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He said that Bhagwat should read history carefully and he will surely come to know that oppression, military might and forceful suppression of people’s voices have not succeeded in defeating the freedom movements of tiny oppressed nations.
“If defeating oppressed nations would have been possible no nation including India would have achieved its freedom from outside occupation,” asserted Malik.
Malik said that it was RSS chauvinist mindset that massacred lakhs of Muslims at Jammu in 1947 but massacre and oppressive acts like that could not eradicate the passion for freedom from the hearts and minds of people in Jammu Kashmir and till date this aspiration is alive and will keep so till the achievement of the desired goal.
Terming the frequent visits and programs of RSS like chauvinist forces in Jammu, Pirpanjal and Chenab as ‘a conspiracy to intimidate Jammu region Muslims’, Malik said that PDP led regime by allowing and facilitating hateful politics and fascism are playing with fire and this deceptive politics will yield them nothing but shame.
Terming the meeting of PDP in Kashmir on the same day when RSS was threatening Kashmiris from Jammu as clear indication of ugly nexus between PDP and RSS, Jailed JKLF chairman said that ironically both meetings chose to threat and malign resistance of Kashmiris.
He said that it is not the resistance and acts of resistance in any form that are detrimental for Kashmiris but it is the deceitful politics of PDP like organizations that is harmful to the interests of Kashmiris.
Malik said that PDP leaders claim that martyrdom of Burhan Wani was a conspiracy to dethrone their rule but people ask them that who hatched this conspiracy. “They’re in the government, their chief minister holds the portfolio of home minster and has unleashed a reign of terror against Kashmiris since the martyrdom of Burhan Shaheed and it were their forces who martyred Burhan,” he said.
“Now if all that was a conspiracy then question arises that who hatched and implemented that conspiracy,” JKLF chief added.
Malik said that resistance and means of resistance were a boon for this nation as these assured our national life and respect. “It is not the resistance and acts of resistance that are detrimental to the cause of this nation but it is the hypocritical politics and dubious character of pro-India politicians and rulers that is hurting the interests of the people of Jammu Kashmir,” added Malik.
He said that “after the martyrdom of Burhan Wani it was PDP government that chose bullets and pellets to stop a people’s indigenous revolution and it was them whose bullets and pellets pierced the chests, heads and legs of hundreds of Kashmiris and are still hunting them.”
Malik said that slowly but steadily this duplicity of PDP like pro-India organizations , their nexus with anti-Kashmir, anti-Muslim fascist forces is getting uncovered and their real faces and ugly politics are getting exposed before the common people of Jammu Kashmir.
 

Srinagar: As 95% attendance was here on Monday recorded in the incident free examination of class 12 on the day one across Kashmir, the Director General Police (Law & Order) Dr S.P Vaid confirmed that the incident free examinations were reported from all over the valley and congratulate the people for their cooperation in the conduct of examinations all over the valley.
Reports said amid heightened security, at least 95 per cent of class 12 students appeared in the examinations on Monday. Officials told KNS that a huge contingent of forces including police and paramilitary troopers were deployed in and around the examination centres since the wee hours of this morning to ensure smooth conduct of examinations.
Meanwhile, nearly 95 per cent of class 12 students appeared in the examinations today, officials said.
They said that out of total 31964 students who were scheduled to appear in the examinations today, 30213 students sit in examinations at around 484 exam centres in the Valley.
Officials informed that the highest number of participation of students was witnessed in South Kashmir Anantnag district. “At least 96 per cent of class 12 students appeared in the examination in South Kashmir’s Anantnag today which was followed by central Kashmir’s Srinagar district where more than 94 per cent students appeared in the examinations,” they informed.
Witnesses told KNS that the worried parents whose wards appeared in the examinations today were waiting for their wards outside the exam centres.
They said that huge contingent of forces were deployed in and around the exam centres. Officials informed KNS that no untoward incident occurred at any examination centre today.
Director General Police (Law & Order) Dr S.P Vaid when contacted told KNS “the examinations conducted today went incident free. At some examination center students had some issue but BOSE officials resolved issues very patiently in consultation with the students and the parents. We congratulate all particularly students, parents and the supervisory staff deployed for supervising the examination for their cooperation in the smooth conduct of examination”.
Meanwhile, the students who appeared in the examinations today appreciated the Board of School Education (BOSE) for announcing reduction in the syllabus today as according to them the government decision provided them a lot of assistance in today’s examinations. “. The question papers were set by the officials according to syllabus and it was quite easy paper today while the announcement of reduction in syllabus provided us a lot of assistance as due to the uprising in the Valley we had not completed our syllabus,” they said.
Asking about the security arrangements, the students said that security arrangements made by the government were quite well. The students said that officials from BOSE also visited the centres who also instructed them during the exams.
However, some of the students termed the reduction in syllabus as ‘false’ and said that the question paper was set by the authorities like previous year’s paper.
Pertinently, the students were taking to streets against the government decision of holding examination in this year and were demanding deferment of exams.
Besides, students the mainstream opposition parties were also demanding deferment of exams till the students won’t complete their syllabus.
Notably, the students of class 10 are scheduled to appear in the exams on Tuesday.
Officials said that the adequate security arrangements will also be made on Tuesday to ensure smooth conduct of exams. (KNS)
 

