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Kashmir festival takes off in Delhi

KT NEWS SERVICENEW DELHI, Feb 4: A three-day festival of Kashmir’s art and literature took off here on Friday. Inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit at Pamposh Colony in South Delhi, the fair has been organ-ized by Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society. Titled 'Shuhul Taaph' artists, writers, poets, stage actors and cultural icons will assem-ble here to project cultural diversity of Kashmir Valley. Chief Minister Dixit, who described Delhi as second home for Kashmiris, award-ed noted physician

SASE warns avalanche in Gurez

KT NEWS SERVICESRINAGAR, Feb 4: Snow and Avalanche Study Estab-lishment (SASE) of army today issued an avalanche threat warning in Gurez area in Baramulla district, officials said here.“As per information received from SASE, a medium danger avalanche warning exists in the higher reaches of Gurez,” Aamir Ali, Coordinator Disas-ter Management Kashmir, said.He added that people living in these areas were advised to avoid movement during snowfall and avoid

HC quashes PSA against 5

KT NEWS SERVICESRINAGAR, Feb 4: The state high court has quashed detention orders under Pub-lic Safety Act against five persons and directed their immediate release.Official sources said after hearing the arguments from defense and prosecution, Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir found as inadequate the evidence produce by the police to make any per-son apt to be booked under the PSA. Subsequently, the court quashed the detentions orders of Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar, M A Bhat, Nazir Ahmad Mirchall and Arshid Ahmad Parray. Advo-cates Mohammad Ashraf, Shafaqat Hussein, Nazir Ahmad Ronga and MS Ayoub pleaded the cases on behalf of the detainees.

Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram accompanied by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, DGP Kuldeep Khoda coming out of army helipad at Kishtwar on Friday. KT Photo/Kuldeep Sharma

JKLF-R launches signature campaign SYED YASIR

SRINAGAR, Feb 4: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (R) today started sig-nature campaign to press for their demand for shifting of mortal remains of JKLF founder chairman Mohammad Maqbool Butt hanged to death and buried in Tihar jail of New Delhi on February 11 in 1984.

Starting the campaign from Srinagar district, a large number of common peo-ple participated in the signature campaign. Senior leaders Javid Ahmad Mir and Wajahat Quereshi and others launched the campaign.

Javid Ahmad Mir, talking to the Kash-mir Times said, the signature campaign would continue in all districts of Kashmir valley so that a peaceful message is given to the New Delhi and internation-al human right organizations that mor-tal remains of Butt should be returned to the Kashmiris, as they consider him father of the nation.

The JKLF (R) leader claimed that lakhs of people are expected to participate in their signature campaign. “Today the campaign was officially started by JKLF leaders. Tomorrow onwards, a similar campaign would be started in other dis-tricts so that more and more people par-ticipate in the campaign,” he said.

He stated that their patron was hanged in February 11, 1984 in Tihar jail because he was leader of a freedom movement in Kashmir. “All those people are criminals in the eye of Indian leaders, who demand their genuine right of self determination which has been guaranteed by interna-tional organization like United Nations to people of the state,” Mir said.

“People call Butt sahib father of the nation and that is why JKLF has decid-ed to organize a Martyrdom Week which started from today. The signature cam-paign would be followed by other pro-grammes of the JKLF which would remember the sacrifices being offered by martyrs and Maqbool

Sopore observes strike on Geelani’s call SHABIR IBN YUSUF

SOPORE, Feb 4: A complete shutdown was observed here against the killing of two sisters and the strike was called by Hurriyat Confer-ence (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

Almost every street was full of police and CRPF troopers and the shops, and other business establish-ments were closed. Trans-port was also off the roads.

“We condemn the killings and demand a high level inquiry into it,” said Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf, a retired teacher while addressing the people at Muslim Peer, where the two sisters were shot dead. “Militants have condemned it and they have clearly denied their involvement into it and government is silent over the issue,” he added.

Sheikh Yusuf said if police claims that they have iden-tified the killers, they must be booked and punished. “The girls were shot dead at 8.30 PM, how police issued statement only after two hours and how police iden-tified the culprits that too in murder,” he said. “We demand a high level inqui-ry into the killings and it is first incident in Sopore in last 22 years that girls were shot dead. They were innocent,” Sheikh Muham-mad Yusuf added.

