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Srinagar: Two persons were arrested by police in South Kashmir on Friday  after a female complained against them allegedly for making objectionable remarks.

Reports informed KNS that after a complaint filed by a local woman the police station Mattan swung into action and arrested the duo. The case against them with the FIR number 45/2014 under section 294 and 506 RPC has been registered against them at the police station.

Reports added that the lady in her complaint had informed the police that the two persons namely Zaffarullah Sheikh  and Abid Hussain Khan were passing the comments with the objectionable content to the lady from the last one year and were harassing her at large through such actions.

On the bases of the compliant, the police arrested the duo, slapping non- bail bale charges against them. However, sources informed KNS that the police is under tremendous pressure by some local panchayat members who demand the release of the accused.

Register mass leave, threaten agitation

Srinagar:  The employees at SKIMS while protesting against hospital authorities on Friday over what they termed ‘anarchic’ attitude both against patients and hospital employees, decided to go for the mass leave and halt the facilities of the transport to the senior officials of the hospital.

According to the KNS reports, the employees while protesting in the hospital premises against the director and other senior officials stated that one employee namely Farooq Ahmad Sanga suffered the serious brain hemorrhage on June 7. He was admitted in the hospital after that. The protesting employees stated that the family of the patient was told to purchase the items needed for the surgery worth 70 thousand rupees. After the same was done by Farooq’s family, the doctors told them to shift him to home and that surgery will not be carried. “Without any reason, the doctors asked Farooq’s son to shift his father to home that too in the condition of coma. If such is the treatment given to the employee of the hospital what would be the condition of the general patients,” said one of the protesting employee.

They stated that Farooq who works as the helper in SKIMS was in September last injured severely on duty when the vehicle crushed him. He at that time was shifted to JVC hospital wherein he undergone three continuous surgeries. The employees said that not even a single penny was given to Farooq by his department and that it was his poor family that had to bear the brunt.

The employees while accusing the director SKIMS of having anti-employee approach stated that he has virtually changed SKIMS  into a corporate hub wherein the poor patients have no place. The section of the employees in the Hospital Friday decided to go for the mass leave against the ‘official apathy’, thus choking the transport facilities to the senior officials.

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday stated that since the formation of Muslim Conference in Kashmir by Muhajre-e-Millat Mirwaiz Yousuf Shah in 1931 and its transformation into Awami Action Committee (AAC) in 1964 by Shaheed—e-Millat Molvi Mohammad Farooq, the party leadership and activists have always stood firm on their basic principle without wavering and now the party is completing its ” 50 years of Resistance”

According to a statement issued to KNS, while addressing a big gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz stressed upon the people to make the golden jubilee celebrations of AAC  a grand success by ensuring their valuable participation. Asserting that on the one hand the party leadership has offered huge sacrifices and preferred Martyrdom and exile over compromise while on the other hand its workers and activists have been the torch bearers of freedom struggle and have kept the movement alive even in the harshest of circumstances during the present and past eras.

Mirwaiz stated that while the party was feeling delighted and proud for completing 50 years ,but at the same time it is imperative at this juncture to show complete steadfastness and make a resolve to take  the mission of the `martyrs  towards its logical conclusion.

Appealing people to make June 20 march to Municipal Park a grand success, Mirwaiz asked participants to gather at Jamia Masjid from where they would peacefully leave for municipal park Srinagar in a procession.  He stated that on June 27, Khan Bagh stadium Lal Baz would be renamed as Shaheed-e-Millat Stadium and a youth rally would be organised their on the same day

In connection with the  social reform campaign, Mirwaiz  announced that on June 15 in Lolab valley which is the birth place of a renowned religious scholar of South Asia, Moulana Anwar  Shah Kashmiri, a  public meeting would be organized.

A hurriyat spokesman has strongly condemned the arrest of senior leader Mukhtar Ahmad Waza from AeishMuqam by the police. He stated that such draconian measures would not suppress the grit and determination of hurriyat leaders from fighting for the liberation of Kashmir.

Concrete step towards reconciliation, rehabilitation: Sheikh Nazir

Srinagar: Veteran National Conference Leader, Sheikh Nazir Ahmed (Advocate) has welcomed the decision of the Omar Abdullah led State Government to review existing cases against 52 youth detained under various charges including stone pelting, since 2010. Sheikh Nazir has said that this was a concrete step towards reconciliation and rehabilitation of youth booked under these cases and reflected Omar Abdullah’s commitment of empathy for the youth of this State.

According to a statement issued to KNS, while interacting with various party workers and leaders at his residence today, Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said that the Omar Abdullah government had achieved remarkable success in perceptibly improving the overall security and law and order situation in the State since the last five and a half years despite the unfortunate turmoil of 2010. “Indices of violence have shown a constant and continuous declining trend of more than 70 percent over the last five years. Serious efforts have been made to relocate the security forces housed in Government and Private establishments across the State. In Addition, dozens of bunkers have been removed from public places in Srinagar city since 2009. All school and hospital premises have been cleared of security forces occupation”, Sheikh Nazir said.

Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said that pursuant to the leniency measures taken by the Omar Abdullah government in 2011 for the youth involved in incidents of stone pelting, amnesty has been granted to 1811 persons involved in 230 cases of stone pelting incidents in 2010 and 2011. Of the 230 cases, more than 220 were withdrawn. Sheikh Nazir Ahmed also said that the Omar Abdullah government took a significant, pro-youth decision in April 2012 by amending the J&K Public Safety Act and incorporating an amendment according which the person who has not attained the age of 18 years cannot be detained under PSA. “These are concrete, actual facts not just theatrical lies like those fabricated and propagated by an opposition party – a party led by a person who is responsible for setting J&K on fire as the Home Minister of India in 1990 – a fire that engulfed thousands of homes and resulted in the bloodshed of thousands of our youth”, Sheikh Nazir said.

Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said that contrary to the propagandist lies of the opposition, the Omar Abdullah government simplified the procedure for issuance of clearance for passports which has speeded up and saved the disposal verifications from avoidable inconvenience. “More than 3 lakh passport verifications stand cleared since 2010 till date”, Sheikh Nazir said. Speaking to various party workers and activists, Sheikh Nazir also appreciated the fact that the Omar Abdullah government had notified the Victim Compensation Schemes 2013 after making necessary amendments in the relevant section of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. “More recently changes were made in SRO 43 by bringing victims of law and order situations like stone pelting under the ambit of compensation. This is yet another clear proof of this Government’s commitment to the cause of amnesty, reconciliation and justice”, Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said.

Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said that one of the most significant steps towards rehabilitation was the fact that hundreds of Kashmiri youth have returned to their homes from across the Line of Control to settle here and resume their normal lives. “The implementation of the Rehabilitation Policy for the youth who had not indulged in any militancy act and wanted to return from across the Line of Control to their homes is a landmark measure taken to complete divided families and give these youth a shot at resuming their lives afresh”, Sheikh Nazir said.

Talking to party workers, Sheikh Nazir Ahmed said that the misinformation campaign of the opposition against National Conference was just a new chapter in the age-old enmity of these forces (under various banners) to fracture and weaken the National Conference and consequently the autonomous polity of Jammu and Kashmir. 

Srinagar: Police today arrested National Front Chairman, and Hurriyat (JK) leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan at Trehgam, Kupwara when he was on way to Kunan Poshpora to address a public meeting.

According to a statement issued to KNS, the people of Trehgam, tried their best to avoid the arrest of Khan by resisting against the large contingent of police but the men in uniform took action against the peaceful protesters as well.  The people of Kunan Poshpora also raised their voice by protesting after Nimaz against not allowing Khan to reach the area.

However, Khan before his arrest at Trehgam while addressing the protesters asked Kashmiri masses to remember their present and past to construct a better future otherwise Kashmiris will lose their faith, civilization and the way of life.

Remembering the martyrs of 2010 Nayeem Ahmad Khan said that those pro-India politicians who pretend of being pro-people are directly involved in the killing of our innocent sons and they are responsible in strengthening the Indian occupation of Kashmir.

“Those so called politicians who nowadays issue statements to deceive people once again in the name of introspection, are in fact responsible for killing our brothers, looting honour and chastity of our daughters, filling the prisons, disappearing our eight thousand brothers and making an army of orphans and widows,” Khan said.

Khan said that Kashmiris will and cannot forgive the killers of 2008, 2009 and 2010 unless and until they openly announce their support to the freedom movement and shun the path of collaboration.

“Targeting and killing youth is and was aimed to give Kashmiri people such a pain so that they forget the demand of freedom,” Khan said. He added that thousands of injured people can also not be forgotten a considerable number of whom is living a merciful life of handicapped. “How can people forget those who showered pellets and bullets on our youth to disable them forever?”

Khan said that Kashmiris cannot afford to forget the martyrs who laid their lives only to free their homeland from the illegal and unconstitutional occupation of India. He said that the people of the district Kupwara are the first witnesses of what happened on the bloody Line of Control. “It is the people of Kupwara who buried thousands of unknown people in their areas and nobody knows who they were and why they were martyred,” Khan said adding “Let the whole world know that we are against India only because we demand for our political rights which India is denying to us on the gun point.”

Khan sought pledge from the people to strengthen the ongoing freedom movement. “It is very important that we must reject those pro-India politicians who come to us and shed crocodile tears only for their interests,” Khan said. Meanwhile, the spokesman of National Front strongly condemned the arresting of his chairman. He praised the courage and freedom sentiment of the people of Trehgam and Kunan Poshpora who raised their voice against the unjust police action.