Srinagar: Dar Yasin, a photojournalist working with Associated Press (AP), has bagged the prestigious Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar award.
Notably, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, America’s longest continuously operating photojournalism conference, started in 1973. Its 2016 edition took place on November 11-12, 2016 at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast.

Dar’s photograph was adjudged as the second best in the general news category.
The click that bagged the award is a photograph showing Kashmiri Muslims climbed on trees to watch the funeral procession of Waseem Malla, a suspected militant of Hizb ul Mujahideen, in Pehlipora.
Clicked on Thursday, April 7, 2016 photo, the village where the funeral took place is more than 65 kms south of Srinagar.
Malla, whose real name was Anam ul Haq Malla, was one of the two militants who were killed in the encounter at Vehil in Shopian. The other slain militant was identified as Naseer Ahmad Pandith, resident of Karimabad village in Pulwama.
Dar is a decorated photo-journalist whose clicks earlier have also brought him many laurels.
He has been covering Kashmir for the AP for more than a decade now.

Talking to KNS, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Khan said that the decision taken by PM Modi has badly affected the business in the Valley. “Majority of the people don’t have valid (new) currency notes thereby have been left to suffer. With such decision, the Valley traders have suffered at least 60-70 per cent loss in last couple of days,” Khan said.
“Instead of making such announcements in a very hurry rush, the Government of India (GoI) should have provided a sufficient time to the people so that they could have exchanged their currency notes in an ease manner. We all know that November month is peak time for business in Valley but the announcement by PM Modi in this month has left the traders to suffer huge loss,” he said.
Khan said that keeping in view of the uprising in the Valley during which people suffered huge loss, some among the shopkeepers were accepting old currency notes as a good will gesture. “It depends upon a thinking an individual whether he accepts old currency notes or not but some of the traders here were accepting the old currency notes keeping in view of the hardships suffered by the people in Kashmir during the ongoing uprising,” he added.
KEA chairman said that the state government should have approached Government of India (GoI) over the issue but unfortunately, they are in deep slumber.
President of Kashmir Traders and Manufactures Federation (KTMF), Bashir Ahmad Rather told KNS that the Valley is different from other states of India. “Most of the traders have no bank accounts thereby they have been left to lurch at large,” he said.
Rather said that the demonization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 has directly affected the business in the Valley. “The government in centre should have taken this decision in a proper manner so that the people who are suffering today could have been feeling a sigh of relief,” he said.
He said that despite tall claims of JK Bank authorities that they will provide relaxation to the loanee’s, the bank authorities are deducting the EMI’s of the traders who are visiting banks to exchange their money. “Thus, PM Modi’s decision is being operated for second purpose in the Valley,” he said.
Hilal Ahmad Mando, Chairman of Traders Federation Parimpora Fruit Mandi told KNS that the decision left thousands of Valley traders to suffer. “Demonization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 had bad impact on business in Kashmir. We have already suffered a loss due to uprising in the Valley and announcing such decisions at the same time added further hardships to the traders here,” he said.
He said that JK Bank authorities had announced that it will set up separate counters for the people to exchange their money but unfortunately, the claims proved hoax on ground as no separate counters have been arranged. “Besides, Bank authorities are providing no relaxation to the loanee’s. One who is visiting banks to exchange his money is being forced to pay his EMI’s, which he failed to pay due to the uprising in the Valley. If JK bank has announced relaxation to the loanee’s then it should stop harassing the loanee’s to pay EMI”s forcibly till the situation returns normal,” he said. (KNS)