Kashmir
Kashmiri Scholars and Seminary students in Qom condemned the...
( Iran )
Qom:Kashmiri Islamic Scholars and Seminary students in Qom Iran has strongly condemned the Killing of innocent kashmiris and also prayed for the injured persons.During the Mourning sessions in respect of Ashura,speakers urged for unity,tolerance and proximity among different schools of thoughts in islam. Speakers said that Kashmiri leadership needs to chalk out a strategy and guide the nation within the teachings and guidelines of Quran and Holy Prophet (SAWW) to reach the goal of freedom. They termed...
Syed Ali Geelani flays JK Government for imposing restrictio...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani flayed the puppet government for imposing restrictions on the Muharram processions, using indiscriminate force against the mourners and detaining them in the police stations, terming these actions as interference in the religious affairs. The government provides all facilities for Amar Nath Yatra and other festivals of the Hindu brethren and gears up its whole administrative machinery for their security.
Referring to the...
J&K govt bans Kashmir Reader, calls it a threat to R...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the publication of Srinagar-based English daily Kashmir Reader calling it a threat to the “public tranquility”. The Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Lone on Sunday evening issued the order asking the newspaper to stop its publication forthwith. “I District Magistrate Srinagar do hereby direct the printer, published and owner of daily Kashmir Reader to abstain from printing and publishing of the newspaper namely Kashmir Reader till...
Kashmiri Activist seeks immediate release of Khurram Parvez...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Kashmiri social activist Syed Karar Hashmi
strongly condemned the detention of Kashmiri well known Human Rights Activist Mr Khurram Parvaiz and termed the action as a matter of great concern and said that this depicts the ugly face of Indian democracy.
In a statement to Wilayat Times,He said that all these barbaric tactics are executed in Kashmir from long past to suppress the true voice of Kashmiri’s for there right of self determination. He demanded the immediate release...
Kashmiri Activist Khurram Parvez Booked Under Public Safety ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Despite a Srinagar court ordering the release of human rights activist Khurram Parvez on Tuesday, the Jammu-Kashmir government has slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) on him and decided to shift him to Kotbalwal jail in Jammu. “We were informed by the police that Khurram has been booked under PSA,” a member of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society told Indian Express. Parvez is the program coordinator of the Civil Society. The PSA, considered ‘draconian’ by...
Amid unrest in Kashmir, Urs of Shah-i-Hamadan celebrated wit...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Amid unrest in Kashmir, the 651st Urs of Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA) popularly known as Shah-e-Hamdan and Amir-e-Kabir was Friday observed at Khanqah Moula in old Srinagar city with religious fervor and enthusiasm.Notably, the Urs is observed on 6th of Zil Hijjah every year.
Syed Ali bin Shahab-ud-Din Hamadani Abidi (1314-1384) also known as “Shah Hamdan” (King of Hamadan) and as Amir-i Kabir (the Great Commander) was a Persian Sufi and a prominent Muslim scholar from Iran.
Kashmir issue: Prominent citizens write to President of Indi...
( Iran )
Srinagar:Twenty-two prominent citizens, including retired bureaucrats and judges, on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and called for “meaningful talks” on Kashmir. The memorandum — signed by former Chairman of the State Public Service Commission M. Shafi Pandit, ex-High Court judge Hasnain Masoodi, former Chief Information Commissioner G.R. Sufi, former Vice Chancellor Abdul Wahid, Editor of the Greater Kashmir newspaper Fayaz A. Kaloo, among others — called for “direct,...
Syed Ali Geelani sets demilitarization as pre-condition for ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Vetern Pro Freedom Leader amd Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani has said that we in principle were never against the talks as we believe that even after deadly conflicts and destructive wars, things are settled through the dialogue only. But given the long and deceptive nature of the talks on Kashmir we have witnessed this exercise going on more than 150 times without yielding any results till date. The only reason being the unrealistic and arrogant attitude...
How Police Officer and his team assaulted and abused the Kas...
(Srinagar)
Srinagar:After performing my professional duties on August 17, I was heading home when my mother rang me up and asked me to get some vegetables on the way if possible. I took the Jawahar Nagar route as usual and found a vegetable vendor winding up his shop near Cash-and-Carry departmental store at around 7:45 pm. I rushed toward the shop and asked him for onions. There were three men outside the shop helping each other. All of them welcomed me and said it will take them another five minutes to finish...
Stay United and Keep Vigil Eye on anti Unity ailments:Moulan...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Reacting sharply to the recent conspiracies to create sectarian wedge and to separate Ladakh from the state,the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) said a minister from the ruling BJP-PDP was active architect of such nefarious designs and that he was hatching a similar conspiracy in Srinagar. In a statement, the JKIM President and Senior Hurriyat Leader Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari said the recent developments were suggestive that some forces were hell bent to create divide among...