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Srinagar: According to the spokesperson of the party, Senior member Hurriyat Conference JK and Chairman Islamic Political Party jk Mohammad Yousuf Naqash during public contact campaign in Sumbal and adjacent areas cautioned people about the nefarious policies and conspiracies of India against the ideology of freedom and said that on one side India is busy in many subversive activities in a bid to strengthen the illegal and forced subjugation on Kashmir.

“The brutal acts of death and destruction are perpetrated. People are arrested, tortured and life imprisonments regardless of age and gender  are arbitrarily announced and even worse the award of death penalties through fake and fabricated cases. The another draconian face of India’s dangerous conspiracies are also coming to fore through the former bureaucrats and agents of India and unfortunately most of them are of Kashmiri origin.”

The statement issued to KNS said that they have started a new malicious campaign and propaganda of influencing and diluting the ideology of freedom through interactions, debates, seminars and columns in which they are using every rhetoric within their command in a bid to supersede and subvert the ideology of freedom by wrongly misleadingly  defining it its meaning to law and order, administrative and economic problem. People of Kashmir need to bear in mind that the sentiment of freedom is a sacred ideology and mission which has cost five hundred thousand human lives besides chastity and dignity in Kashmir since 1947 and for this sacred mission struggle till date continues in perpetuity.

“This sacred ideological mission is aimed at freedom from the Indian forced and illegal occupation and the establishment of Rule of Allah Almighty and sway of Islam. Nobody will be allowed to let down or sabotage it and it will continue till it reaches the logical conclusion. Naqash was accompanied by many party leaders and activists including Moulvi Buland Shah, Mohammad Yousuf Mir, Showkat Ahmad Bhat, Arshid Ahmad, Riyaz Ahmad and Sajad Ahmad Lone.”

Meanwhile Naqash strongly condemned the continuous detention of senior Hurriyat jk  leader and Chairman Muslim league . Mushtaq-ul-Islam and also reacted strongly and castigated the slapping of prominent pro-freedom leader Masarat Alam Bhat. Naqash also paid glowing tributes to the founder of Ummate Muslimah Dr. Qazi Nisar on his twentieth martyrdom anniversary and said that the sacred blood of our martyrs and supreme sacrifices wont be allowed to go waste and will be taken to its logical conclusion.

Srinagar: RTI on wheels, a mobile van creating awareness among masses about Right to Information reached Srinagar on 18 June. This initiative is on the line of Gujarat’s RTI on wheels model promoted by Gujarat based NGO ‘Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP).

According to a statement issued to KNS, Dr Shiekh Ghulam Rasool ,Chairman J & K RTI Movement/Co-Convenor NCPRI said  “In order to meet the lack of awareness for RTI challenge Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP) has come up with innovative idea called “RTI On Wheels”, which is a multi-media van with mobile RTI clinic. In order to reach RTI to most un-reached communities and regions MAGP will conduct RTI Bharat Yatra in forthcoming year.”

MAGP and Jammu and Kashmir  RTI movement are a part of National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which are national platforms for strengthening democratic Rights. It is pertinent to mention here that , RTI Bharat Yatra was flagged off by chief minister of the state in Jammu last week. Farooq Kuthoo, Spokesperson J & K RTI Movement  said, ” A start of RTI Bharat Yatra Programme from Jammu and Kashmir, itself gives encouraging message to citizens of entire nation that RTI will make our democracy participatory and thus more meaningful.” We are extremely grateful to MAGP and RTI Activists accompanying RTI on wheels for choosing J & K as part of their campaign.

Demand’s unconditional release of prisoners before Ramdan

Srinagar: Senior APHC leader and Jammu Kashmir Salvation movement Chairman, Zaffer Akbar Bhat Thursday visited several area of Srinagar city including, Rawlpora, Kralpora, Chanapora, Wanipora and Batmaloo. During the visit he paid glowing tributes to his cousin brothers Shaheed Rafiq Ahmad Bangroo and Javid Ahmad Malla, who were martyred by India troops on 19 and 21st June in 2010 after firing indiscriminately on them.