Outside the Sopore hos-pital in Main Chowk area, a heavy contingent of police reached the spot and the panic griped the area. The police officer told the people they are going to seal the area as some minister is supposed to visit the adjacent government degree college. The moment the police

reached, few commuters and pedestrians disappeared from the area.

“Such police actions are the order of the day here,” said Abdul Rashid a resident adding how you expect a fair comment on situation here. “It is better to keep quiet,” Rashid said.

Besides chaos and confu-sion, the fear is also palpable on the Sopore residents. “It is not good to venture out into the main market. Once I venture have to face the wrath of the police and secu-rity forces,” said Iqbal a resident of Shalopra locality.

Every entrance and exit points of localities towards the town were sealed by the heavy deployment of Police and CRPF. The vendors who use to venture out dur-ing the strike calls were also missing in town. The armoured

SHO among 4 injured in Baramulla clashesSRINAGAR, Feb 4 (PBI): At least four people, including a senior police officer were injured in fierce clashes in Baramulla town today.

Reports said, groups of youth after offering congre-gational Friday prayers took to streets at Main Chowk and Sumo Stand and held pro-freedom demonstrations. Chanting “We want freedom,” “Go India-Go Back,” and pro-Geelani and anti-India slo-gans, the protesters tried to march through the streets of the town. However, Cen-tral Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police deployed in advance used batons to break up the

Defamation case controversy

Court asks IGP to executewarrants against PDP MLA

Militant ideologue decries extremismKT NEWS SERVICE

SRINAGAR, Feb 4: A city court has asked the IGP Kashmir to execute warrants against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Nizam-u-Din Bhat and sub-mit the compliance report by or before the next date of hearing in a defamation suit filed by the chief minister Omar Abdullah and a minister in his council Nasir Aslam Wani last year.

The court has also directed the counsel for Nayeem Akhtar PDP chief spokesman person to cause the presence of his client on the next date of hearing. Akhtar was on exemption in last few hearings of the defamation suit.

Bhat has not appeared in person in last many hearings of the case, despite the court issuing a number of warrants against him. On the other hand, due to some domes-tic problems, Akhtar had sought exemption

from personal appearance in the court and the judge had admitted his applications for the same.

It may be recalled that on October 20, 2010 the same court had issued fresh war-rants against Bhat and an American based Kashmiri cardiologist Dr Fayaz Shawl in two separate cases of defamation filed by Omar and his minister Nasir Aslam Wani.

However, the third accused Akhtar had appeared before the court in person where he furnished a bail bond for Rs 20,000.

In the same hearing, the police had submitted before the court that Bhat was on an ‘official tour’ to Ladakh, so the warrants against him were not executed. The court had, however, issued the fresh warrant against Bhat.

It was not known why the warrant was not served to Dr Shawl, against whom Wani had filed a defamation suit for later’s allegations leveled against

5 docs among 10 suspended

KT NEWS SERVICESRINAGAR, Feb 4: At least 10 government employees, including five doctors at the sub-district hospital Ban-dipore were suspended by the administration for der-eliction in duties, official sources said.

They said, Additional Commissioner (AC) Kashmir, Abdul Majid Wani during a surprise visit to the sub-district hospital last evening found 10 staffers, including 5 doctors absent from the duties. The ADC ordered immediate suspension of the employees for derelic-tion in the duties. Wani was joined by nodal officer Abdur Rahim.

The suspended doctors have been identified as Deeba Khan, Ejaz -ul-Haq, Shariq, Nazima, and Nusrat.

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NEW DELHI, Feb 4: In a significant development, an ideologue of Islamic mili-tancy in Kashmir has decried extremism, calling it a biggest threat to Islam-ic movements world over. Dr Syed Inayatullah Andra-bi, self-exiled leader of Mahaz-e-Islamic and former chief of Jamiat-e-Talaba, which played pivotal role in pioneering militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989 has asked his peers “committed to the cause of Islam” to wake up to the dangers of extremism.

Absolving foreign hand (India) behind acts of ter-rorism within Pakistan,

the former lecturer at Kash-mir University, who was also believed mentor of an ultra-right dreaded mili-tant outfit Jamiat-ul-Muja-hideen, said such a mind-set exists locally inside

Pakistan which is the original source of all this death and destruction. “Pakistan is fully engulfed by the menace of religious extremism, and it has the potential to threaten its existence.

“Innocent people are killed in mosques, Imam-barahs, shrines, and oth-er public places,” he wrote in a research paper, pub-lished in official organ of Mahaz-e-Islami.

