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www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 Widom MeT Predicts Wet Spell Cross-LoC Shelling J&K Conducts Dry Run Of “We can know only that Peaks After we know nothing. And Soldier’s Killing Covid-19 Vaccination that is the highest de- In Kashmir From Monday KO Pic: Abid Bhat gree of human wisdom.” Observer News Service —Leo Tolstoy One-Way Traffic On Jammu: The cross-LoC shell- Banihal Highway ing intensified in Rajouri district Only one-way traffic was on of Jammu region on Saturday, a Saturday resumed on the day after mortar shells fired by 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu Pakistani soldiers left an army of- national highway after re- ficer dead. Ahangar, LG Discuss maining suspended on Friday The Pakistan Army opened for maintenance. However, the heavy fire and shelled mortars at SKIMS Functioning historic 86-km-long Mughal forward posts along the Line of Jammu: Director SKIMS Prof. road remained shut while Control (LoC) in Rajouri district AG Ahangar on Saturday briefed Srinagar-Leh national highway on Saturday, prompting Indian Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has been closed for winter troops to retaliate, officials said. on the functioning of the Valley’s months since Friday due to “At about 1645 hours today, the premier healthcare institute. accumulation of snow which Pakistan Army initiated unpro- Observer News Service Budgam Woman According to an official spokes- has frozen.  More On P6 voked ceasefire violation by fir- person, Ahangar called upon LG at ing with small arms and intense Jammu: Bracing up for the Dies Of Covid-19 the Raj Bhavan here on Saturday shelling with mortars along the roll out of much awaited Observer Monitoring Desk and briefed Sinha about the func- A youth holds a slab of ice formed inside the lake at Srinagar’s Botanical garden, where minimum LoC in Nowshera  More On P6 coronavirus vaccine, the tioning of SKIMS, and apprised temperature was recorded minus 5.9 Degree Celsius on Saturday. — KO Pic: Abid Bhat Jammu and Kashmir ad- Coronavirus claimed life of one him about the academic activities ministration on Saturday more person in Jammu and and faculty status of the Institu- Observer Monitoring Desk of south Kashmir are likely to travelling,” he said. 8 Civilians Hurt In conducted dry run for vac- Kashmir on Saturday, even as tion.  More On P6 witness heavy snowfall during Meanwhile, Valley continues cination at three identified 244 fresh cases of Covid-19 were Srinagar: The weather de- the period. to reel under intense cold condi- Tral Grenade Blast districts of Srinagar, Jammu detected across the Union terri- Militant Associate partment on Saturday predicted The weather forecast has tions even as Srinagar recorded a and Kulgam. tory during the last 24 hours. three day wet spell across Jammu prompted the disaster manage- low of minus 5.9 degrees Celsius Observer News Service  More On P6  More On P6 Held In Kulgam: Army and Kashmir from Monday dur- ment authorities to issue a low while mercury settled at minus Srinagar: Army on Saturday ing which most places in the level avalanche warning for 8.4 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam, Srinagar: Eight civilians were claimed to have arrested a Union Territory will receive light Ramban district. a MeT dept official said. injured on Saturday after suspect- Vaccines Belong To militant associate and recovered snowfall while some places, es- Director, Meteorological de- In Ladakh, Kargil remained ed militants hurled a grenade on arms and ammunition from his pecially Pirpanjal range, Chenab partment (MeT), Sonum Lotus the coldest with the minimum an ITBP vehicle in Tral township Humanity: Omar possession in Kulgam district of Valley, and south Kashmir may said that the wet spell will begin temperature plunging to minus of South Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir. witness heavy snowfall. in Jammu from January 3 and 20.4 degrees Celsius while Leh Around 11:20AM, suspected Press trust of india The militant associate was According to a meteorologi- would persist till January 5. recorded a low of 15.6 degrees militants lobbed a grenade to- arrested during a search opera- cal official, most of the places in According to a local news Celsius, he said. wards the vehicle of ITBP 3rd bat- Srinagar: COVID-19 vaccines do tion by the security forces in the Jammu and Kashmir are likely to agency KNO, Lotus also said that He said that the minimum talion at Bus stand Tral, a police not belong to any political party, Hattipura area of Kulgam in south receive moderate rain, snow be- foggy mornings will also come to temperature in Srinagar was five spokesperson said. The grenade, but humanity, National Conference Kashmir, an Army spokesman tween January 4 and 5 under the an end from tomorrow morning notches higher than the previ- he said, missed the intended tar- leader Omar Abdullah said on said, according to PTI. influence of a fresh western dis- in Jammu region. ous night’s minus 6.4 degrees get and exploded in the market Saturday, hours after Samajwadi He said a Chinese pistol, a turbance approaching the region “Srinagar-Jammu highway may Celsius. So far the season’s cold- leaving at least eight civilians Party chief Akhilesh Yadav termed Chinese hand grenade, two AK on January 3. Also, the official also be closed after fresh snow- est night in Srinagar was record- injured. coronavirus vaccines to be rolled magazines with 28 rounds and a said, isolated places in the Union fall. Those scheduled to travel to ed on December 19 last when the All the injured persons were out in the country as “vaccine of German compass were recovered Territory particularly Pirpanjal and from Srinagar should confirm mercury plunged to minus 6.6 removed to the nearby hospi- the BJP”.  More On P6 from his possession. range, Chenab Valley, and parts the situation of the road before degrees Celsius.  More On P6 tal, where their  More On P6 NC Calls For End To Border Skirmishes Lawaypora "Encounter" Srinagar: National Confer- Court Rejects Bail Plea Of ence (NC) on Saturday called for Slain Jeweller’s Son an end to skirmishes on Line of Control (LOC) in Karnah, saying Father Digs Grave Two ‘Extortionist’ Cops it is the people living along LOC Delinks Killing With that bear the brunt of escalating Observer News Service on the allegations that Selection tensions in the border region. For Buried Son Grade Constable Bashir Ahmad, Expressing concern over the Domicile Certificate Srinagar: A court here rejected presently working in CIK along losses inquired by people in Observer News Service anticipatory bail plea by three with Head Constable Ajaz Ahmad, Karnah, MP Baramulla and North On Thursday, unknown gun- persons including two counter made a telephone call to him that Zone President Muhammad men shot dead 70-year-old Srinagar: Four days after his militant son was killed by govern- intelligence policemen facing there are adverse reports with Akbar Lone, Qaisar Jamsheed Punjab born jeweller Satpal ment forces in Lawaypora area of the city outskirts, the father of charges of misusing their official CID CIK against him for provid- Lone, Kafilul ur Rehman, and Dr Nischal inside his shop in slain youth Ather Mushtaq on Saturday threatened to commit sui- position to “extort money” from ing logistic support and financial Sajad Shafi Uri have in a joint Saraibala area of the city. He cide if his son’s body is not returned to the family. a person over “frivolous” allega- assistance to the banned militant statement issued on Saturday had received three gunshots in "My innocent son was killed in cold blood. I am asking Indian tions of militancy against him. organizations for which his pres- expressed unison with the af- chest and died before making government and particularly DC Pulwama to hand over the body of A per police report, on 10 ence is required. fected families and impressed it to the Srinagar’s SMHS hos- my son to me" Athar’s father Mushtaq Ahmad said Saturday. December last year, police station The complainant stated that he upon the administration to come pital for treatment. Ahmad, made these remarks while digging a grave for his teen Kothibagh received a complaint took along one of his friends and to their rescue. A little known militant out- son, who has already been buried by the authorities in Sonmarg area by one person forwarded by SSP met with one Shamim Ahmad of “Such skirmishes are no less Relatives mourn killing of Satpal fit The Resistance Front (TRF) of Ganderbal district after the Lawaypora "encounter".  More On P6 CIK Srinagar for lodgment of FIR Pulwama, friend of  More On P6 than a terrible nightmare for at his Indira Nagar house on claimed responsibility for the locals; the situation in the Thursday. KO file photo: Abid Bhat killing Satpal, hours after the forward posts has remained as it shootout. The statement of is since long, making the lives of Observer News Service militant outfit went viral on locals miserable.  More On P6 the social media in which it 87% Drop In Stone Pelting HC Quashes 3 PSA Srinagar: Three days af- threatened that “any Indian Pregnant Woman ter unknown gunmen shot national irrespective of faith, Incidents In 2020: DGP Detention Orders dead a non-local jeweller in caste or colour who comes to Airlifted From Gurez Saraibala area of this capital Kashmir with the intention of Press trust of india Observer News Service “There is no dispute with re- Srinagar: The district admin- city, his son on Saturday said settling here, will be treated gard to the proposition put forth istration Bandipora on Saturday that the killing has no con- as an agent of RSS and not as Jammu: There was a 87.13 per Srinagar: The high court has by the counsel for the respon- said it airlifted a pregnant wom- nection with the domicile a civilian” However, rejecting cent dip in incidents of stone- quashed detention orders under dents (government) that the pre- an, facing serious complications certificate obtained by his the connection between his pelting last year as compared Public Safety Act against three ventive detention can be ordered from snow bound Gurez Valley to family. father’s killing  More On P6 to 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir, detainees. even if the detenue is in custody Bandipora in a chopper. according to Director General of The detainees whose deten- in connection with substantive On the directions of Deputy We started ornament business in Police Dilbag Singh. tion orders have been quashed offences but in such situation the Commissioner (DC) Bandipora Dr Kashmir in 1970. I don’t know why my In 2019, there were 1,999 inci- include Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat detaining authority is under an Owais Ahmad, a pregnant lady was dents of stone-pelting, of which of Shopian, Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie obligation to spell out compel- airlifted from Gurez to Bandipora father was killed. We have no grudge 1,193 took place after the Centre of Pulwama, Amir Shafi Bhat of ling reasons for taking such ac- for immediate medical aid. with anyone nor rivalry at all. It is the job announced abrogation of the spe- Pulwama and. Barring Amir’s, the tion under preventive law,” the An official said that the district of police to investigate” cial status of the erstwhile state of orders of detention were quashed court said in Mukhtar’s case. “The administration received an SOS from Jammu and Kashmir  More On P6 by the court’s single bench. detaining authority  More On P6 the family for evacuation of the patient, who was in the advanced stage of pregnancy and developed some serious complications. DC Bandipora immediately KASHMIR directed to arrange a special chop- Mother-Daughter Duo’s Delicacy Durbar per to airlift the patient, he said. Pertinently, Gurez Valley remained In Capital: cut off from the rest of the Valley In this second part of ‘Kashmir in Capital’ series, Kashmir Observer during winters due to heavy snowfall in the Valley—(KNO) tells a story of a mother-daughter duo serving Kashmiri cuisine to the world away from their homeland. Leopard Captured