According to a statement issued to KNS, at wanipora martyr’s ground, Zaffer Akbar Bhat along with party leaders Zulfikar Hammed, Beg Aijaz, Imtiyaz Ahmad and Farooq Ahmad, paid glowing tributes to Kashmir martyrs particularly to Shaheed Mohammad Maqbool Illahi, Khalid Umar, Doctor Turabi, Nadeem Khateeb. He also paid glowing tributes to Dr Qazi Nisar Ahmad on his 20th martyrdom anniversary and said that because of the sacrifices of martyrs Kashmir will get rid from the Indian bondage very soon.

Zaffer Akbar Bhat earlier visited the residence of Dr Showket Ahmad at Karlpora and expressed sympathy and solidarity with the family of Dr Shwoket over the sad demise of his mother Haleem Boba. On the occasion, he said that deceased was pious lady and ever since has boosted the morale of all those pro-freedom lovers through her love and affection. He also visited the family of Mukhtar Ahmad Dar at Rawlpora and expressed sorrow over the sudden death of Mukhtar Ahmad who was actively supporting Kashmir freedom struggle.

Zaffer Akbar Bhat condemned the slapping of another PSA on pro-freedom leader Masrat Aalam Bhat and continuous detention of Mushtaq-ul-Islam and said that through these brutal tact’s India can’t suppress the Kashmir freedom movement. He demanded unconditional release of all innocent Kashmiri detainees, lashing in Kashmir and outside Indian jails before the holy month of Ramdan on humanitarian grounds. Meanwhile, Zaffer Akber Bhat supported ACC’s Golden Jubilee program and stressed upon party leaders and workers to work hard for making it successful.

 ‘Mass killer of youth is PDP’s choice for CM’  

Srinagar: National Conference has said that PDP has sent a clear message of its intentions to suppress and hound the youth of the State by nominating Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate despite Mufti Sayeed’s involvement in some of the most gruesome massacres in Kashmir’s history.

National Conference Spokesman Junaid Mattu said that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was the biggest tormentor and killer of the youth of Kashmir and that it was Mufti Sayeed who started repression and carnage in Kashmir by first sending Jagmohan as the State’s Governor and then imposing Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the State.

NC Spokesman said that it was Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who started his political innings by being part of a team that eroded Article 370 while Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was incarcerated for safeguarding the special status of J&K. “After succeeding in eroding Article 370 along with G. M. Sadiq, although Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed changed his loyalties often but his commitment to suppress the youth of the Valley remained a permanent, personal guiding goal throughout his career”, Mattu said.

Junaid Mattu said that the list of massacres and repression that was unleashed on hapless Kashmiri youth during Mufti Sayeed’s direct, unrestricted rule as the Home Minister of India constituted the darkest phase of bloodshed in recent history. Stating that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was directly responsible for the Gaw Kadal, Bijbehara, Handwara, Hawal, Mashaali Mohalla massacres, Junaid Mattu said that the PDP Patron would have been tried for genocide in ideal circumstances had he not managed to re-invent himself with BJP’s blessings and funding in 1996 under the mask of PDP.

The NC Spokesman said that it was none other than Mufti Sayeed who on the floor of the Indian Parliament defended the Armed Forces who were accused of the Kunan Poshpora mass rape tragedy. “PDP talks of the sisters and daughters of the nation but wants the people of Kashmir to forget that its patron Mufti Mohammad  Sayeed defended the security forces accused of the Kunanposhpura mass rape on the floor on the Indian Parliament even when some Parliamentarians from the rest of the country expressed their shock and sorrow over these reports from the Valley. Mufti Sayeed called these women, some of whom were as old as 80, liars and exaggerators”, Mattu said.