Zaffer, Javid, Andrabi lead protest rally in Pualwama

Srinagar: Senior AHC Leader and Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movemnet Chairman Zaffer Akbar Bhat along with Liberation Front Chairman Javid Ahmad Mir, Syed Bashir Ahmad Indrabi and Parvez Ahmed Dar today visited Luraw Pulwama and paid glowing tributes to the martyrs particularly to the youth, Shaheed Mudsair Ahmad, who was martyred by Indian armed forces few days ago during a siege and search operation.

According to a statement issued to KNS, APHC leaders were accompanied by dozens of activists including Adnan kashmiri, Shameem Ahmad, Zulfikar Hamid, Mohd Shafi , Ajaz Beigh, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Farooq Ahmad and javed Ahmad.

On the occasion APHC leaders lead a protest demonstration against the continuous Indian illegal occupation and human rights violations. Hundreds of people including youth who participated in the rally raised pro-Islam and Pro-freedom slogans and demanded birth right ‘right to self determination’

Addressing the gathering APHC leaders paid glowing tributes to the martyrs and pledged to take the martyrs mission to its logical conclusion. They said that people of the state are braving Indian oppression just for sacred cause and mission of those who laid down their precious lives for the resolution of Kashmir issue will not be allowed to go waste.

Criticizing the possible of rehabilitating Kashmiri pandit community in projected hi-tech colonies, APHC leaders said that the New Delhi is trying to communalize the state which has its own history of brotherhood called Kashmiriyat.

“We are not against the rehabilitation of Kashmiri pundits but the way New Delhi is trying to rehabilitate them in separate and isolate colonies is unacceptable.” They said.

Hurriyat leaders said that rehabilitating Kashmiri pundits in colonies would have serious repercussions as it would further alienate the community from other communities and sense of insecurity will always hurt them.

They said that instead of communalizing the state on religious grounds, New Delhi must prioritize the peaceful resolution of Kashmir conflict according to aspirations of Kashmiri people. They said that it is not only the Kashmiri Pandit community which got affected due to Kashmir conflict but it every individual of Kashmir who has braved the oppression and suppression of Indian armed forces.

APHC leaders said that India must not forget the grave human rights violations which its forces have committed here or is committing. They said that lakhs of people have been killed, thousands have been enforced to disappear, thousands were orphaned and widows, while as thousands continue to lash in jails besides thousands of residential house of Innocent Kashmiris have been damaged by Indian troops.

They said that rehabilitating a particular community while as neglecting another will prove fateful for New Delhi.  “New Delhi must come forward for the early resolution Kashmir issues rather than playing communal cards in the state.” They said.

Hurriyat leaders appealed common masses to remain vigilant and thwart the anti-freedom movement designs of New Delhi.

Srinagar: Economist Dr Haseeb Drabu, Prof Saddiq Wahid, Prof Gull Wani and social activist Shakeel Qalandar are the prominent speakers in a seminar to be held tomorrow on ‘Kashmir youth – anxieties and aspirations’ to be held at Hotel Grand Mumtaz.

According to a statement issued to KNS, Drabu will deliver the keynote address at the seminar, and Prof Wahid will preside over it. Students of Kashmir University and other colleges in the city and the adjoining areas will participate in the seminar.

The seminar is being organized by Lehar, a non-political NGO. Director Lehar Ms Rajni Shaleen Chopra said that the purpose of the seminar is to provide an opportunity to the Kashmir youth to talk about their anxieties and aspirations, and have a dynamic discussion on the subject with some of the leading minds of the valley.

Qalandar said that it is logical for any society which has gone through turmoil to think about the aspirations and anxieties of its youth, who have remained at the forefront of its numerous struggles. Youth and their legitimate grievances are a subject matter of debate for policy makers and political leaders not only in Kashmir but in the entire south Asia. We cannot imagine a better South Asia without thinking seriously about youth and their position in the polity, economy and society, said Mr Qalandar. Bashir Assad journalist said that this social contract can be possible in a society which is resilient and committed to justice.

Srinagar: Dr G N Qasba today visited various areas to review arrangements for Shabe- Baraat. According to a statement issued to KNS, he was accompanied by various Municipal Officers including Xen Right River Works Ishtiyaq Ahmed. During his visit COmmisioner directed the concerned officials to upkeep sanitation and make available necessary men and machinery for the occasion.

SMC shall set up Municipal camps at various places for assistance of general public directed DR Qasba. Commissioner also visited Razia Kadal, Khanqahe-mohhala, Maqdoom Mandal Shrine and other places to review the ongoing SMC projects at these places. He passed on directions to the concerned officers to speed up the pace of work and ensure the timely completion.