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Hurriyet leaders’ arrest violation of basic rights: Shawl

London—The Executive Director of Kashmir Centre London, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl has described the house arrest of Hurriyet leadership including Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan in Srinagar as a wanton denial of their fundamental rights. Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl in a statement in London said that it also amounted to shrink the political space. “India, which claims to be the largest democracy, should desist from such condemnable acts. Peaceful protest is the right of every individual and it needs to be respected,” he maintained.

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Mirwaiz asks India to hold plebiscite in Kashmir

Srinagar—The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has asked India to implement UN resolutions on Kashmir and hold a plebiscite in the territory. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, speaking at a public contact meet in Kulgam, said that Hurriyet could not forget sacrifices rendered by the people of Kashmir. “Elections cannot ease the pain of people, who have given supreme sacrifices for the cause of freedom and better future of the Kashmiris,” he added.

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MFN Status: Pakistan and India treading the right path

Humayun Aziz Sandeela

THE grant of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India by Pakistan is the latest episode in the improving relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, and the step is in the right direction on the path, which the two states have treaded since the tragic incident of Mumbai attacks in 2008. Pakistan’s decision is an important leap towards normalization of trade ties between the two countries and majority of people on both sides of the border and across the globe has welcomed the step.

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Pledge to pursue Kashmiri martyrs’ mission reaffirmed

JKLF leaders held, Geelani remains under house arrest

Srinagar—In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has reiterated that the people of Kashmir would continue to pursue the mission of Kashmiri martyrs. The APHC Chairman, while addressing a public gathering in Srina gar, today, maintained that the month of May had a great significance in the history of Kashmiris’ movement. He said that in this month, Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone and the martyrs of Hawal had laid their lives for the just cause of people’s inalienable right to self-determination. Later, the Mirwaiz led a big procession and the participants raised high-pitched pro-liberation slogans.

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Indian troops clash in Laddakh, many including Colonel hurt

Srinagar—In occupied Kashmir, several Indian army men including a colonel were injured in a clash between army officers and troops in Ladakh region. Indian media quoting official sources reported that the clash took place at Nyoma in the region, when a trooper allegedly misbehaved with the wife of a Major who beat him up. The officers and troopers of 226 Field Regiment were undergoing firing practice in the area.

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