Further elaborating on Mufti Sayeed’s charge-sheet of tormenting and killing the youth of the Valley, Junaid Mattu said that the blot of allowing the assassination of Shaheed Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq will forever remain on Mufti’s handcuffs and the youth of Kashmir should know who Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is and what his past is. “It is a known fact that Mufti Sayeed deliberately denied security to Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq and was of the opinion that Mirwaiz’s assassination would lead to internal divisions and strife within the State and hence should be allowed to take place. As if the tragic assassination of Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq wasn’t enough to satisfy Mufti Sayeed, he went on to order security forces to open fire on the funeral of Shaheed Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq, resulting in the massacre of 73 innocent civilians”, the NC Spokesman said.

Junaid Mattu said that it was none other than Mufti Sayeed who aided and abetted Ikhwanis in the Valley and brought criminal elements into politics for his own personal ambition for power. “Mufti Sayeed waxes eloquent about the resolution of the Kashmir Issue today. What was he doing for 40 years of his political career when National Conference was rendering thousands of sacrifices and striving and struggling for the resolution of the Kashmir Issue? Let’s remind the youth of the State what Mufti Sayeed was busy changing loyalties nearly half a dozen times and swinging in favor of  the most rabidly anti-Kashmir forces if that meant him getting a seat in Delhi at the cost of the interests and aspirations of his own people”, Mattu said.

The NC Spokesman said that National Conference would leave no stone un-turned to bring facts about Mufti Sayeed in front of the people and show the youth of J&K the image and record of the Mufti Sayeed of 1990 who filled graveyards after graveyards with our young men and launched ‘Operation Tiger’ and ‘Operation Catch-and-kill’ and mowed down thousands from one generation alone. “The youth of J&K will give PDP a befitting answer for the crimes against humanity that Mufti Sayeed is guilty of in the forthcoming Assembly Elections”, the NC Spokesman said.

Mufti empowering former counter-insurgents: Dr. Kamal 

Srinagar: National Conference has said that PDP by admitting and promoting known criminal and corrupt faces in its party fold has made it pretty clear that Mufti Sayeed has chosen to re-invest his faith in the politics of embezzlement, crime and corruption as a route to political power.

According to a statement issued to KNS, National Conference Additional General Secretary Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal has asked Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to come clean on substantiated allegations of corruption and grave criminal records against various senior PDP leaders who are masquerading as “new faces” in the party. Dr. Kamal has also sought a public apology from the PDP top-brass  to the law abiding citizens of J&K for giving political patronage to one of its leaders from Srinagar to steal power worth lakhs and crores for his commercial establishments that have been established from ill-gotten money. Pertinent to note is the recent revelation that a PDP leader’s flour mill in Tangmarg was found to have stolen power worth lakhs of rupees by criminally by-passing the meters. The Power Development Department has imposed a fine of Rupees Thirty Lakhs on the owner of the flour mill who is also one of PDP’s “new faces” from Srinagar.

Stating that PDP’s desperation for gaining power had led the party to invest in criminal elements, money launderers and former dreaded counter-insurgents, NC Additional General Secretary said that this was an alarming development and could lead to an increase in corruption, major crime and organized suppression within the State’s polity. Dr. Kamal said that it had also become very evident that PDP was now being supported by some recently retired, dreaded and notorious police officers who flouted all norms and policies of leniency announced by the State Government and suppressed the youth of Srinagar on their own whims and arrogance. The NC Spokesman said that one such recently retired police officer who allegedly boasts of the number of youth killed by him and the number of them thrown into jails by him is another “new face” of PDP and is expected to contest the forthcoming Assembly Elections on the party’s ticket from North Kashmir.

Dr. Mustafa Kamal also lashed out at the PDP for picking and choosing dreaded former counter-insurgents across the Valley to constitute a team of infamous, criminal faces that the party intends to use to harass the people ahead of the forthcoming polls. The NC Leader said that PDP’s plans to criminalize the State’s polity through brazen dual standards and blatant intimidation of the voters speaks volumes about the party’s political intentions.