After 4 days Romaan Arora to leave, a woman in her mid-50s ar- Srinagar: A leopard was on rived. To my relief, she was Qamar Saturday afternoon captured It was late afternoon when I went to Kamili, the owner of the restaurant. alive by the Wildlife department visit one of the most popular Kashmiri  More On P8 in Bagh-e-Mehtab area of Central restaurants in the Delhi NCR, Kashmiri Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Kitchen. A wildlife official said that the The restaurant, which maintains leopard was spotted four days an eye-catching name, was in front of ago in the area, who quickly en- me with all its glory; a giant billboard, tered into the residential house. a beautiful facade, and a fascinating After hectic efforts, the leopard window. was captured alive by the Wildlife But, to my chagrin, it was closed with department officials in the after- a lock attached to the door. C noon with the support of police. The next moment when I was about M

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Model predicts global threat Government of Jammu and Kashmir of sinking land will affect 635 Jal Shakti Department million people worldwide uman activities on factors like flooding and State Mission Directorate, Jal Jeevan Mission J&K such as ground- groundwater depletion Civil Secretariate, Srinagar/ Jammu water removal and caused by human activities. other natural causes "Notably, the model also re- Corrigendum/ ADDENDUM -02 Hare leading to sinking of the vealed that most of the 635 Earth's surface and the phe- million inhabitants in subsis- Dated: 01/01/2021 nomenon will affect 635 mil- tence-susceptible areas are lion people, mostly in Asia, located in Asia, with a total with a total exposed Gross exposed GDP of $9.78 tril- Domestic Product (GDP) of lion," the findings showed. $9.78 trillion in the next four While the model does not years, warn researchers. consider existing mitiga- By 2024, 19 per cent of the tion measures, potentially world's population—ac- resulting in overestimates of counting for 21 per cent subsidence exposure, their of the global GDP—will be results still represent a step impacted by subsidence, forward to effective policies. the sinking of the ground's During the next decades, fac- surface, said the study pub- tors including global popula- lished in the journal Science. tion and economic growth, The results represent "a key exacerbated by droughts, first step toward formulat- will probably increase land ing effective land-subsidence subsidence occurrence and policies that are lacking in related damages or impacts. most countries worldwide," "Policies that implement the authors noted. subsidence modeling in Lead researcher Gerardo Her- exposed areas, constant rera Garcia and his team per- monitoring of high-risk formed a large-scale litera- areas, damage evaluation, ture review that revealed that and cost-effective counter- during the past century, land measures could help reduce subsidence due to groundwa- the impacts of subsidence ter depletion occurred at 200 where it will hit hardest locations in 34 countries. - namely, areas with in- The team developed a creased population density, model by combining spatial high groundwater demand, and statistical analyses that and irrigated areas suffering identified an area's subsid- water stress," the authors ence susceptibility based elaborated.-Agencies

