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Srinagar, Dec 30 : Haya Javid Kirmani, this year’s class 10 topper with 98 percent marks from Harvard Educational Institute Habak, Naseem Bagh, has said that consistency in studies but not the target for marks percentage is the key to success.
Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) over phone, Haya Javid Kirmani said, “Consistency in studies but not the target for marks percentage is the key to success and the most important factor for a student is to take studies as a pleasure but not a burden, adding that “Students taking studies as a burden can’t achieve success in any examination.”
Haya Javid has secured 498 marks out of a grand total of 500 marks in this year’s matriculation examinations the results of which were announced by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education Saturday evening.

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Saturday declared the results of the Class X annual examination for the Kashmir division. A total of 75 per cent students have qualified the exams.

This year, boys have outshined girls. The pass percentage of boys is 76.41 while the pass percentage of girls is 74.40.

For the past several years, girls had been performing better than boys and secured the top positions in both Class X and XII exams.

Board officials said 55,472 students — boys 28,636 and girls 26,836 — were enrolled in Class X. The total number of students who qualified the examination is 38,939, while 2,907 candidates have qualified but have been asked to improve.

According to the official figures, 13,593 candidates failed to qualify the examination.

Like the last year the list of toppers has not been declared as the board put in place the grade system in 2017.

Tamheed Bukhari, son of slain editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari, who was shot dead by militants outside his office in June this year, has secured 95 per cent marks, his family said.

A board official said the results were declared more than a month after the exam.

“Everything was done smoothly and the results have been declared in the shortest possible time,” the board official said.

In the militancy-hit Pulwama and Shopian districts, the overall pass percentage in Class X exams is 84.50 and 83, respectively. The overall pass percentage in Srinagar is 81.90. More than one lakh students appeared for the board exams of Class X and XII this year. The exams ended in the last week of October.

Shujaat’s son scores 95 per cent marks

Tamheed Bukhari, son of slain editor Syed Shujaat Bukhari, has secured 95 per cent marks, his family said
75 per cent students have qualified the Class X annual exams, the results of which were declared on Saturday
The pass percentage of boys is 76.41 while the pass percentage of girls is 74.40

SRINAGAR: Strongly condemning the desecration of Jamia Masjid Srinagar by some masked youth “at the behest of certain agencies”, the joint resistance leadership (JRL) said such attempts are being made not only to damage this religious centre but also to change the course of the ongoing movement.
The incident, according to a statement issued here, took place after Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar in which some masked elements “violating all Islamic teaching, values and sanctity of the mosque and exploiting the Kalima and in the name of Islam attempted to desecrate the pulpit (Mimbar-e-Rasool PBUH) of Jamia Masjid”.
The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement said such hooliganism and anti-Islamic acts won’t be tolerated at any cost and that these “devious” acts can never be in the collective interest of the people.
“Under a well-planned design, attempts are being made not only to damage this religious centre but also to change the course of the ongoing movement and create an atmosphere of confusion and anarchy among the masses so that the priceless sacrifices rendered in the movement go waste,” it said.
JRL added, “(This) is not the first time that such a shameful act of hooliganism has been done. In the past too, some elements at the behest of certain agencies and handlers have indulged in rowdyism and hooliganism in and outside the Jamia Masjid. The motive of these agencies is to weaken and disunite the ongoing people’s movement of the right to self determination, and these elements are being used to divert this just movement by changing its basic nature and character under the pretence of perusing some global agenda. Such an agenda will only strength the narrative of our adversary and justify its oppression against us.”
The leadership said the people of Kashmir particularly the youth are continuously nurturing the (freedom) movement with their blood and it is because of their sacrifices that the ongoing struggle of Kashmiris is recognised at the global level.
Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik said that Jamia Masjid has played a historical and key role in keeping the movement alive and taking the “just cause” of Kashmiris to global level.
“The people of Kashmir have given and are giving supreme sacrifices for the achievement of their internationally acknowledged fundamental birth right – the right to decide and chose their future in accordance with their wishes and aspirations – and any attempt to weaken or change that discourse, be it under any pretence, will not be tolerated by the people and leadership,” they said.
JRL said it is “most unfortunate that some youth knowingly or unknowingly get involved and used in such acts”.
The leadership said that on many occasions, it has addressed this issue in the larger interest of the movement but now it seems to have been carried “too far”.
“While aptly representing the political wishes and aspirations of the people of Kashmir, the pulpit of Jamia Masjid has sufficiently represented the voice of the youth and reflected their aspirations, as the youth play a significant role in our ongoing movement and helped to channelise it and give it a direction,” the leadership said.
JRL stressed upon people particularly youth to “be cautious of this propaganda of vested elements and understand the motive behind such acts that only strengthens our adversary”.

The family living in penury provided best possible education to their children despite all odds and had waited for this moment all along their life.

Where it was a moment of joy and celebration for parents whose children cleared class 10th examination on Saturday, there was pain and despair for Bhat family in Balsoo village of Yaripora in southern Kashmiri Kulgam district, who have lost their son even before he could be a matriculate.
The family living in penury provided best possible education to their children despite all odds and had waited for this moment all along their life.