Stating that a lot of senior PDP leaders had serious cases of graft, tax-evasion, land-grabbing and embezzlement of public money registered against them in the courts of the land, Dr. Mustafa Kamal said that those faces that were openly pronounced corrupt by PDP in the past miraculously became “honest” overnight the very moment they joined PDP. Dr. Kamal said that the most glaring example was that of a former bureaucrat from the State who was sacked by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government on charges of corruption in the Panchayat Ghar Scam in 2005 but was later rewarded with an MLC berth by the same Mufti Mohammad Sayeed when the said person joined PDP.

Dr. Mustafa Kamal also welcomed recent indictment of some officers and employees of the Food and Supplies Department by the Vigilance Department and demanded that more serious allegations of embezzlement and misappropriation raised against a former officer of the Food and Supplies Department be thoroughly probed despite his being a “new” face of PDP. Dr. Kamal said that the law should take its toll and if the particular PDP leader is found guilty of mass corruption, loot and plunder in the Food and Supplies Department, there should be no hesitation in bringing him to the book and putting him behind bars.

Asks people to make convention a ‘success’

Srinagar: With just one day left in the convention of ’50 Years of Resistance’ of Awami Action Committee, Chairman Huriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday paid visit to Srinagar’s Municipal Park wherein the golden jubilee celebrations shall be held.

According to the KNS correspondent, Mirwaiz while visiting the venue urged people to attend the rally in large number so that the convention could be made a success.

The Huriyat (M) chief also led a rally that toured through various areas of Srinagar including Lal Chowk amid pro-freedom slogans.

Reports also informed that a large number of youth converged at the Municipal Park where from a bike rally was taken out towards Mirwaiz Manzil through residency road. The rally witnessed the participation of hundreds of people particularly the youth. Various Huriyat (M) leaders including Javaid Mir, Adv Shahid ul Islam, Hilal War and others also participated in the rally.

Mirwaiz while addressing people at Mirwaiz Manzil appealed them to assemble at Jamia Masjid on Thursday to join the march towards Municipal Park. Meanwhile the Mirwaiz’s Awami Action Committee Thursday applied before the deputy commissioner Srinagar to conduct its scheduled Friday rally at Municipal Park.

Qazi to fight from Gbl, Bhat retains Khansahib

Srinagar: Finalizing its preparations for the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held by the end of this year, the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday decided candidature of another group of party leaders.

Sources told Kashmir News Service that the former minister Qazi Mohammad Afzal has been given the ticket to fight from Ganderbal. Interestingly the constituency is considered as the important turf for both the regional parties NC and PDP.

The party sources have confirmed further that all the sitting MLAs of PDP will contest the 2014 assembly elections from their respective turfs except the three constituencies of South Kashmir- that are still undecided.

Fayaz Mir- the senior PDP leader will contest from north Kashmir’s Kupwara area while as from Khansahib, the party is fielding Saif-ud-din Bhat. From Kangan, the party has issued ticket to Bashir Ahmad Mir and from South Kashmir’s Noorabad- it will be party’s new entrant Abdul Majeed Paddar who will contest from the area.

Moreover, in Srinagar’s Hazaratbal area, mandate has been given to Aasiya Naqash while as Khurshid Alam will contest from Khaniyar. The party sources told KNS that the leadership is still indecisive over Amira Kadal, Batmaloo and Eidgah. However the final call over the remaining constituencies is expected to be taken in the coming days.

Asks COI to submit its report within 3 months

Srinagar: The Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved the setting up of a one man commission comprising Justice (Rtd). M.L. Koul, to enquire into the circumstances, leading to deaths by firing, or otherwise, in law and order situations in different districts of Kashmir Valley, during 2010.

According to the reports KNS has received, the Commission of enquiry will also enquire into the adequacy, or otherwise, of the force used, fix responsibility, wherever excessive force has been used, resulting in fatalities, and where due care has not been taken to avoid such fatalities, suggest measures to avoid the recurrence of such incidents in future and recommend the action to be taken against those found responsible in any such incidents.  The commission shall submit its report to the Government within a period of three months from the date of issuance of the notification in this regard.