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Bemina Burglary Case Mask-Up Campaign DIAL-EMMA • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 Solved, Accused Held: Police • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 Srinagar, Jan 02 (KNO): utensils worth lacs,” police • PDD: 0194-2450213 SMC Realizes Over • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : Jammu and Kashmir Po- spokesman said in a state- lice on Saturday claimed to ment issued to the news 2479488,2452222,2452155 have solved a theft case and agency—Kashmir News Ob- • CAPD: 18001807011 arrested accused persons in- server (KNO). Rs 37,000 Fine In Two Days • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 volved in the commission of Accordingly, police AIRPORTS crime in Srinagar while add- said that a case under FIR ing that the stolen property number 270/2020 under rel- Srinagar: In a bid to prevent the deadly violating the norms in 35 wards of the He added that from Monday, they SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 worth lakhs was also recov- evant sections of law was virus from spreading, the Srinagar Mu- corporations. will visit places like coaching centers ered from them. registered in Police Station nicipal Corporation (SMC) has fined He added that on day two, a total of and other places where huge gather- RAILWAYS “On 24-12-2020, Police Parimpora and investiga- 188 norm violators within Municipali- 113 persons were fined within the Mu- ings are being witnessed almost on a • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 Post Bemina received a tion was initiated. ty limits in two days and realized a fine nicipality limits, adding that Rs 1200 regular basis to check whether all the • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 written complaint from one During the course of in- of over Rs 37000 from them. each were realized from the norm vio- set norms are being followed in letter • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 Danish Farooq of Hamdania vestigation, police inspected Pertinently, SMC decided to fine lators across Srinagar all the 35 wards and spirit. • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 Colony Bemina Srinagar, the scene of occurrence & Rs 200 from all those who are found of the corporation. He said in the initial Pertinently, SMC created aware- • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 proprietor of a Copper shop completed all legal formalities without face masks within its limits days, Rs 200 only will be realized as fine ness among the masses for almost • PATTAN: 01954-293507 in Zehra Complex situated including obtaining CCTV from January 1st. from norm violators and in case they seven days from December 26 and urge • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 at Hamdania Colony Bemina footage from the said shop and As per the figures, SMC has real- (people) don’t adhere to the guidelines, people to wear face masks to prevent stated that during the inter- of adjacent areas. With the ized Rs 37,600 as fine from the norm the fine will go up to Rs 500. the deadly virus from spreading. The HIGHWAY STATUS vening night of 23/24-12-2020, help of technical information violators in two days (Friday and Sat- The amount on the first two days of Corporation had also set January 01st • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) some unknown thieves have and analysis of CCTV footage urday). the camping realized is Rs 37,600. Qadri as deadline for wearing the face masks • Mughal Road - (Open) broken the shutter of the some suspects were identi- Deputy Mayor SMC, Parvaiz Qadri said that the response on the ground is and had announced that anyone found • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) shop and stolen the copper fied, the statement said. said that one the first day of the cam- quite appreciable and people are being violating the norms would be fined in paign, at least 75 persons were fined for found wearing face masks. between Rs 200 to Rs 500—(KNO) Wetlands are lungs of Valley, Top Doc Warns Against PRAYERS not dumping grounds: Div Com Lowering Guard On Covid-19 FAJR 6: 07 Srinagar, Jan 02 (GNS): Divi- Stressing on immediate ZUHR 12: 35 sional Commissioner Kashmir, cleaning, dredging and restora- Srinagar, Jan 2: A top Kashmir doctor masks and social distancing measures less, the virus is likely to stay because HIJRI Pandurang K Pole today stressed tion of both lakes, the Div Com on Saturday cautioned the public over while the vaccination programmes it has disseminated so widely across on revamping of Khushalsar and emphasized on active involve- any lowering of guard against the Coro- have been launched in many countries. the globe that its complete eradication CALENDAR ASR 3:56 Gilsar lakes to restore their pris- ment of locals in the restora- navirus pandemic despite the rollout of “At this point, the vaccination is may not be possible. It may, however, Magrib 5:37 tine glory in Srinagar. tion mission. He said that ma- vaccines. being prioritised. The final rollout is stay in low-level endemic form, but the 18 Jumada al-Awwal Div Com said this while jor cleanliness drive shall be Addressing as lead speaker the in- going to take a year and a half. It’s after pandemic form is going to be taken care ISHA 7:03 chairing a meeting of concerned launched across these lakes to augural session of a two-week refresh- that we can think of doing away with of by the vaccination and consequent 1442 officers. The meeting, among ensure these are restored to its er course, organised by the Kashmir masks and social distancing measures. stepping in of the herd immunity.”Prof others was attended by CE I&FC, past glory and attraction. University’s UGC-HRDC, Prof Parvaiz But at this stage, it’s not advisable.” Koul said the existing vaccines against PHE, Commissioner SMC, Di- He directed concerned to en- Koul, Head of the Internal and Pulmo- The two-week refresher course for Coronavirus are believed to be effec- rector Rakhs and Forms, ADC, sure demarcation of both lakes, nary Medicine Department at Sher-e- university and college teachers was in- tive against its new variant found in This Day In History WLW Wetlands, Tehsildar Ei- fencing of boundary walls, de- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences augurated by Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat the UK.“As of now, there’s no data to dgah, representatives from dif- velopment of pedestrian walk- Srinagar, said: “At this point, I would Ahmad, while Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad suggest vaccines would not be effec- • 1945 - Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab. ferent departments and Chair- way and complete cleaning and not advise that you get rid of social dis- Mir was a guest of honour on the occasion. tive. Currently, the knowledge is that • 1947 - 1st opening session of Congress to be televised. man NLCO. dredging of both lakes. SMC au- tancing norms or other Covid-appropri- Prof Koul said the pandemic out- the vaccine is effective against variant • 1948 - Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 & 127*) v India The Div Com said that wet- thorities were instructed to stop ate behavior that we have gotten used look of the Coronavirus is likely to get viruses as well. It is a different thing MCG. lands are not lands for dumping garbage dumping by locals and to. These measures have to run parallel over with vaccination and the fact that that any subsequent mutations might • 1956 - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. of waste but are to be sustained install dust bins besides sensi- to the vaccination rollouts”. herd immunity is going to step in. influence the virus efficacy. But that’s • 1958 - Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland. as lungs of Valley to safeguard tize people on harmful effects of Prof Koul was answering a ques- “So people would be mostly non- not the case with the new UK variant,” • 1958 - The West Indies Federation is formed. us during rainy days. dumping on these lakes. tion whether people can do away with susceptible to the virus. But nonethe- he said. GNS • 1959 - Alaska admitted as 49th US state. • 1961 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba. • 1970 - Marxist government takes over in Congo. • 1974 - Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain. • 1974 - Burma accepts its constitution. To Whom It May Concern Government of Jammu and Kashmir • 1977 - Apple Computer, Inc incorporates. • 1977 - Former Home Secretary Roy Jenkins announces his inten- Office of the Executive Engineer, tion to be Britain’s first President of the European Commission. • 1980 - Babrak Karmal defends the Soviet-backed coup in first Floriculture Department Srinagar Kashmir. public appearance since taking power as President of Afghani- GIST OF SHORT TENDER NOTICE NO. 86 of 2020-21 stan. • 1984 - Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jack- Dated: 02 .01.2021. son. For and on behalf of the Lt.Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Sealed tenders affixed with Rupee Sixrevenue stamps are • 1985 - Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethio- invited for below mentioned work from approved contractors class of whom shown which should reach to the office pian Jews. of the undersigned through registered post/courier/speed post by or before 06.01.2021till 02:00 PM on the prescribed • 1988 - Israel orders 9 Palestinian “instigators” deported from W Beirut tender documents which can be obtained from the office of the undersigned upto 08.01.2021 till 04.00 PM. In case of • 1988 - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM holiday etc. the tenders will be received on next working day upto 12.00 PM. this century. S.No. Name of work Estt. Cost Earnest Class of Time of Cost of Position of • 1990 - Panama’s leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US in lacs money contract completion tender docu- funds authorities. ment • 1991 - Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years. 01 Repairs of damaged stone masonry wallby 0.66 1320/- DEE 21 days 200/- Available • 1993 - In Moscow, the Start II arms reduction treaty is signed by way of stone work at Shamaswari park George H. W. Bush (USA) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia). (Namchibal A&B) FatehKadal Srinagar • 1994 - 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt. (Part-B) • 1994 - Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed. Note: • 1994 - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of 1. The card holder who is interested to participate in the tendering process should attend the office personally Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob’s Field. along with GST Regd/Pan Card and Latest GST clearance certificate along with CDR of required amount without which • 1994 - Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by President the tender documents cannot be issued. F. W. de Klerk, becomes effective four months before the first 2. Tenderer before applying for obtaining the tender documents should read carefully the detailed tender notice South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. The resendental house with land situated in the office of the undersigned. • 1996 - The first flip phone, the Motorola StarTAC, goes on sale. 3. The CDR/FDR of unsuccessful/un-casted contractors will be released after 15 days from the date of opening of • 1999 - Israel detains, and later expels, 14 members of Concerned at Saderbal srinagar bearing khasa no Christians. tenders or issuance of allotment order which is earliest, • 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched. 563, khewat no 107 khata no 368 entered 4. If during the course of execution any new item (s) of work felt necessary to be executed, the same shall be paid • 2002 - 4th BCS National Championship: #1 Miami beats #2 Ne- in revenue record in the name of his wife as per J&K SSR of 2012 with contractor, depreciation / appreciation. braska, 37-14, at 88th Rose Bowl. namely Naseem Jan is disputed prop- Sd/- • 2002 The Palestinian freighter Karine A is seized by Israeli forces Executive Engineer, in the Red Sea erty as civil suit bearing registration no • 2004 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyp- 556329/2020 is pending in court of law, Department of Floriculture tian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on Srinagar board. such it may not be purchased . No: EE/FD/2734 Dated: 02 / 01/2021 • 2013 - 27 Shiite pilgrims are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide DIPK-11298/20 ` bombing in Musayyib, Iraq. Tariq Hameed Karra • 2015 - 18 people are killed after the Norwegian cargo ship MS Bulk Alqamer colony shivpora Srinagar Jupiter sinks off the coast of Vietnam. Government of Jammu & Kashmir • 2015 - Over 2,000 people are killed in north-east Nigeria after Boko Haram militants raze the town of Baga. Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir e-mail: [email protected] From KO Archives Subject: - Re-Registration & Inclusion of partners in the Registration certificate of the Travel unit namely Cops produce youth in court “M/s Travel Safe”. after his Fateha Khawani Public Notice RINAGAR - A Kupwara youth 'missing' in police custody Whereas,Mr. Bashir Ahmad Khar S/o Haji Gh. Nabi Khar R/o Brein, Nishat, Srinagar have approached this office for Re- for the past two years and presumed dead by his family, was produced in the court last month by personnel of Registration and Inclusion of partners in his Travel unit namely M/s Travel Safe situated at Srinagar cityunder Tourist Soura police station after persistent efforts by the valley- Sbased civil rights body, Human Rights Front (HRF) and the Trade Act 1978/82/2011-12. Whereas the unit was registered with the Department under J&K Tourist Trade Act 1978/82/2011-12 under the Registra- intervention of the National Human Rights Commission. All this while police had been denying they had the youth in their tion No:- Reg/519/DT/54/L-1 dated 01-07-1997 in the name of Mr. Bashir Ahmad Khar and was renewed upto 31-03-2012. custody and the family had performed the Fateha Khawani as The Travel unit has been De-registered by this Department vide this office Order No. Reg/T/1427/684/DTK dated 06-02- well as observed his death anniversary. 2017. Muhammad Jamal Sheikh, of Panjar, Trihgam had been picked up during a Joint raid by Soura and the 100th battalion BSF Whereas, the applicant has requested for Re-Registration of his Travel unit as well as inclusion of Mr. Akeel Ahmad Khar from Batmaloo stand where he earned a living as a cart-puller. and Mr. Abu Bakar Khar as the partners of the unit. HRF chairman Mohammad Ahsan Untoo had brought the custodial disappearance to the notice of the State Human Rights Whereas, the applicant has submitted Education Certificate’s, State Subject’s, Character Certificate, Rent Deed dated in Commission, but both had drawn a blank with the police who favour of Mr. Akeel Ahmad Khar & Mr. Abu Bakar Khar S’s/ Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Khar, Partnership Deep (Duly attested by continued to deny holding him. Sub-Registrar) and other related documents. It was only after Untoo took the matter to the NHRC and the commission issued a notice to the state police chief and the union Now therefore, in exercise of powers conferred on me under section 10 of Registration of Tourist Trade Act defence ministry, that con from Soura police station produced 1978/82/2011/12, before the request of the applicant is considered for registration of the unit and inclusion of partners, Jamal in a Srinagar court on December 24, with a charge, reported the matter is hereby notified for information of general Public/Financial Institutions/Banks/Organizations, etc for objec- fictitious, under the Indian Arms Act slapped against him. Five day later, he was sent to Jail for a further Id months tion if any. The same should reach to this office with necessary objections within a period of 7 days from the publication under the Public Safety Act. of this notice in the local newspaper. No objections beyond a period of 7 days will be entertained and request of the ap- After his arrest two years ago, he had reportedly been subjected to severe physical and mental torture by a team of plicant will be considered as per rules. 'interrogators' led by the then SHO of the Soura police station, Abdul Rasheed Khan. lt is pertinent to mention here that the No: Reg/T/19/1132/DTK Sd/- SHO Rashid Khan wanted in a tripple murder case is abscond- ing for over an year now. Reportedly, at-tempts had also been Dated: 31.12.2020 Deputy Director Tourism, made to liquidate Jamal in custody. (NAFA) Registration (Kashmir) DIPK-11306/20 (KASHMIR OBSERVER, 03 January, 2001)

