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Chandigarh, Oct 26: Two daughters of Chief Judicial Magistrate Reasi died in a fatal road accident in Chandigarh today.
  
The slain sisters were nieces of National Conference leader and former minister Aijaz Jan and the daughters of CJM Reasi Syed Adnan.
  
Chief Judicial Magistrate Reasi Syed Adnan hails from Surankote Poonch.
   
Family sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that The deceased, as per the family sources, have been identified as Zava Adnan (elder daughter) and Aqsa Adnan (pursuing Law in Melbourne Australia.
  
The fatal road accident occurred on Chandigarh Highway when the driver lost control over the vehicle.
  
Zava Adnan as per family was travelling to Chandigarh along with her sister and other girls when the accident occurred.
 
Zava was scheduled to leave for Bangladesh to appear in the entrance test for MBBS.
 
The two sisters died in the accident while other girls accompanying them sustained injuries and shifted to hospital.
  
National Conference Working President and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also condoled the demise. In a tweet he said: “My heartfelt condolences to my colleague @ajazjan. Two of his nieces died in a tragic road accident earlier today. Allah marhoom ko magfirat farmaye. May the young ladies find place in Jannat & may their families find strength at this difficult time.” (KNT)

Srinagar GMC and Sher-e-Kashmir Medical Sciences students spotted in videos

New Delhi: The Srinagar Police late on Monday night registered FIRs against a section of the students of two top local medical colleges after their videos celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in Sunday’s T 20 World Cup match went viral.

Top sources in the J&K Police confirmed the registration of two FIRs in the matter — under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and relevant IPC sections.

Police sources said FIRs have been registered against hostel wardens, management and students of the Srinagar Government Medical College and the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences spotted in the celebratory videos that have gone viral on social media platforms.

SRINAGAR, OCT 25: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) leader Omar Abdullah on Monday slammed team India for not standing up for their teammate Mohammed Shami, who was abused and trolled on social media after India suffered a defeat against Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

“Mohammed Shami was one of 11 players who lost last night, he was not the only player on the field. Team India your BLM knee taking counts for nothing if you cannot stand up for your teammate who is being horribly abused and trolled on social media,” Abdullah tweeted.

As soon as India was defeated by Pakistan on Sunday, fans took to Instagram and Twitter to pass derogatory statements on Mohammed Shami. Soon several netizens came out in support of Shami and even urged captain Virat Kohli to support his teammate. The debate on social media continued the next day with politicians, some who only worsened it, and other known personalities joining the debate. (PTK)

SRINAGAR, Oct 25: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked Why such anger against Kashmiris for celebrating Pak’s win?

Mehbooba Mufti tweet “Why such anger against Kashmiris for celebrating Pak’s win? Some are even chanting murderous slogans- desh ke gadaaron ko goli maaro/calling to shoot traitors. One hasnt forgotten how many celebrated by distributing sweets when J&K was dismembered & stripped of special status.

The People’s Democratic Party chief said that everyone should take Pakistan’s victory in the right spirit.

“Let’s agree to disagree and take it in the right spirit like Virat Kohli, who was the first to congratulate the Pakistani cricket team,” she said. (PTK)

Srinagar, October 24: Police on Sunday said that a civilian was killed after a brief shootout between militants and CRPF in Babapora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.

A top police officer told GNS that CRPF party of 178 BN was out for area domination in Babapora when militants fired upon them, CRPF also retaliated during cross firing one civilian was killed.

The officer further said that Credential being ascertained.

Meanwhile the civilian has been identified as Shahid Ahmad son of Ajaz resident of Anantnag.(GNS)

Srinagar, Oct 23 : The Union Home Minister, Amit Shah on Saturday said that during the abrogation of article 370, internet ban and curfew saved lives of thousands of youth of the valley.

Shah while addressing youth at Raj Bhawan auditorium said that the people questioned curfew and communication blackout at that time, but had there been no curfew, they don’t know how many lives would have been lost. “The lives of Kashmiri youth have been saved by that decision which has been questioned on so many platforms.”

He said that three families ruled J&K for 70 years. “Why were 40000 people killed during their reign. Is there any explanation to those killings,” Shah questioned.

Shah said that the BJP government has made those things possible which were hampered during the 70 years rule of three families.

“Today we are witnessing development, employment and education in Jammu and Kashmir. This is a big change. Industries are coming up in J&K. Tourism sector is flourishing. Now no matter how much force one exerts, no one can stop this wind of change,” he said.

He said that he wants to assure the youth of Kashmir that no one can stop this change from happening and it’s a new era for Kashmir.

“Today, I came to Jammu and Kashmir after around 2 and a half years. It is a very contented moment for me as after the security review meeting, I am having an event with the youngsters of Youth Club,” he said while addressing members of J&K Youth Club.

About delimitation, Amit Shah said: “Why should we stop delimitation? Delimitation will happen, followed by elections and then restoration of statehood.”

He also said that he wants to make a friendly bond with the youth of Kashmir as they are the future of nation.

