik said that hundreds of prisoners are on hunger strike from last two days as authorities have virtually cut off even water on them. He said that PDP led ruling coalition has beaten all previous records of oppression and today attack on Baramullah jail inmates is reminding us those days when prisoners used to be tortured in jails and their cells used to be attacked by goons in uniform. JKLF chairman said that in Baramullah jail many have been critically injured and whole jail has been locked down to prevent any medical relief from teaching to them which has forced all the inmates in jail to go for a hunger strike. He cautioned the rulers and their authorities that if anything untoward will happen to any prisoner responsibility will solely lie on the shoulders of rulers. Yasin Malik appealed ICRC and other human rights organizations to immediately intervene in this serious matter and put their efforts to save the lives of trapped prisoners in Baramullah and other jails. While condemning the implementation of black law PSA on a thirteen year old kid, JKLF chief said that so-far dozens of teen-agers have been booked under black law and sent to jails and this is being done by those shameless rulers who on daily basis come on Tv’s claiming to be guardians of education and welfare of students and young boys and girls.

    Condemning the attacks of forces and police on Kashmiris in various villages and towns including Chitragam Shupian, Haigam Sopore, Rohmoo Pulwama and Aanchar Jenab sahib Soura etc. where from last two days more than two hundred innocents have been injured and many arrested by police and forces, Yasin Malik said that pellet terrorism , continuing spree of arrests, use of black laws like PSA to put people in jails, vandalizing villages and towns, terrorizing and humiliating common people and now unleashing a phase of terror and torture on prisoners in jails has become a hallmark of so-called Indian democracy and its so-called democratic stooges in Jammu Kashmir

  • Foiling separatists meet blunder of Govt: Hakim Yasin

    Accuses Govt of mismatch between its words, deeds

    Srinagar: Commenting over the prevailing unrest in Valley, Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) President and MLA Khansahib Hakim Mohammad Yasin Thursday said that it seems government was not interested in restoring peace in Kashmir.
    In a statement, Hakim Yasin said, “If separatist leaders were released from jails why were they bared to meet each other on Wednesday? It was a blunder by the government and contrary to its claims of making situation conducive for initiating a peaceful dialogue with all stakeholders.”
    The PDF chief accused the government of having mismatch between its words and the deeds. “On the one hand the government claims that it is committed to restore peace in the Valley for initiating a peaceful dialogue but on the other it is using brute force to suppress the people,” he said.
    MLA Khansahib also questioned the government about the follow-up of Yashwant Sinha led delegation’s recent visit to Kashmir. “According to media reports, the delegation had been sent to the Valley under the instructions of the Center. If it is true what has been the outcome of the visit. There has been no reaction from the government so far,” he said. “Separatists have reportedly put forward some conditions for initiating a dialogue. But unfortunately, there is no response from the government side.”
    He said that both central and state governments have maintained silence over the prevailing situation in Kashmir which is unfortunate. “For the past almost four months there is a logjam in Kashmir and people are on streets. Instead of seeing what has forced the people to come on streets, the government is using brute forces to quell them. In democracy everybody has right to put forth his point of view, but unfortunately the incumbent government only believes using force,” he said.
    Hakim Yasin also criticized the government for disallowing prayers in Jamia Masjid for the last almost four-months. “Such situation had not happened in Kashmir even during the Mahraja Hari Singh’s rule. Kashmiris are feeling more alienated because of the wrong policies of the present government,” he said.
    The PDF chief also called for de-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan at the borders saying continued border tension has resulted in killings and destruction as well as large scale displacement of population living near the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB). “India and Pakistan leadership should respect the 2003-ceasefire agreement and stop sacrificing the innocent people on both sides for their narrow domestic political considerations. Kashmiris become the biggest victims of the Indo-Pak hostilities,” he added.

  • Mysterious fire erupts in SP college in Srinagar

    Srinagar: A window of SP College in Srinagar was damaged in a mysterious fire yesterday afternoon.

    Officials said that fire erupted in the ground floor of a building housing Maths and English departments, damaging one of the windows.

    Caretakers who were present in the college doused the flames immediately, they said.

    Principal, SP College, said that police officials have inspected the spot.

    “The cause of the fire is being ascertained,” he said.

  • 176 Cancer Surgeries Performed at JLNM Hospital

    Srinagar: The Onco-surgical unit of JLNM Hospital Srinagar, an apex health institute of Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) has performed 176 cancer surgeries till date which includes 132 major and 44 minor surgeries.

    As non-communicable diseases in general and malignancy in particular are increasing with each passing day, putting immense load on the existing health care infrastructure, quality care by specialists in these branches has always been limited in reach, a statement issued by DHSK said on Thursday afternoon.