Srinagar, Apr 23, KNT: The exploitation of private school teachers is continuing unabated in Kashmir valley as most of the schools have not paid salaries to the teaching staff since August 2019. With COVID-19 positive cases emerging every day all over the Valley, the resumption of normal life appears bleak in the near future. And, teacher community employed in private schools has been badly affected. "It was the month of March when we were expecting the salaries to be released but now, given the coronavirus pandemic, we have no hope either. Our struggle has gotten worse, to say the least," Manzoor Dar, a private school teacher from Shopian told KNT. He added, "As we are observing that the administration is taking various Surendra in ‘The Hindu’ BAB in ‘ TheSunday Srinagar Times’ Observer

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Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the The leopard was finally caught by the Kashmir Observer LLP Published from: # 5- Boulevard, Srinagar-190001 wildlife department in an abandoned Printed at: KT Press Pvt. Ltd, Rangreth Ind Area, Srinagar. house, after it had jumped walls and been RNI Registration No: 69503/98 chased by people. This tussle between man Postal Registration No-L/159/KO/SK/2014-16 and the wild is not new and certainly not Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider restricted to Kashmir alone Legal Counsel: Tasaduq Khwaja Switchboard: (0194) 2106304 Editorial: (0194) 2502327 Email editorial: [email protected] The Conservation Conundrum

his week, a Leopard was spotted in a residential area of Srinagar. The news about the magnificent beast roam- ingT freely in Baghe Mehtaab area had r. rAj rAo scared people into the safety of their homes and had even raised an alarm in the adjoining areas. The leopard was finally caught by the wildlife department in an abandoned house, after it As a writer had jumped walls and been chased by people. This tussle between man and has the wild is not new and certainly not who restricted to Kashmir alone. frequently travelled Recently, I toured villages in rural Maharashtra where a man-eating leop- to the hinterland to ard killed a dozen human beings. The beast travelled hundreds of kilometres through five districts of the state over meet sorrowful a period of months, devouring men, women and children along the way. villagers whose loved I met the families of two such victims who were killed earlier this month. One ones have been killed was a nine-year-old girl, daughter of a farm labourer. The animal pounced by wild animals, I on her in broad daylight as she played in a banana field, where her parents find myself in the and other labourers were at work. She died instantly. The other victim was Avni with two cubs. The case, to the best Sunderbans is unlucky enough to be man beings in Nepal and North India same dilemma as Jim a 35-year-old woman, mother of three of my knowledge, is still in the courts. killed by a tiger, his wife becomes a ‘ti- before Jim Corbett shot it dead. Dane small children. The leopard killed Villagers, however, whom I per- ger widow’ and is ostracized by the com- Huckelbridge recently wrote about the Corbett, and so many her as she took their cattle for graz- sonally met and interviewed for two munity. Hence, before setting out for Champawat man-eater in his book No ing atop a forested hillock where their newspapers, were relieved that the ti- the islands, the men pray to a goddess Beast So Fierce. In it, he explains the other humanists. house is situated. As sunset came, her ger was killed. They felt that city-based known as Bon Bibi to bring them back reasons for the tiger becoming a man- distraught husband and in-laws who environmentalists and wild-life activ- to their wives safe and sound. Unlike eater in the first place: the loss of one of What should come went in search of her found her severed ists lived in ivory towers, and had no elsewhere in India, where orders are its canines as a hunter unsuccessfully head just a few meters away from their idea of the dangers they suffered when issued by forest officials to shoot man- tried to kill it. first, man or animal? house. They were visited by local politi- predator animals entered their villag- eating tigers and leopards, the man-eat- As a writer who has frequently cians and given a cheque of Rs 4 lakhs es and stalked them, making it impos- ers in the Sunderbans are so numerous travelled to the hinterland to meet sor- as compensation; a cheque that they sible for them to get out of their houses that they cannot be eliminated. So the rowful villagers whose loved ones have still haven’t encashed. after dark, even to answer nature’s poor villagers learn to live with them. been killed by wild animals (a thing The leopard was finally shot dead call. They vehemently refuted the view The tradition to shoot man-eaters unthinkable to those of us who comfort- by sharp-shooters in a leafy banana that it was they who had encroached began in the Kumaon, now in the state ably live in cities), I find myself in the farm on the very day I was in the vil- on the animals’ territory. Their vil- of Uttarakhand, at the beginning of the same dilemma as Jim Corbett, and so lages, leading conservationists to ask if lages had been there for decades, if not 20th century with Jim Corbett, after many other humanists. What should shooting it, instead of tranquillizing it centuries, they pointed out. whom India’s largest national park, the come first, man or animal? and capturing it alive, was indeed the Though the above incidents oc- Jim Corbett National Park, is named. I daresay that this is a question that right strategy. curred in Maharashtra, man-animal Corbett was an Englishman who was merits no easy answer. Two years ago, a similar controversy conflict, as the media calls it, isn’t re- born in Naini Tal and lived there till had arisen in another part of Maharash- stricted to any particular state. It exists the time of Independence. Conserva- The views expressed in this article tra, which made national headlines. The throughout India, from Jammu & Kash- tion was indeed a conundrum for him, are the author’s own and do not man-eater in this case was a tiger, In- mir in the north, to Karnataka, Kerala as he was torn between the need to necessarily reflect the editorial stance of dia’s national animal, to save which the and Tamil Nadu in the south, wherever save the lives of hapless villagers trau- Kashmir Observer Government of India has spent millions villages lie in close proximity to forests. matized by man-eaters, and simultane- of rupees. Its killing by a ‘trigger-happy’ Human beings are regularly killed ously protect the region’s wildlife. He Dr. R. Raj Rao is an internationally sharp-shooter from Hyderabad led to an by man-eating tigers in the Sunderbans evocatively describes accounts of his known Indian English novelist, poet ugly face-off between Maneka Gandhi, in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The brush with predator animals in his and critic. He was Professor and Head the then Minister of Environment and deceased are usually honey-gatherers books, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, The of the Department of English at the Forests in the Modi 1.0 government, and who risk their lives sailing to islands in Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, University of Pune in Maharashtra. He the state Minister of Environment and the delta to collect honey. But they have and many others. has also been a Visiting Professor at Forests who ordered the shooting; espe- no option as this is their only source of In one case, a man-eater known as universities in Canada and Germany cially as the animal was a female named livelihood. It is said that if a man in the the Champawat tiger killed over 600 hu-

o misquote Shakespeare, our Brexit negoti- market, the City of London relies on the EU to grant ating revels now are ended. The tempestu- permission to service EU-based clients and sell them ous talks did not lead to a dramatic walk- Brexit’s Done Deal banking, accounting, and associated legal products. out, even if at times the UK government This “equivalence” arrangement is reviewed on an gaveT the impression this was a feud worthy of the ongoing basis, depending on the UK approach to fi- Montagues against the Capulets. The negotiators ig- Andrew Glencross nancial regulation and data protection. That puts nored the background noise and succeeded in draft- the sector on a much less firm footing than, say, ing a dense legal document on which the future of have full political and economic independence on manufacturing. UK-EU relations now hangs. 1st January 2021. The reality though – as with everything Brexit- Selling the deal How the deal came together related since 2016 – is far more complex. The dance is over but now comes the hard sell. The UK was adamant throughout the negotia- Credit claiming and blame avoidance will be the tions that it be treated as a sovereign equal of the EU In the deal twin priorities for the UK government. Johnson is and have its independence respected. This was par- Johnson’s negotiator David Frost liked to argue bound to play up the sovereignty angle by highlight- ticularly important when it came to fishing rights that the UK just wanted a standard free-trade deal ing the ability to avoid the intrusion of EU law. – one of the last issues to be resolved. like that between Canada and the EU. In reality, the The blame game is where things are likely to get There were always two problems with this argu- UK was asking for extras, such as mutual recogni- more interesting. This is because the deal requires a ment. Firstly, as explained by the Spanish foreign tion of conformity assessment for goods and mutual constant dialogue with the EU over things that can minister – a veteran trade negotiator – a trade agree- recognition of professional qualifications. The EU affect the terms of the agreement, such as government is designed to establish interdependence rath- does not appear to have budged on those. ment subsidies. This is the position Switzerland er than being an exercise in asserting independence. Brussels was also adamant that the deal re- constantly finds itself in. The Brexit deal requires Secondly, the EU is simply a bigger beast eco- quired legal guarantees to prevent the UK undercut- both sides to submit to a general review after four nomically speaking than the UK. This meant Brus- ting the single market by using its new regulatory years to make sure both sides are meeting the re- sels was confident it could weather the disruption of autonomy to lower environmental standards or em- The dance is over but quirements. Hard eurosceptic Conservative back- a no-deal separation better than the UK. By refusing ployment rights. Johnson agreed in principle to this benchers, who pushed for a no deal, may see this as to extend the transition period despite the pandemic, level playing field idea in the political declaration now comes the hard sell. a concession too far. prime minister Boris Johnson ensured both parties that accompanied the 2019 withdrawal agreement he Credit claiming and blame What can Boris Johnson do to overcome in- faced the same time pressure. But they did not face got through parliament. Then, later in negotiations, ternal opposition? His parliamentary majority is the same level of risk if no agreement was reached. he tried to renege on this pledge. In the end he u- avoidance will be the sufficient to overcome anything short of a major Hence the real ringmaster of the Brexit deal was turned again. The deal states that divergence from revolt. But his strongest card might be to simply Father Time, not Johnson or Angela Merkel, as UK EU standards would lead to potentially restricted ac- twin priorities for the UK shift the blame to his predecessor, Theresa May, newspapers often reported. cess to the single market. government for triggering Brexit without a plan. Meanwhile, Nevertheless, it looks like the UK government In a press conference on the deal, Johnson reas- Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted will claim victory by arguing that it is now able to sured “fish fanatics” there would be plenty for their immediately after the deal was announced that “no escape the jurisdiction of the European Court of dinner plates, but the deal means that for the next in a generation, there are bound to be difficulties. deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes Justice while getting tariff and quota-free access for five and a half years EU-based vessels will continue EU-based hauliers might also opt for caution and in away from us. It’s time to chart our own future as goods exported to the EU. In a statement immediate- to enjoy significant access to British waters, during the short–term avoid the risk of getting their lorries an independent, European nation.” So, while one ly following the announcement of the deal, the UK the transition to a final arrangement. stuck in the UK. The UK will also leave the Erasmus episode in this long drama may be drawing to a government did just that: It’s clear that free movement of people has end- higher education exchange programme, which will close, it seems that others, relating to the very fu- The deal … guarantees that we are no longer in ed, while goods will face customs and regulatory come as a blow to many students – although the UK ture of the UK, are far from over. the lunar pull of the EU, we are not bound by EU checks. Transport chaos around the port at Dover now plans to launch its own “Turing” scheme to of- rules, there is no role for the European Court of Jus- is therefore still a distinct possibility after January fer placements at universities around the world. By arrangements with The Conversation tice and all of our key red lines about returning sov- 1 if exporters fail to have the proper paperwork to Much less clear is the future of the UK’s key ex- ereignty have been achieved. It means that we will cross the Channel. Given they have not done this port industry: financial services. Outside the single

