Month: January 2016

Srinagar, January 31, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (G) Secretary General, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has said that the silence of United Nations and world leadership is encouraging Indian occupational forces to continue their grave human rights violations in the territory.

Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar, while terming the resolution of Kashmir dispute as vital for world peace, said, “Kashmiri people continue to offer immense sacrifices for the freedom from India and silence of the UN and world leadership over the lingering dispute and situation in the territory boosts and encourages the forces to continue human rights violations.”

He said the UN cannot get away from its responsibilities towards Kashmir dispute and has to resolve it like East Timur and South Sudan. “We reiterate that if Kashmir dispute is prolonged further, it will prove detrimental to peace in South Asia,” he added. Shabbir Ahmad Shah paid tributes to Wamiq Farooq and other martyrs of 2010 on their 6th anniversary. “The 2010 martyrs are the assets and heroes of our freedom movement. We continue to feel the pain over the loss of those young ones and can very well understand the plight of their families,” he maintained.

On Shabbir Shah’s directive, a delegation led by Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi, visited the family members of Wamiq Farooq and expressed solidarity with them. The delegation also participated in the prayers session on the occasion and prayed for all the martyrs of Kashmir. The delegation included Imtiyaz Ahmad, Muhammad Yousuf and Raja Aijaz.

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Homage paid to three Lolab martyrs

Srinagar, January 31, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Hurriyet leader and the Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) Chairman, Nayeem Ahmad Khan has paid homage to the three martyrs of Lolab, Kupwara, killed by Indian troops in a search and siege operation. Nayeem Ahmad Khan addressing a party meeting in Rafiabad demanded probe into the killings by some neutral international institution. He said the day is not far when the blood of innocent persons will bring positive results in the form of complete freedom from India.

Nayeem Ahmad Khan paid rich tributes to Shaheed Wamiq Farooq on his 6th martyrdom anniversary. He said that the killing of innocent students like Wamiq Farooq in 2008 and 2010 at the hands of the men in uniform was unforgettable. Nayeem Khan also condemned the arrest spree especially in Pulwama. He said that arrests and fake cases against pro-freedom people could not suppress the ongoing liberation movement as the freedom struggle was deeply rooted in the minds and hearts of the Kashmiri people.

Meanwhile, a JKNF delegation comprised Abdul Lateef, Ajaz Ahmad and Bashir Ahmad went to Mazar-e-Shohada, Srinagar, and participated in the joint prayers of Shaheed Wamiq Farooq. The Muslim Deeni Mahaz spokesperson in a statement in Srinagar paid glowing tributes to Kashmiri youth martyred in Kupwara.

Saluting the freedom sentiment of the people of Kupwara, he said that it was a good message to the local stooges of India that the people of Kupwara had not forgotten the wounds of Kunan Poshpora, Handwara and Kupwara. Their wounds can be healed by freedom from India and not by the stooges of India, he added.

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Srinagar, January 31, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, Tehreek-e-Hurriyet (TeH) Jammu Kashmir has condemned the detention of an innocent civilian, Nazir Ahmad Rather in Bandipora. Nazir Ahmad is a driver by profession. He was arrested on January 29, evening and lodged in police station. His only sin is that he had rented out his vehicle for ferrying the people to the venue where Tehreek-e-Hurriyet had held Seerat Conference on Friday in Bandipora, a TeH spokesman said in a statement. Terming the detention of Nazir Ahmad Rather as ‘unjustified and unwarranted’, the spokesman demanded his immediate and unconditional release.

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Srinagar, January 30, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (G), Syed Ali Gilani, has appealed to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, to address the problems being faced by Kashmiri refugees residing in Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar said that lakhs of Indian troops deployed in the territory were committing massive human rights violations and over 75,000 people had migrated to Azad Jammu and Kashmir during the last 25 years.

He said that most of the migrated people belonged to Jammu region and their lands and properties had been occupied by communal forces. He said that most of the Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir were facing difficulties and the governments of Pakistan and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir should resolve their problems. Syed Ali Gilani appealed to political and military leadership of Pakistan to rehabilitate the Kashmiri refugees on priority basis so that they could lead their lives with honour and dignity.

Meanwhile, the Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir in a statement issued in Srinagar denounce the arrest of Nazir Ahmad Rather of Bandipora and described it the frustration of the authorities In a statement issued in Srinagar, it said that the authorities were using cheap tactics to harass the innocent people of Kashmir. He added that Nazir Ahmad Rather was a driver and his only crime was that he had provided vehicle on rent to the Tehreek-e-Hurriyet for participating in a Seerat conference.

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Srinagar, January 30, 2016 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the families of three residents of Kupwara district who were subjected to custodial disappearance by Indian troops continue to remain worried about the safety of their dear ones as the police has failed to trace their whereabouts despite the passage of over two months.

The civilians, Ghulam Jeelani Khatana, Mir Hussain Khatana and Ali Muhammad Sheikh, remain missing since November 17, last year, after they were taken along by a soldier of Indian Army. The family members said that police had done nothing to trace the disappeared.

After a week-long wait, the families grew suspicious and approached the Army unit to know their whereabouts. However, the Army denied its involvement in their disappearance. On November 28, the families approached a court which directed police to file a case. The 19-year-old visually-impaired Hashia, who is Ghulam Jeelani Khatana’s daughter, is desperately waiting to hear a word about her father. “I can’t see, but I can recognize my father’s voice from a distance, even in a crowd,” she said.

The family of Mir Hussain Khatana is equally worried about his well-being. Saleema Begum, the wife of Mir Hussain, said, “Thoughts about my husband’s safety and burdens of managing the household things is killing me.” The family of Ali Muhammad Sheikh – the sole breadwinner of this family – is equally dejected and shocked.

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