“5th August 2019 will be written in Golden letters. It was the end of terrorism, nepotism  and corruption in J&K. Now youth of J&K have to contribute in the development of the Union Territory, it is their responsibility,” Shah said.

He added that millitancy has reduced, stone pelting has become invisible post abrogation of article 370.

“I want to assure you that strict action will be taken against those who want to ruin peace of J&K. No one can obstruct development which is taking place here. It’s our commitment and we will definitely fulfill all our commitments,” he said.

Notably Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, he chaired a security review meeting and also visited the residence of slain inspector Parvez Ahmed, who was killed by militants last month. (KNS)

Jammu: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Thursday batted strongly for talks with Pakistan and said “unless you do not talk to Pakistan, we can never live in peace in J&K”.

He said that if there would have been friendship between India and Pakistan, people would have come here (in Jammu and Kashmir) to eat and drink tea from Sialkot (Pakistan).

“We would have gone there (Sialkot). In the past, this was happening. People used to come in trains before Independence”, Abdullah said

“I confidently say, even today, unless you (India) don’t talk to Pakistan and shake hands of friendship with each other, we can never live in peace, never, take it from me in writing”, he said while addressing a party meeting here.

He said that wars have taken place between Indian and Pakistan.

“Only the poor got killed in these four wars. In future war, this will happen again. Both have nuclear bombs. It will be more disastrous,” Abdullah added.

He said that if there is friendship with Pakistan, the money spent on planes and weapons will be given to farmers and the poor to remove their poverty.

“See, we have reached 101 rank in the global hunger index. We have gone down to Somalia”, Abdullah added.

First direct flight from Srinagar will land in Sharjah: Dir Airport

Srinagar Airport is set to begin international flights, connecting the city directly with the rest of the world from October 23.

Director Airport Srinagar Kuldeep Singh while talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the first flight from Srinagar airport will take off to Sharjah on Saturday.

He said that on 23rd October the first flight departure to Sharjah is scheduled at 18:20 hours and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday one flight from Srinagar will take off to Sharjah, however, on the rest of the days there will be only domestic flights.

The development is seen as a boon as it is expected to provide relief to hundreds of Kashmiri travelers who are working in the Middle East.

“It will save time and money in travelling to the Middle East,” said relatives of persons working in the Middle East, adding that they first had to reach Delhi and then to Sharjah.

Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir Pandurang K Pole on Monday held a meeting regarding the operation of international flights from Srinagar International Airport. Necessary arrangements needed to put in place and management of passengers in view of the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed in the meeting.

Pole directed officers to execute arrangements meticulously including the management and regulation of passengers, segregation of domestic and international passengers, conduct rapid PCR at Airport for international passengers besides mandatory RTPCR test before 48 hours—(KNO)

Pakistan will continue to be on the ‘Grey List’ of the FATF as it needs to “further demonstrate” that action is being taken against UN-designated terrorists like India’s most wanted Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, the global body against terror financing said on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) president Marcus Pleyer said the decision was taken at the conclusion of the virtual plenary of the organisation.

Pakistan continues to remain on the “increased monitoring list”, he said at a virtual press conference from Paris on Thursday.

Increased monitoring list is another name for the ‘Grey List’.

Inclusion in the ‘Grey List’ implies “strategic deficiencies” detected in a jurisdiction’s policies to prevent money laundering and the terror financing, according to an IMF working paper.

Not as severe as black listing, inclusion in the ‘Grey List’ shows that a country is working to remove flagged deficiencies.

Pleyer said that Pakistan has two concurrent action plans, actions against UN-designated terror groups and anti-money laundering, along with 34 action plan items.

It has now largely addressed 30 of the items, the president of the Paris-based FATF said.

Regarding its earlier action plan, which focused on terrorist financing issues, and dates back to June 2018, Pakistan is still assessed to have largely addressed 26 out of 27 items, Pleyer said.

“Pakistan has taken a number of important steps but needs to further demonstrate that investigations and prosecutions are being pursued against the senior leadership of UN-designated terror groups,” he said.

FATF is a global body which focusses on setting standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

Refuting allegations of political interference in the FATF listing process, Pleyer said the organisation works on the basis of “technical arguments”.

One of the outstanding items from the 2018 action plan focussing on terror financing is that Pakistan needs to demonstrate that terrorist financing investigations and prosecutions are targeting senior leaders and commanders of UN-designated terrorist groups, Pleyer said.

Then there is this 2021 action plan which is focusing more on anti-money laundering issues, he said.

“Its most recent action plan from June this year which largely focused on money laundering deficiencies was issued after FATF regional partner the Asian Pacific Group identified a number of serious issues,” Pleyer said.

The UN-designated terrorists based in Pakistan include Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Azhar, Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Saeed and its ‘operational commander’ Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

Azhar, Saeed and Lakhvi are the most wanted terrorists in India for their involvement in numerous terrorist acts, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and bombing of a CRPF bus at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. (PTI)