ORTY-eight years after the 1971 war, which led to the independence of Bangladesh, each country involved in the conflict has institutionalised a distinct memory of the events of that year. In Bangladesh, the war is remem- beredF as the Bengali people's struggle against an oppressive Pakistan army. In India and Pakistan, the war is often remembered as the Opinion,Think! Analysis, Essays Sunday|03-01-2021

In Freeze Frames Away from the shoreline decorated with Mughal Gardens and a front lined with houseboats, the Dal Lake houses hundreds of families, most of whom make their living from fishing and farming. The arrival of the winter like always Life Inside Lake means an increase in the hardships for them. His next-door neighbour, Ali Mohammad Dar, a 65-year-old fisher- says. “They’d rather hawk clothes or do some other stuff than bear the Mir Yasir Mukhtar man, comments upon the winter with a shiver. “What do you know trouble of doing the fishing in the lake.” about winter, kid!” he smiles, as wrinkles trace across his forehead. N the arctic ambiance of Kashmir’s iconic Dal Lake, fisherman “These hands are the witness of some of the harshest winters Ghulam Hassan is fighting a ‘cold war’ these days. in the valley. When I used to do fishing, I had to cross the iced lake. He equates the ongoing winter with the classic cold — when Before casting net, I would break the white sheet of ice covering the the frozen waters of the lake would turn stony surface for some surface of the lake. Now fishing and bearing the cold has become a Imemorable expeditions, like the fabled jeep ride of the erstwhile habit for us. We bear the cold water, the snow, rain and the changes Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad. of atmosphere because we see it every coming winter. Hurdles make While kings and their courtiers would gallop across its length and you strong, so does the winter. We have learned to live in such hard breadth, children would play on the icy surface of the lake. conditions.” But that faded romance with the frozen waters apart, fifty- year-old lake-man Hassan is currently fighting a battle with his shivering nerves. Winter, the tough time of the year, is even tougher in the lake. “Not that we’re complaining about it,” Hassan standing near his abode says, “but life inside the lake is far from mesmerizing during winters.” Born in houseboat and brought up by fishing, Hassan has seen Apart from fishing, farming also takes a backseat in winters. the lake evolution—from poet’s musings to commoner’s dirges—quite Even as the floating vegetable market runs without any hiccups, closely. the vegetable gardening is totally excused through the frosty season. When landmasses started emerging as some votebank incentive Tourism, as another alternate source to supplement the income, is from the lake in his youthful days, his family also crawled out of their unreliable, because it’s always the first and foremost calamity of the watery abode and built a house. wavering political weather of Kashmir. Many moons later, one fine day, the house would rise up in flames and bring “immense hardships” for his family. Later the fisherman would rebuild a four-room single-storey house for his family with a bank loan. But beyond this struggling story, Hassan’s daily trysts with the To display the cruelty of the lake, Dar puts out his rough and frozen lake are tough and tolling. chapped hands that hold a firepot and says, “This Kanger and Phi- ran have been my sole friends in this journey. The blazing embers in Kanger are the witness of this weather, too. Fishing in winter is not an easy job.”

In preparation of the winter, these lake dwellers dehydrate vegetables, because that way the eatables last longer during the cold season. The lake-men also collect logs and branches and burn them to have charcoal to fuel their Kangers during winter. Because the erratic power-cuts are a norm, the candles, kerosene lanterns and other forms of traditional sources of light are put in use. Fishing in sub-zero temperature cannot be a vocation of the faint- hearted around this period. One has to wake-up before the break of the day, chart a course deep into the frozen lake and return late in the evening or spent the night out, in case there is not a sufficient catch in the nets — sufficient still being meager, since winter sees a reduction of fishes in the lake. For the lake women, the trails of the daily life are no less. “This life is a gift by God, so we manage and live with what was From doing the dishes and washing the clothes with cold water handed down to us by fate,” Hassan continues. of the lake, to peddle the catch of fishes in the city marketplaces and “Fishing in winter is an art, because you need to work under countryside towns, their life is riddled with hardships. harsh climatic conditions. It doesn’t fulfill our needs but we manage and take this work as worship.”

The updates about the weather are heard keenly by the old from the young, who regularly check the tweets from Meteorological De- partment of Jammu and Kashmir, and then, when the snow comes, the men climb the roofs of their houseboats with spades in their hands and clear the rooftops. “We sometimes need to wake up at 3 in the morning to clear rooftops of our houseboats, so that the weight of the snow won’t capsize it,” Mohammad Shaban Zargar, a houseboat owner in his eighties, comments. “Every year we maintain our boats. If a boat wrecks, it’s a huge loss to the family and the owner.”

Active participation ensures a great deal of woman emancipation Fishing in winter can cause severe health implications, like chil- inside the lake, as well as spares the men from two-fold hardship. blains, raptures, and frostbites. Hassan himself suffers from rheuma- “It has forever been so,” Hassan continues. “Men catch the fish, toid arthritis, a disease that always worsens in winter. and the women sell them.”

While elders remain on their toes, the children of the lake relish the winter for more reasons. The snowball tournaments take place in-between the different groups formed at the whim of a coin-toss. The season of tales also begins, where the heroes from the fables and folklore revisit the lake yet again. The community reserves the rainy and snowy days to knit the Cricket is another recreational activity which unlike summer throwing nets. cannot be disturbed by the attendance at the schools. A crafty hand would take around nine months to weave a throw- “The body petrifies like a statue,” Hassan describes the frozen ing net, called ‘Gurun-Zaal’ or ‘Nuk-Patte Zaal’ in Kashmiri. time in the lake. The weight of the net can be approximately of 9 kilograms due to the “Any sort of work is very hard in the winter. I feel fatigued, my metal ‘naag’ stitched on the bottom which helps catch the little fish. hands start to shiver and body gets jitters, yet nevertheless, I’m always successful in dealing with it. The thought of hunger pushes me to work. I would do any other work in winter if there was the availability of it, but alas!”

