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Kashmiris welcome UK call for Kashmir solution

Hameed Shaheen

Islamabad—Kashmiris belonging to all political segments have welcomed the latest call of British government for resolution of the Kashmir tangle taking into account the aspirations of the people. The call came in an annual human rights report published Monday. It says that British government always encourages both Pakistan and India to resolve Kashmir issue via talks. This British support for a peaceful Kashmir solution comes only two days after the UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon emphasized Kashmir settlement on the basis of will of the Kashmiri people.

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Shabir Shah forcibly deported to Srinagar

Jammu—After remaining under house arrest for three consecutive days at Bhatindi Jammu, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Shah was forcefully deported to Srinagar on Sunday morning. Shah was scheduled to address a press conference in Jammu at 11 am on Sunday morning, but a large contingent of police including Special Operation Group (SOG), Central Reserve Police Force and JK Police personnel arrived at his Bhatindi house and forcefully rushed him to Jammu Airport.

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Sorry Kashmir is happy?

Srinagar—Ever since a Delhi based weekly national news and features magazine Editor, Manu Joseph, wrote a piece titled, “Sorry Kashmir is happy”, the very notion of Kashmir cause having been pushed to the corner due to this write up has become alive among intelligentsia here. The article says that Kashmiris have to a very large extent forsaken the resolution of Kashmir issue and are “ready to move on”. This moving on, according to the magazine article, has been interpreted in terms of young Kashmiris wanting to have better infrastructure here, wanting KFC to open its franchise and sipping coffee at Café Cofee Day.

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Mystery behind timing of acts of terror in India

Humayun Aziz Sandeela

IT has been a mind-boggling scenario for me that most of the terror incidents in India have taken place at crucial times for both India and Pakistan. The most recent incident that occurred just days before the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was due to arrive in India for strategic talks in mid July in 2011 was one such reminder that from out of the blue such happenings take place despite the fact that with such high profile visits around the corner, the security apparatus in India remains most vigilant, but they fail to stop such incidents with ‘regularity’, which claim innocent lives.

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KEA for unification of biz community to fight Govt ‘apathy’

Srinagar—Underscoring the need of unification of trade community across the Valley, Chairman Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), Mohammad Yaseen Khan has urged all the business community to unite for economic prosperity and for rights in the state. “We have suffered enough for the last 70 years. It is time to unite and make government accountable for the thousands of crores of money we pay through taxes,” Khan said while thousands of traders in a seminar in Shopain.

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