Nouman Ashraf, 14, the eldest among the three sons of the woodcutter father did not let his parents down and successfully cleared the exam securing 284 marks. However, he lies buried in the graveyard situated barely 200 meters from his house.
His father Ashraf Bhat visited the grave of his son and broke down: “Oh my son wake up. You have passed the 10th standard. Your mother is waiting at home with candies and almonds,” Bhat is heard as saying with eyes moist.
Nouman was killed by government forces during protests near an encounter site in Batigund-Kaprin village in Shopian district on November 25. Six Hizb ul-Mujahideen militants were killed in the encounter that day.
As soon as the news came in that the most wanted militant of the area Umar Majid Ganai was holed up in a village in Shopian, Noman had left his home in the wee hours riding his motor-bike amid biting cold.
He travelled some 30 Kilometers to reach the spot where in a house several militants were trapped. Many civilians had already gathered there and were making desperate attempts to help the holed up militants escape.
The government forces fired live ammunition on them to keep them the protesters at bay. Many sustained injuries and among them was Nouman who later succumbed at the hospital.
Umar was the most wanted militant of the area and had built a huge youth following. “My son’s phone was full of the photographs of Umar,” says Bhat.
He said that as soon as he learned that Umar was surrounded by the forces he grew restless and left home.
“With limited resources my son studied in the government school and though not a hard working, was good in studies,” says Bhat.
“Every time his mother would insist him to give some time to studies he would reply by giving a smile.”

The Story Was Published in Greater Kashmir Largest Circulated Daily Of Jammu Kashmir

Srinagar: Tamheed Bukhari son of veteran journalist and Editor Rising Kashmir, late Syed Shujaat Bukhari secured 95 percent marks in Secondary School Examination (SSE) part 1st examination , results of which were announced today.

It is in place to mention that Shujaat Bukhari along with two of his bodyguards was gunned down outside his office chamber at Press Enclave on June 14 this year.

Fatalities
246:Militants
89:Security forces
44:Policemen
106:Civilians
1,500:Stone-throwing incidents

SrCurled up in her mother’s lap, 18-month-old Hiba Nisar is trying hard to remove the bandage from her right eye. Crying, she wants her mother to set her free so that she can crawl through the corridor of her house.

Hiba became the youngest pellet victim when security forces fired at civilian protesters in Kashmir after killing six militants in Shopian district in November. Hiba was hit by a pellet in her right eye. Hiba’s retina is badly damaged. The doctors who operated upon her said chances of her regaining the eyesight are bleak.

“We are hopeful because the doctors have assured some positive results,” said Marshala Jan, Hiba’s mother.

This is just the tip of the iceberg of the violence that was witnessed in 2018. Sample this: Over 100 civilians, 246 militants and 89 security men have been claimed by violence this year — making it one of the bloodiest year in nearly a decade in Kashmir.

While the security forces may boast of having eliminated 246 militants this year — the highest since 2008 — the successes have come at a high cost. This year, the security forces have suffered the highest fatalities in a decade.

South Kashmir — the epicentre of the new-age militancy — continues to give sleepless nights to the political and security establishment. Most of the militants slain in 2018 were from this region. Majority of the recruitment in militant ranks came from it. Even the effect of election boycott call was mostly seen in south Kashmir. Despite killing of a large number of militants, over 160 ultras are active in the region.

The spurt in violence started after the killing of Burhan Wani in July 2016. And since then Kashmir has been on the boil with more locals joining the militant ranks.

This year the militant recruitment broke all previous records and over 180 youths are believed to have joined militancy giving an impetus to depleting numbers. Those who joined the ranks included PhD scholar-turned-militant Manan Wani and brother of a serving IPS officer. Security officials in Kashmir draw solace in the fact that they have been able to eliminate almost the entire leadership of militants this year.

“There are now only three known militant commanders left,” a senior police officer said. “A large number of militants have been killed which has depleted their ability to carry out major attacks.”

Of late, the operations are being carried out during night or pre-dawn hours to avoid clashes with civilians. Over 60 civilians have been killed either at gunfight sites or during law and order situations this year. The civilian killings at the encounter sites are limited to three districts of south Kashmir — Shopian, Pulwama and Kulgam.

Kashmir’s Inspector General of Police Swayam Prakash Pani said because of immense pressure militants targeted off-duty cops and also civilians. The year saw a sharp increase in targeted killing of policemen, Army men and civilians who the militants suspected to be informers.

Violence peaks

February 6: Two policemen killed by militants in a Srinagar hospital in which LeT commander Naveed Jatt escaped
March 5: Mastermind of the Sunjawan incident Mufti Waqas, a Pak national, killed in gunfight
April 1: 13 militants, three soldiers and four civilians killed
May 6: Five local militants, including Saddam Padder and a KU professor, killed in Shopian. Six civilians killed in clashes
May 16: Centre announces halting of anti-militancy ops
June 14: Rifleman Aurangzeb abducted and killed
June 14: Senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, two policemen killed in Srinagar
June 17: Centre calls off unilateral ceasefire
August 22: Three off-duty policemen, including an inspector, killed on Eid
October 21: Seven civilians die in blast in Kulgam
November 28: Lashkar commander Naveed Jatt killed
December 15: An Army deserter, two Hizb militants, and an Army jawan killed

Activity in an Arctic climate pattern could send the polar vortex barreling towards more southern latitudes to envelop parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.