But despite the current cold proving to be the classic winter in Kashmir, Abdul Gafar Tuman, a sexagenarian shikarawala, says the lake has seen the worst. “In my childhood,” Tuman says, “icicles would hang on the roof- With changing times, the lake has also witnessed a shift. The mil- top of our houseboat and we would always be eager to eat them. We lennial is reluctant to follow in the footsteps of their forefathers. used to sing Kashmiri hymns like ‘Sheena paito paito, mama yeto Most of them think that their ancestral vocation is not their line of yeto’ [Come, oh snow, come! Be a dear, and come]. And when snow living owing to hardships and lack of returns in it. would fall, we would have snowball fights on the lake that’d be frozen Hassan’s views are reflected by his water-borne community. “My children are not willing to continue the family work,” Hassan like the brass. That eagerness and enthusiasm has forever gone now.” C

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bench by allowing an appeal filed by him against the single 2010, 2016 and 2019 witnesses massive stone-pelting in any concession of bail in anticipation of their arrest,” said One-Way Traffic ... bench order, dismissing his challenge the PSA order passed the erstwhile state. Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Kashmir, Srinagar R. N. We resumed one-way traffic on the national highway, by District Magistrate Pulwama 2 February 2019. “Law and order situation is well under control. Our re- Watal in an order. the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with “We reiterate that the detaining authority must explain solve for 2021 is strengthening and consolidating peace (The petitioners being police officials and working with the rest of the country, a traffic police official said. satisfactorily the inordinate delay in executing the deten- and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir,” DGP Dilbagh Singh important wing of J&K Police i.e. counter intelligence to He said traffic was suspended on Friday as per govern- tion order, otherwise the subjective satisfaction gets vitiat- said. (PTI) collect the information about activities of anti-national el- ment directions to allow National Highway Authority of ed,” the court said, adding, “In the case on hand, in the ab- ements. ..instead of assembling the information about un- India (NHAI) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO), to carry sence of any satisfactory explanation explaining the delay scruplous anti-nationals elements appear to have misused out necessary repair work and maintenance. of 14½ months, we are of the opinion that the detention or- Slain Jeweller’s .... the official position to mint money,” the court said, adding, Today Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were allowed to ply der must stand vitiated by reason of non-execution thereof and the domicile certificates obtained by the family, “Any concession of bail in favour of petitioners and their from Srinagar to Jammu, he said adding vehicles had to within a reasonable time.” (GNS) Satpal’s son Rakesh said that his family has been living in conduit petitioner Shameem shall not be taken in good cross Zig Qazigund, gateway of Kashmir, between 0800 Kashmir from past 50 years and have never experienced taste by the society at large and the faith that a common hrs1300 hrs. The Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) will be al- any difficulties. man has got in this prestigious institution shall get shat- lowed to ply from Qazigund towards Jammu, he said add- J&K Conducts ... “What is the fun of domicile certificate? We had been tered.” (GNS) ing Kashmir bound fresh perishable carriers and oil tankers Financial Commissioner Health & Medical Education, residing in Kashmir from past 50 years. We don’t need any shall be allowed from opposite direction subject to traffic Atal Dulloo, inaugurated and monitored the sessions of job. We have a shop at Hari Singh High Street that we op- situation on the highway. administration of Covid-19 vaccination to the beneficia- erate on rental basis. I don’t think my father was killed just Father Digs ... He said security forces are also directed to ply from ries at the selected sites, an official spokesperson said. At because he had acquired a domicile certificate,” Rakesh, as In the video that has gone viral on social media, Ahmad Srinagar to Jammu. Jammu, he said, the vaccination was administered at the per a local news agency KNT said. is seen breaking down in tears and make fervent appeals to He said traffic could not be restored on the Mughal road, selected session sites at Government Hospital, Sarwal and “We started ornament business in Kashmir in 1970. I the government. He also says in the video that he will visit connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Community Health Centres of Marh and Bishnah. don’t know why my father was killed. We have no grudge the PCR to seek his son’s body and will kill himself if denied Poonch in Jammu region due to accumulation of snow The official spokesperson said that at Srinagar’s JLNM with anyone nor rivalry at all. It is the job of police to in- the same. and slippery conditions for the past over three weeks. Hospital and in the UPHCs of Nishat and Batamaloo, vestigate,” he said, adding that domicile certificate is not a “I want justice and if I was denied my dead son’s body, (Agencies) Director Health Services, Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo, su- reason of his father’s killing. I will end my life,” he says in the video shot at the family’s pervised the administration of Covid -19 vaccination to the Narrating the events of the fateful day, Rakesh said that ancestral graveyard in Bellow village of Pulwama. beneficiaries. he was present at the shop with his father when the assail- Ahmad also alleged that he was denied last glimpse of Cross-LoC ... “The Covid-19 vaccination in Kulgam district was ad- ant entered the shop and opened fire upon his father. “He his son by the authorities by shifting the body to Sonmarg. sector in district Rajouri,” a defence spokesman said. The ministered to beneficiaries at District Hospital Kulgam and shot at least 7 to 8 bullets,” Rakesh said, adding that he was The killing of Athar and two other youth Ajaz Maqbool Indian Army retaliated befittingly, he said. Community Health Centres of Yaripora and Kujjar, where unable to identify the assailant as he tried to save his father. Ganaie of Pulwama and Zubair Ahmed Lone of Shopian has On Friday, JCO Naib Subedar Ravinder died after being all the operational guidelines for COVID 19 vaccination roll created a political storm after the mainstream political par- injured in shelling by Pakistan in Nowshera sector, spokes- out were followed in dry run activities,” he said. ties demanded a time bound probe into the circumstances man said. As per the official spokesperson, Dulloo informed that all Ahangar, LG Discuss ... leading to the encounter. The demand for probe gained mo- Jammu and Kashmir recorded 5,100 instances of cease- protocols pertaining to vaccinations were strictly followed in “The Lt Governor enquired about the measures under- mentum after the families vouched for the innocence of the fire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in all the three districts and elaborated that 3 rooms, as per the taken to ensure best healthcare facilities to the patients at youth and accused the state forces of killing them in a fake 2020, official sources said. guidelines, designated for Covid-19 vaccination were set-up. SKIMS. He advised the Director to create a patient friendly encounter, a charge strongly contested by police. This was the highest in the 18 years with an average of 14 These rooms included the waiting room, vaccination room atmosphere and called for bringing more improvement in Police have been maintaining that all the three were mil- cases daily. Thirty-six people were killed in these violations and the Observation room. the functioning of SKIMS by rationalizing the resources and itants, two of them hardcore OGWs, and planning a major and over 130 injured. Dullo, he said, also informed that 25 beneficiaries from ensuring best healthcare facilities to every visiting patient,” strike on the forces along the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. Security officials said that shelling and firing by Pakistani each vaccination site were pre-identified and uploaded on the official spokesperson said. (With KNT inputs) troops was “very heavy” in 2020, virtually making the 2003 to the Cowin portal. India-Pakistan border truce “redundant”. “Also, 5 member trained vaccination team already up- A senior police officer said that Pakistani troops repeat- loaded on COWIN App was present with pre-designated Court Rejects ... 