On the recent killing of Pakistan Punjab governor

Salman Taseer, Andrabi said though penalty for blasphemy was not debat-able, but how to penalize the real culprit and not victimize an innocent per-son was a matter of discus-sion and was not a crime.

Decrying religious extremism, Andrabi, who also happens to be brother of Kashmir’s fire-brand militant woman leader Aasiya Andrabi says, the phenomena (religions extremism) was hate-driven, claims monopoly over the truth regarding everything outside its fold as ignorance or heresy, has absolute lack of tolerance, regards violence as the only tool for problem-solving, and has a

‘Little girl knows Zahid is no more, but she does it for us’DANISH ZARGAR

SRINAGAR, Feb 4: “Whenever my little sister Aqsa Farooq, studying in nursery, sees a plane in the sky she cries loud: here comes the brother. She knows he is no more but she does it for us. Just to make us feel good. She has not forgotten Zahid,” Farhat Farooq, a 12th class stu-dent, struggling to hold back tears in her eyes.

Ever since her brother Zahid Farooq was shot dead by BSF

men at Boulevard a year ago, Farhat herself has been under psychiatric treatment. Yet her mother’s state has forced her to take over the family’s responsi-bilities while continuing her studies at the same time.

“One side of my body used to get unconscious. Then Dr Majid at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) put me on medication. The doctors hypnotized me and taught me tricks of gaining control over my body,” Farhat says. “I lost my concentration level with

Zahid. I am not able to concen-trate on books.”

February 5, 2010, Zahid went out with his friends in the afternoon to play cricket in the field nearby. A BSF contingent passing through the area pulled up at the location, ordering the boys to disperse.

The contingent, witnesses allege, instantly opened fire at the boys, hitting Zahid in the chest. The boy died on the spot. BSF, however, argued that the boys abused the men in uniform, provoking them to open fire.

The incident took place with-in the week of the killing of another teenager Wamiq Farooq in old city.

“My mother, Parveena, is still waiting for Zahid’s return. She has not moved out from the room throughout this year. It seems she will never be able to come out of the shock,” Farhat says.

Following Zahid’s killing, police, under intense public pres-sure, registered a case under FIR no 04/2010 under section 302/109, 201 of RPC at Police Station Nishat. The accused in

the case were BSF Constable Lakhwinder Singh and his com-mandant R K Birdi.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused were on way back to their headquar-ters at Nishat after a medical checkup at Humhama. Accord-ing the charge-sheet produced before the CJM court, “the accused fled away and not only concealed the incident for some time but also “fabricated” their record to make up for the deficient rounds in order to cover up the crime and escape from the law.”

BSF subsequently filed at application in the court seeking transfer of the case to BSF court. Although the family fought legally against the application, the court ruled in favor of BSF last November.

“For about eight months we were fighting against transfer for we believe we can never get justice in a BSF court,” Zahid’s father says.

In this one year Farooq has been left alone in pursuit of jus-tice. Earlier, he says, he did not need to go to

PC’s new recipe totackle militancy`Motivate youth to take up sports’SHUCHISMITA/KULDEEP SHARMA

JAMMU/KISHTWAR, Feb 4: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram after getting a “feel of the situation” vis-à-vis security, law and order in Jammu region during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kishtwar districts today had a recipe for secu-rity agencies to wipe out militancy, already waning in five hilly districts.

“Motivate youth to take up sports and other activ-ities, engage them in inno-vative creative ventures to positively channelise their potential besides creating employment opportunities to ensure that they don’t get astray,” formed the core of Union Home Minister’s

formula which he offered to the senior officers of police, paramilitary forces and civil administration at Kishtwar today.

He, accompanied by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and the top brass of security agencies and civil administration, was reviewing the security and law and order situation of five terrorism infested hilly districts of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Reasi and Udhampur this afternoon before winding up his two-day visit to Jammu region.

Chidambaram’s com-ments came after he was provided with data about terrorism related incidents in the past three years in these five districts includ-ing the number of encoun-

ters, active militants and other security related details both through doc-uments as well as power point presentation. Nota-bly Chidambaram yester-day also during his meet-ing with senior Congress leaders had asserted that to deal with the situation and bring peace in the res-tive state, the government would have to look into the issues of good governance and political solution.

He had averred that the political leadership should be ready to take calcu-lated risk and innovative thinking to achieve this objective. It is being per-ceived that the statements were made in reference to the Centre’s move to assess the ground situation to meet the