    The statement said that in this context, DHSK had established an Onco-Surgical Unit headed by Dr Zahoor Ahmed (Onco-surgeon) at JLNM Hospital in October 2014 to initiate performing cancer surgeries at Peripheral hospitals.

    “The unit has successfully performed various complex cancer surgeries till date which include twenty four cases of staging laparotomy for carcinoma ovary, fourteen thyroidectomies for thyroid cancer with neck dissection in appropriate patients, three radical cholecystectomies for carcinoma gall bladder, six cases of colon cancer, thirteen cases of carcinoma breast, seven cases of rectum and recto-sigmoid cancers,” the DHSK statement said.

    “In addition twelve radical D2 gastrectomies, eight radical hysterectomies, three testicular tumours, six pan hysterectomies for hyperplasia, six cases of sarcoma, five giant soft tissue lesions, three groin dissections, parotidectomies, ileostomy/gastrojejunostomies, numerous diagnostic laparoscopies along with thirty six minor procedures like lymph node and breast biopsies were also performed,” it added.

    Recently two complex surgeries were performed successfully which required two specialist surgeons from different branches working in tandem.

    In first case a young lady with giant phylloides tumour of breast was operated and subcutaneous mastectomy with immediate LD flap reconstruction was performed by a team of surgeons headed by Dr Zahoor Ahmed, Oncosurgeon, and Dr Zulqarnain Masoodi, Plastic surgeon, with excellent cosmetic result.

    In the other case, a 45 year old male with matted metastatic nodes in axilla infiltrating the axillary vein was operated and after complete axillary clearance, segment of axillary vein was excised along with tumour and reconstruction was done with venous graft, by a team of surgeons headed by Dr Zahoor Ahmed, Onco-surgeon, and Dr Nasir Wani, CVTS surgeon.

    Director Health Services, Kashmir Dr Saleem ur Rehman has complimented the Hospital Administration and the Operative Team for achieving this feat and has assured in upgrading the Onco-Surgical unit at JLNM Hospital for better patient care.

     

  • Class 10, 12 exams: BOSE announces 50 per cent reduction in syllabus

    Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir state board of school education (BOSE) on Thursday announced a 50 per cent relaxation in syllabus for all students appearing in 10th and 12th class examinations.

    Addressing a press conference in Bemina, Chairman BOSE Zahoor Ahmad Chatt announced the 50 per cent relaxation for students.

    However, Chatt said that the examinations would be held as per schedule.

    He also announced that the examinations would start at 11 am instead of 1pm.

  • Stone-Throwing Teen Killed By Speeding Vehicle

    Srinagar: A 14-year-old was killed by a speeding vehicle when he was allegedly throwing stones along with other boys at Iqbalabad area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. 

    A police officer said that Suhail Ahmad Wagay, son of Nazir Ahmad Wagay, resident of Pehru, which also called as Iqbalabad, in Anantnag was killed when an unknown vehicle, hit him. 

    The officer said that the boy was part of a group of youth who were pelting stones on vehicles for defying shutdown. “He was shifted to District hospital Anantnag where he succumbed. Police have registered a case and probe has been started,” he said.

    This is the first incident of its kind when a stone throwing boy has been killed after being hit by the vehicle.

    Earlier, Scooty-riding girl died when she was hit by a vehicle during stone pelting at Parimpora.

    write my essay

  • Hurriyat Issues Directly Handled by GoI Says Hurriyat (G)

    SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik were scheduled to meet Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani today at Hyderpora.

    “But Mirwaiz Sahab was not allowed to come out of his residence and Yasin Sahab even reaching Hyderpora was sent back from the gate by the police,” a statement issued by Geelani led Hurriyat Conference informed this evening.

    The Hurriyat Conference strongly condemned these “cowardice and unlawful” actions by “puppet” government.

    “It proves once again that this ruthless regime is nothing but a stooge and pawn in the hands of Delhi Darbar. They are only for filling their bellies and roam around in luxurious auto motives without any authority or say in any of the local issues,” the statement said.