8 Civilians Hurt ... edly targeted forwards posts and villages along the LoC roles and responsibilities. Besides, special attention was cops, for the issue who asked them that he will resolve condition is said to be stable, the police spokesperson and the International Border (IB) to create a fear psychosis also given to AEFI Management and on disposal of bio med- the matter as he knows the CIK officers. Then complainant said. Soon after the attack, government forces cordoned off among people and destabilise peace along the borderline. ical waste,” he said. went to Srinagar and met Bashir Ahmad and Aijaz Ahmad the area to nab the attackers. He further said that the functioning of COWIN App, at Floriculture Park Residence road. Shamim Ahmad was “Police has registered a case in this regard under relevant on which all beneficiaries are going to be uploaded, was also present at the location. In the meanwhile Aijaz Ahmad sections of law. Investigation is in progress and officers Budgam Woman .... demonstrated to media personnel. forcibly took away Rs. 14,000 from the pocket of the com- continue to work to establish the full circumstances of this The victim, officials said was a 75-year-old woman from Director Health Services, Jammu, Dr Renu Sharma and plainant and also they demanded Rs. 20 lakhs for the dis- crime,” the police spokesperson added. Khag area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Director Health and Family Welfare supervised the Covid-19 missal of allegations leveled against him, the police report With her death, the total fatality count reached 1187 dry-run on beneficiaries, the official spokesperson said. says. The complainant insisted that he shall not pay such in the Valley while 698 have succumbed to the virus in “Later, a meeting of UT Level Task force was chaired by hefty amount and finally it was decided between them that NC Calls For ... Jammu region. the Financial Commissioner who had feedback from all Rs. 6.50 lakhs shall be paid by the complainant through in- However it is for the first time that the spawn of such Srinagar district with 450 deaths tops the list followed the districts regarding the vaccination. He directed all the stallments. After three days, the complainant paid Rs. 1.36 skirmishes has increased upto Karanah. A local mosque by Jammu (355), Baramulla (171), Budgam (109), Kupwara officers to resolve all the issues identified in today’s mock lakhs as installment and made a phone call for knowing the and scores of dwellings have incurred heavy losses in the (91), Pulwama (88), Anantnag (83), Doda (64), Bandipora drill,” he added. present status of the case. However, the complainant stat- incident leading to widespread distress in the region,” they (60), Udhampur (57), Kulgam (53), Rajouri (54), Kathua Meanwhile, district level task force meetings were also ed they threatened him of dire consequences. Accordingly, said. They said the consequences of the flair-up of tensions (49), Ganderbal (43), Shopian (38), Samba (38), Poonch conducted at all the districts which were chaired by Deputy the complainant appeared before SSP CIK were he came is excruciatingly felt by the people who along with their be- (24), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi. Commissioners of the respective districts. to know that the accused persons have manipulated false longings and livestock become cannon fodder of such cross Meanwhile, seventeen travellers and two CRPF person- allegations against him besides he has been cheated by border skirmishes. nel were among 244 new covid-19 cases reported in the them, the police reported added. Subsequently an FIR (No. “These skirmishes also have a chilling effect on the eco- last 24 hours, officials said. MeT Predicts ... 97/2020) was registered in police station Kothibagh and in- nomic activities of the people, dwelling in border areas and Of the 244 cases, 107 were reported from Jammu divi- Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 7.5 degrees Celsius vestigation set into motion. other forward posts as well. Caught between the devil and the sion and the remaining 137 from Kashmir Valley taking the against minus 9.0 degrees Celsius on the previous night, Special Public Prosecutor in his objections submit- deep sea, they aren’t able to manage their household chores total number of people infected by the virus across J&K to the official said. ted that the accused are actively involved in the case (FIR and look after their farms. Peace on the border is far more in- 121471. Pahalgam was the coldest place in the Valley at minus No.97/2020) under section 420, 384, 386, 506 IPC r/w dispensable since any fall out there has its direct impact on Giving district wise details, officials said, Srinagar record- 8.4 degrees Celsius and on the previous night, the mercury Section 7 of P. C Act as such they cannot claim bail as a mat- the daily lives of the locals. Ubiquitous tension on borders ed 46, Baramulla (16), Budgam (5), Kupwara (9), Pulwama had settled at a low of minus 7.8 degrees Celsius. Qazigund ter of right. besides affecting the economic activities also causes mental (12), Anantnag (17), Bandipora (4), Ganderbal (11), Kulgam recorded minus 6.1 degrees Celsius against minus 5.7 de- Counsel for the accused argued that they are innocent trepidation to the elderly and children,” they added. (2), Shopian (15), Jammu (78), Udhampur (3), Rajouri (2), grees Celsius on the earlier night, Kupwara recorded minus and have been falsely implicated in the case. They impressed upon the administration to provide im- Doda (3), Kathua (5), Kishtwar (1), Samba (4), Poonch (5) 6.1 degrees Celsius while Kokernag recorded a low of minus “The allegations against the petitioners (cops and their mediate relief to the people whose dwellings have incurred and Ramban six new cases of Covid-19. (With GNS inputs) 6.4 degrees Celsius, the official said. friend) are incriminating and serious in nature and speaks heavy damages due to the incessant cross border shelling. Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ -- about their criminal mind set and prima facie there are “The damage to the property and livestock of the local the 40-day harshest winter period when a cold wave grips reasonable grounds that alleged accused have committed should be assessed without delay and compensated instan- Vaccines Belong ... the region and the temperature drops considerably leading the offences as indicated in the FIR as such do not deserve taneously,” they added. Taking to Twitter, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief to the freezing of water bodies including the famous Dal minister said, “I don’t know about anyone else but when Lake here as well as the water supply lines in several parts my turn comes I’ll happily roll up my sleeve & get a COVID of the valley. vaccine.” The chances of snowfall are most frequent and maxi- The more people get vaccinated, the better it will be for mum during this period and most areas, especially in the the country and the economy, the National Conference (NC) higher reaches, receive heavy snowfall. vice president said. While ‘Chillai-Kalan’ -- which began on December 21 “No vaccine belongs to any political party, they belong to -- will end on January 31, the cold wave continues even humanity & the sooner we get vulnerable people vaccinat- after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long ‘Chillai-Khurd’ ed the better,” he tweeted. (small cold) and a 10-day-long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby While talking to reporters in Lucknow, Yadav, said, “How cold). (With Agencies Inputs) can I trust the vaccine, which will be used for vaccination by the BJP? We cannot get vaccinated by the BJP’s vaccine.” 87% Drop ... On Saturday, an expert panel of India’s central drug au- that year in August. “There have been 255 stone-pelting thority recommended granting permission for restricted incidents in 2020 as compared to the incidents in 2019 emergency use of the indigenously developed COVID-19 and the year (2020), witnessed a 87.31 per cent decline,” vaccine Covaxin with certain conditions, a day after giving the director general of police said. similar directions for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. The Centre on August 5, 2019, revoked Article 370, The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the which gave special status to the erstwhile state, and di- Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had vided it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and on Friday recommended granting permission for restricted Ladakh. emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield, In 2018 and 2017, 1,458, and 1,412 incidents of being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. stone-pelting were reported. The NC leader also tweeted that this “virus has been far When compared to 2016, the dip in such incidents in too disruptive & if a vaccine helps bring about a semblance 2020 was 90 per cent, according to officials. of normalcy after all the chaos then sign me up.” PTI In 2016, 2,653 stone-pelting cases were reported as the killing of Burhan Wani, a commander of the militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, had triggered violent pro- HC Quashes ... tests across Kashmir. must indicate the apprehension that the detenue might In 2015, as many as 730 incidents of stone-pelting took be released on bail and if so released would again indulge place in Jammu and Kashmir. in the activities prejudicial to the security of the State. After a dip in militancy in the mid-2000s, stones be- Nothing of the sort is forthcoming from the grounds of came a popular choice of weapon during protests. This detention.” trend has been there since the 2008 Amarnath-land row Amir’s detention order was quashed by the division agitation in Jammu and Kashmir. No UK Extradition Treaty, Can Only Cancel Nawaz Sharif’s Passport: Pak Peshawar: Pakistan Interior Minister Mr Ahmed on Wednesday had said has no extradition treaty with Britain, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said the government will cancel the pass- his ministry can only cancel Nawaz the government is exploring all pos- port of Nawaz Sharif on February 16. Sharif’s passport once it is expired, he sibilities to bring back former prime Nawaz Sharif, 70, has been living in said. London since November last Mr Ahmed said the PML-N chief’s year after the Lahore High passport will expire on February 16 Court granted him permis- and it will not be renewed. sion to go abroad for four Prime Minister Imran Khan in weeks for treatment. October had said that he would contact The three-time former his British counterpart Boris Johnson, prime minister, who was if needed, to discuss Nawaz Sharif’s convicted in two corruption deportation. cases -- Avenfield proper- Adviser to the Prime Minister on ties and Al-Azizia -- was Accountability and Interior, Mirza declared a proclaimed of- Shahzad Akbar, on Wednesday said fender in December by the Pakistan had asked the British author- Islamabad High Court after ities to deport Nawaz Sharif who was he failed to appear before it convicted by the courts. despite several warnings. Nawaz Sharif resigned as Pakistan Addressing a press con- prime minister in 2017 after the C ference on Friday, Mr Supreme Court disqualified him from M minister Nawaz Sharif from the UK, Ahmed said the government will ex- holding public office and ruled that Y