The phenomenon has led to extreme winter weather in recent years, including record low temperatures in the US back in 2014 and last year’s ‘Beast from the East’ in the UK.

While there’s still time for things to change, the models currently suggest a split in the high-altitude polar vortex will ring in the New Year, creating the potential for ‘more severe winter weather’ in the next week to follow.

The Eastern US could be in for a blast of frigid weather. Activity in an Arctic climate pattern could send the polar vortex barreling towards more southern latitudes to envelop parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. The latest predictions come from Dr Judah Cohen, of Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), and are supported by models from several other researchers shared in the last few weeks.

The polar vortex is an atmospheric circulation pattern that sits high above the poles, in a layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere.

This structure can weaken as a result of abnormal warming in the poles, causing it to split off into smaller ‘sister vortices’ that may travel outside of their typical range.

As of the end of December, the models show the polar vortex situated above Scandanavia could break apart to become two or even three vortices, bringing colder weather to the mid-latitudes and warmer weather in the Arctic.

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Those trying to find a connection between the alleged rigging of 1987 elections and the militancy are just hiding their failures and trying to fulfil their vested political agenda, which revolves around one point – how to grab power.

People often talk about rigged elections of 1987 as the reason for start of militancy in J&K. People are at liberty to have their views but the fact is that whosoever claims rigging of 1987 elections as the reason for militancy is undoubtedly disgracing the sacrifices of Kashmiris. Without being biased one must accept that armed struggle was a result of the history of broken promises made with Kashmiris from New York to Shimla to Tashkand to Srinagar. Had just rigging been the reason then one should answer why didn’t Kashmiris picked up guns in pre 1977 era, when every election was in fact a selection and even nomination papers of opponents were being rejected and the wounds of New Delhi’s betrayal and failure of international community were also quite fresh. While the shameful Indra Abdullah accord in 1975 turned hope into disappointment, hanging of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat acted as key alienating factor to force youth to take up arms. Disintegration of USSR and the insurgency in Punjab prompted Kashmiris to believe that there is no peaceful resolution to J&K dispute.

Those trying to find a connection between the alleged rigging of 1987 elections and the militancy are just hiding their failures and trying to fulfil their vested political agenda, which revolves around one point – how to grab power. Let us assume 1987 elections were fair and Muslim United Front got a considerable number of seats, could it have changed anything except either MUF would have been enjoying power or playing the same role what a good healthy opposition is supposed to do.

No one can claim or prove that MUF had any road map or agenda to fight for right to self-determination for people of J&K. Those claiming that creation of MUF was an effort to carry Kashmir dispute to state assembly are misleading the present generation. No doubt MUF had a pro-Kashmiri and religious identity but the leadership never raised even the slogans of right to self-determination during its campaign or in the Assembly. Rigging undoubtedly took place in 1987 elections but to what extent the rigging influenced the results is debatable and the fact is that things are being blown out of proportion. People have a right to defer but let us be honest In confessing that despite seeing considerable support for MUF in the valley, a huge chunk of Kashmiris followed NC leadership.

Had MUF really an agenda to fight for resolution of Kashmir dispute in the Assembly, the records of Assembly don’t authenticate it. The four MLAs of MUF despite being seen as pro-Kashmiri Muslim faces didn’t even once move a resolution in the Assembly from 1987 to 1990 calling J&K a dispute territory or seeking right to self-determination. The four MLAs of MUF never resigned as a protest against alleged riggings or for the reason that New Delhi was non-serious in resolving dispute, but the armed movement left them with no options but to resign in 1990 and Farooq Abdullah followed them. Had Mohammad Yousuf Shah won 1987 elections the only thing that could have happened would have been that not Mohammad Yousuf Shah but someone else would have been today’s Syed Salah-ud-Din.

However, those who have been part of resistance movement need to clear all confusion about the relationship between armed struggle and 1987 elections. When enemies of Kashmiris try to find a connection between the two it doesn’t matter much but when those who were in pro-resistance camp till recent past and now have shifted their loyalties to the other side and are claiming 1987 rigged elections as the reason of militancy, the issue becomes serious. If the current Huriyat and the militant leadership had really chosen the path of armed struggle only after they felt that the elections were rigged, then it was a tragedy as no one had a right to push Kashmiris to armed struggle after feeling that he was defeated by wrong means.

Then the entire resistance movement becomes a battle of personal interests and the one like NC and PDP are fighting today.

Didn’t People join armed struggle even after most fair elections of 2002, 2008 and 2014. It is high time for political leaders that rather than hiding their failures they must concentrate on pursuing New Delhi and Islamabad for a peaceful resolution to J&K dispute and must not allow New Delhi a safe passage and an escape route by their silly claims and sermons.