    “These so-called ministers have been rendered impotent and are least concerned about the sufferings of the people, as every minor and major issue is directly handled by Indian home and defence ministry. This perception is testified beyond doubt that the present lot of stooges have left behind all their previous counterparts in implementing and cementing the Indian brutal paws here, because they are not collaborators by their actions only but Indian slavery runs in their blood. That is the reason they cry and beat their chest for the bloodshed, hundreds of kilometers away on borders but shut their eyes and plug their ears on the human carnage on daily basis in their own localities,” the Hurriyat Conference said in the statement.

    write my essay

  • Kashmiri photojournalist wins ‘Ramnath Goenka’ award

    Burhan Kinu to receive award from PM Modi

    Srinagar: Burhaan Kinu, a Kashmiri photojournalist working with Hindustan Times in New Delhi, has been awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for 2015 in the Photojournalism category.
    He has received the award for his photographic coverage of the aftermath of the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq on September 29, 2015, at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, 40 km from New Delhi.
    At a function in New Delhi on Wednesday, Burhan received the award from Prime Minister, Narendra Modi who was scheduled to give away awards across 28 categories for exceptional work in print, broadcast and online journalism in English, Hindi and regional languages.
    The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards recognizes excellence in journalism and showcase outstanding contributions by individuals each year. In both the size of the award and its scope, these are the largest news media awards in the country. 

  • Peace Can’t Achieved by Filling Jails, says Congress

    Srinagar: J&K Unit of All India Congress on Wednesday said that slapping draconian PSA on teenagers and other youngsters would ruin their career, besides harming the peace initiatives that are underway to restore calm in the Valley.

    Congress condemned slapping of uncountable PSAs on youngsters by the State Government and warned that peace cannot be achieved by indulging in such type of repressive measures.

    A statement issued by Congress said that the party is “committed to peace and it will continue to work for restoration of complete normalcy in the valley, but, at the same time, Congress party will raise its voice against anti-people and wrong policies of the PDP-BJP coalition government”.

    MLA Bandipora Usman Majeed and District President Imtiyaz Ahmad Parray while expressing deepest concern over slapping PSA on a teenager Tajamul Rasool Mir of SK Bala, Hajin blamed the Government for vitiating atmosphere by filling jails with teenagers and warned that peace cannot be achieved by slapping PSAs on youngsters.

    “Government must adopt positive approach towards the youth and win back the confidence of the people. It must change its attitude and shun path of confrontation with the youngsters, as that will only help restore complete peace in the valley, otherwise it would be difficult to bring back normalcy,” they said.

    “Government must understand the ground situation in the valley and take effective measures to restore lost trust of the people, as it was ultimately the common people, who have immensely suffered due to the four-month long unrest,” the statement quoting the unionists said.

    The statement further said that the Congress politicians condemned the torching of two shops in Hajin late last night, while they strongly condemned torching of educational institutes at various place in the valley and termed it as an attack on the future of the children, which must be defeated sternly.

    They demanded severe punishment to those involved in torching School, Shops and vehicles.

  • ‘Present Day Yazeeds Should Remember That They are Answerable to Nation,’ says Hurriyat

    Srinagar: While paying rich tributes Faisal Yousuf Bhat and Mehraj-ud-Din Dar of Nowgam, who were killed by forces in Chatergam Chadoora in ‘fake encounter’ on 3rd on November 2014 by 53-RR, on their anniversary, All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said that these two innocents were traveling in their car and without any reason or provocation were showered with bullets.

    “Army claimed responsibility, apologized and even promised to punish the culprits, but like Indian rulers they also made the promise not for fulfil it. And those responsible for this bloodshed are roaming free busy in the same human carnage, for which they should have either been behind bars or hanged to death. But as always, democracy loses its meaning in this part of land and its Indian model has a reverse gear because the ruling class has to maintain the morale of their armed forces and at the same time they need to satisfy the collective conscience of their majority vote bank, so the blood, honour, chastity and property of Muslims in general and Kashmiris in particular acts as a catalyst,” the Hurriyat Conference said in a statement issued this evening.

    The Hurriyat Conference said, “our spilled blood fetches them more medals, molesting our women elevates their status, genocide of our populace soothes their self-esteem and blood ridden bodies of our loved ones brings solace to their revengeful minds.”

    “The saddest part of it is that those stooges of this tyranny flourishing and thriving on the blood of our innocents continue to dicker our sacrifices for their petty interests. They have never bothered to realize that their masters honour them only for ruthless killings of their own people and these mongers of our flesh jubilantly consent for it,” it said.

    Geelani Hurriyat Conference further said, “these present day Yazeeds should remember that Karbalas in every nook and corner of the valley perpetrated by them, can no longer guarantee their authority for too long and they are answerable to the nation for each and every drop of blood shed by the arrogance and lust of their power and our youth have made their mind that they will never give legitimacy to this forced Indian rule.”

    While sympathizing with the families of the ‘martyrs’, the Hurriyat Conference said that although words fail to solace and sooth the deep wounds of separation of their loved ones, but history stands witness to the rock solid reality that “barbarism and ruthlessness, no matter how prolonged it may be has a definite and tragic end and fought with unity, sincerity and zeal the dawn of freedom can never be too far Insha Allah”.