but it can only cancel his passport now plore all possibilities to bring back graft cases be filed against the belea- K as there is no extradition treaty be- Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan. guered leader over the Panama Papers tween the two countries. However, since Pakistan currently scandal. —Agencies C

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Ten more arrested Aviation deaths over attack on Hindu Exports fall 0.8% in December, temple in northwest rise worldwide in Pakistan 2020 even as fatal Peshawar: Pakistani police trade deficit widens to $15.71 bn have arrested 10 more people in overnight raids for their alleged incidents, flights fall involvement in the vandalisation Exports contract for the third straight month to $26.89 billion of a Hindu temple by a mob led Agencies was shot down in Iranian by members of a radical Islamist airspace. party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Washington: The number The second deadliest inci- province. of people killed in large com- dent was the May crash of a With the latest arrests, the mercial airplane crashes rose Pakistan airliner crashed in number of accused arrested in in 2020 to 299 worldwide, May killing 98. the case has risen to 55. Over even as the number of crashes Large passenger airplanes 350 people have been named in fell by more than 50 per cent, a covered by the statistics are the FIR after the temple in Terri Dutch consulting firm said on used by nearly all travellers village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Friday. on airlines but exclude small Karak district was vandalised and Aviation consulting firm commuter airplanes in service. set on fire on Wednesday by a To70 said in 2020 there were “Over the last two decades, mob protesting against its expan- 40 accidents involving large aviation deaths have been fall- sion work. commercial passenger planes, ing dramatically. As recently as Search is underway to nab the five of which were fatal, re- 2005, there were 1,015 deaths others accused named in the FIR. sulting in 299 fatalities. In aboard commercial passenger The temple which also had a sa- 2019 there were 86 accidents, flights worldwide,” the Aviation madhi of a Hindu religious leader eight of which were fatal, re- Safety Network (ASN) said. was attacked by the mob after sulting in 257 fatalities. Over the last five years, members of the Hindu community Large commercial airplanes there had been an average of received permission from local au- had 0.27 fatal accidents per 14 fatal accidents for com- thorities to renovate its decades- million flights in 2020, To70 mercial passenger and cargo old building. said, or one fatal crash every planes resulting in 345 deaths The mob, led by some local 3.7 million flights -- up from annually, ASN added. clerics and supporters of Jamiat 0.18 fatal accidents per million In 2017, aviation had its saf- Ulema-e-Islam party (Fazal ur flights in 2019. est year on record worldwide Rehman group), demolished the The decline in crashes came with only two fatal accidents newly constructed work alongside amid a sharp decline in flights involving regional turboprops the old structure. due to the coronavirus pan- that resulted in 13 deaths and The attack on the temple drew demic. Flightradar24 reported no fatal crashes of passenger strong condemnation from human commercial flights it tracked jets. rights activists and the minority worldwide in 2020 fell 42 per The United States has not Hindu community leaders. cent to 24.4 million. had a fatal U.S. passenger air- India has also lodged a protest More than half of all deaths line crash since February 2009 with Pakistan over the vandalisa- in the To70 review were the and one fatality due to a US tion of the temple and sought strict 176 people killed in January passenger airline accident in action against those responsible for Press trust of india “India is thus a net importer in December engineering goods (0.12 per cent). Sectors 2020 when a Ukrainian plane that period. the incident. 2020, with a trade deficit of $15.71 billion, as that registered negative growth include pe- Contracting for the third straight month, compared to a trade deficit of $12.49 billion, troleum products (-40.47 per cent), oil Seeds India’s exports slipped marginally by 0.8 per widened by 25.78 per cent,” the ministry said (-31.80 per cent), leather and leather manu- cent to $26.89 billion in December 2020, due to in a statement. factures (-17.74 per cent), coffee (-16.39 per No Bar On Granting Anticipatory Bail For decline in sectors like petroleum, leather and In December 2020, oil imports declined by cent), ready-made garments of all textiles marine products, as per the government data. 10.37 per cent to $9.61 billion. During April- (-15.07 per cent), man-made yarn/fabrics/ The trade deficit in December widened to December this fiscal, the imports dipped by made-ups (-14.61 per cent), marine products Offence Under 2019 Triple Talaq Law: SC $15.71 billion, as imports grew by 7.6 per cent 44.46 per cent to $53.71 billion, it added. (-14.27 per cent), cashew (-12.04 per cent), to $42.6 billion, according to the preliminary Major commodities of export which have plastic and linoleum (-7.43 per cent), and to- New Delhi: The Supreme Court “triple talaq” upon his wife can be “For the above reasons, we have data released by the commerce ministry on recorded positive growth during the month bacco (-4.95 per cent). has said there is no bar on granting sentenced to a jail term that may come to the conclusion that on a Saturday. Exports in December 2019 were under review include Oil meals (192.60 per The major commodities of imports with anticipatory bail for an offence com- extend to three years. true and harmonious construc- $27.11 billion, while imports stood at $39.5 cent), Iron ore (69.26 per cent), Carpet (21.12 positive growth in December 2020 include mitted under the Muslim Women The top court said the prohibi- tion of section 438 of the CrPC and billion. In November 2020, exports were per cent), pharmaceuticals (17.44 per cent), pulses (245.15 per cent), gold (81.82 per (Protection of Rights on Marriage) tion in the 2019 law is evidently section 7(c) of the Act, there is no down by 8.74 per cent. spices (17.06 per cent), electronic goods cent), vegetable oil (43.50 per cent), chemi- Act 2019, which makes the practice one “which operates in relation to bar on granting anticipatory bail In April-December 2020-21, the country’s (16.44 per cent), fruits and vegetables (12.82 cals (23.30 per cent), electronic goods (20.90 of instant divorce through “triple a Muslim husband alone”. A bench for an offence committed under merchandise exports contracted by 15.8 per cent), and chemicals (10.73 per cent). per cent), machine tools (13.46 per cent), talaq” among Muslims a punishable headed by Justice DY Chandrachud the Act, provided that the compe- per cent to $200.55 billion, as compared to The other commodities in the positive pearls, precious and semi-precious stones offence, provided the court hears referred to the relevant sections of tent court must hear the married $238.27 billion in the same period last fiscal. terrain include cotton yarn/fabrics/made- (7.81 per cent), and fertilisers (1.42 per cent). the complainant woman before the Act and also the provision of Muslim woman, who has made Imports during the nine months of the ups, handloom products (10.09 per cent), Sectors which recorded negative growth in granting pre-arrest bail. the Code of Criminal Procedure the complaint, before granting the current fiscal declined by 29.08 per cent to rice (8.60 per cent), meat, dairy and poultry December 2020 are silver, newsprint, trans- The top court noted that un- (CrPC), which relates to directions anticipatory bail,” the bench, also $258.29 billion, as against $364.18 billion in products (6.79 per cent), gems and jewel- port equipment, cotton raw and waste, coal, der the provisions of the Act, a for the grant of bail to a person ap- comprising justices Indu Malhotra April-December 2019-20. lery (6.75 per cent), tea (4.47 per cent), and coke and briquettes. Muslim husband who pronounces prehending arrest. and Indira Banerjee, said. —PTI

Iran Guards Vow “Decisive” Response To “Any Action” Amid US Tensions “We are here today to evaluate and be assured of our powerful capabilities at sea and against enemies who sometimes boast... and threaten,” Hossein Salami said.

Agencies Gulf near the entrance to the strategic officials, said this move was part of Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth a “de-escalatory” signal to Tehran to Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of world oil output passes. The islands avoid a conflict in Trump’s last days chief Hossein Salami vowed Saturday are under Iranian control but are also in office. to respond to any “action the enemy claimed by the United Arab Emirates. Trump unilaterally withdrew the takes,” in a visit to a strategic Gulf is- Tensions have been building US from a landmark nuclear deal with land, amid rising tensions with the US. up in the run-up to the anniver- Iran and world powers in 2018 and Salami was speaking on the eve of sary of Soleimani’s killing, with two launched a “maximum pressure” cam- the first anniversary of the US killing American B-52 bombers recently fly- paign against Tehran, reimposing and of top Iranian military commander ing over the region. reinforcing crippling sanctions. The Qasem Soleimani in a Baghdad drone Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad two countries have twice come to the strike on January 3, 2020. Javad Zarif on Thursday accused out- brink of war since June 2019, especial- “We are here today to evaluate and going US President Donald Trump ly following the killing of Soleimani. be assured of our powerful capabili- of aiming to fabricate a “pretext for Days after the Soleimani assassina- ties at sea and against enemies who war” after Trump blamed Tehran for tion, Iran launched a volley of mis- sometimes boast... and threaten,” a rocket strike on the US embassy in siles at Iraqi bases housing US and Salami said according to the Guards’ Baghdad on December 20. The US other coalition troops, with Trump official website Sepahnews. Salami aircraft carrier USS Nimitz has been refraining from any further military inspected the troops stationed on patrolling Gulf waters since late response. Abu Musa island, accompanied by the November, but American media said Tangsiri had last visited the two Revolutionary Guard Corps navy com- this week that the acting US defense Tunb islands on December 25 and em- mander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri. secretary, Christopher C. Miller, had phasised the necessity of the troops’ “We would respond with a recipro- ordered the Nimitz to return home. “combat-readiness and awareness,” cal, decisive and strong blow to what- The New York Times, quoting US according to ISNA news agency. ever action the enemy would take against us,” Salami warned. Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb islands are located in the

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They Zealand, Shaheen Afridi and ing duty in New respectively. 20 and 17-year-old Shah are Naseem Ashraf is 26. is 30 and Faheem Mohammad Abbas years. many for cricket Pakistan Sunday. from at Christchurch - nam,” Kamili, who considers her Kashmiri nam,” continues. child, as her third Kitchen to selected Kashmiri cuisine was and why place in the taking be at an event served that too south of the country, extreme 6 just was which Kashmiri Kitchen, from all is achievement This in 2016. old years and on quality emphasis because of my perfection.” of in do a lot adjustments Kamili had to get she had to how remembers She Delhi. dish mutton every for substitute a chicken ------Sunday | 03.01.2021 | Sunday In Capital The Scot had lost all four previ all four had lost The Scot done their primary job ofHaving Liverpool has 33 points. With no With points. has 33 Liverpool re coronavirus due to allowed fans strictions, West Ham’s David Moyes Moyes David Ham’s West strictions, win at Goodison his first registered manager. as an opposition Park an aggregate by ous appearances he had where on a ground of 12-1 for Everton until leaving success in 2013. United Manchester age 1 age om p 18 Premier division teams from Jammu, from teams division Premier 18 Kashmir Real by The Cup is organized KASHMIR rious with a 5-3 scoreline. of the states other Ladakh and Kashmir, in the been competing country have since December 27. tournament knockout The game stayed goalless for the allotted the allotted for goalless stayed The game decided via penalties and was 90 minutes victo emerged team the Lonestar where Pakistan cricket team’s current pacers pacers current team’s cricket Pakistan Kamili came to Delhi in 2010, when Delhi in 2010, Kamili came to come here, to a bit reluctant “I was whom I for daughter, my was “But, it hard. wasn’t The transition in Kashmir experience work Kamili’s out your up put can you Delhi, in “Here in no load-shedding here there’s “Also, in perfection, she believes Kamili says and the Chiefs the Naval for catered “We Mother-Daughter Duo’s Delicacy Durbar Delicacy Duo’s Mother-Daughter to me asked politely she when then was It conversa whole the home, her to come tion about her journey started. tion about her journey and her studies completed her daughter a decent job in the capital. found lady there a working myself though I was with a little laugh she recalls, in Kashmir,” in her eyes. and sparkle of her a feel home out give to came here, so she was side home. 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