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Politicians are the same all over. They Will Fulfil Vajpayee’s Dream: Modi promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ■ ‘Have deep affection from the core of my heart and soul for Kashmir’ ...... Nikita Khrushchev ■ ‘Two families have looted J&K in successive turns’

Observer News Service ment, development and develop- ment,” he said, adding “I will re- KISHTWAR: Asserting that he turn your trust in me with interest Two Families Did Not Loot: Omar Poll Vehicle has deep affection for Kashmir, by ensuring full fledged develop- Prime Minister Narendra Modi ment in J&K.” SRINAGAR: Rejecting the allegations by Prime Minister Modi that Mishap Kills 1 Saturday vowed to fulfil the He said his wish is to complete two political families have “looted” Jammu and Kashmir, Chief SRINAGAR: A man was killed on “dream” of former PM Atal Bihari the work started by Vajpayee. “It Minister Omar Abdullah asked him to tell what his government Saturday and 10 others were in- Vajpayee based on “democracy, is my wish and I will come repeat- has found to prove this in its six months in office. jured when a vehicle turned turtle humanity and Kashmiriyat” that edly here for that,” the Prime Min- “You have been in the government for the last six months at the during an election campaign in has made a “special place” in the ister said amid slogans of ‘Modi, Centre. Please tell us where (we have robbed the state),” Omar said Nowgam area. hearts of people of Jammu and Modi’ from the audience. in response to Modi’s statement at the election rally in Kishtwar The vehicle, which was part of Kashmir. “I have deep affection for Kash- Omar also said the allegations by Modi is not a new thing that is motorcade of PDP candidate from Addressing his first election mir. Affection from the core of my being hurled at state political parties. Chadoora Javed Mustafa Mir, rally in the state, he said “democ- heart and soul,” he told the rally “This (such allegations) is not a new thing.... Perhaps he is get- turned turtle at Suthsoo in Now- racy, Insaniyat and Kashmiriyat, at Chowgan ground in Kishtwar ting afraid. If we had really looted the state, would people have gam area this afternoon, a police these words of Atal ji have made town, adding other political parties supported us like this.... It is a proof of the fact that we have won official said. special place in the hearts of Kash- were surprised that there has not the hearts of the people,” he added. He said Ghulam Qadir, a resident miris and have ignited a hope in been even a single month when The Chief Minister challegend the BJP president to prove his al- of Pohru, died on the spot, while every Kashmiri youth about better trust my words that the dream, link religion to politics, saying “a Modi has not come to Kashmir. legations. 10 others were injured in the mis- future” which Atal ji had seen for J&K, Kashmiri is a Kashmiri” and the “He has come in July, August, Sep- PDP on its part said that after the six decade rule of the Congress hap in central Kashmir's Budgam “I want to urge people to install Modi will use all his might and will government at the Centre was com- tember, October and now in Novem- and National Conference, people of the state heaved the sigh of re- district. with full majority a BJP govern- fulfil that dream.” mitted to development of the state. ber,” Modi said referring to himself. lief during PDP’s brief tenure of three years. All the injured have been hospi- ment in Jammu and Kashmir and He warned against attempts to “Our mantra is only develop- “People wonder why PAGE 6 “It is unfortunate that the Prime Minister of country sends out talised and are in stable condition, a message that is not based on facts,” said PDP chief spokesman he said. PEOPLE WONDER WHY MODI is so attached to Kashmir. I am attached to Kashmir. It is my wish Naeem Akhtar. Malik Shifted to to complete the work started by Atal ji Anantnag Jail SRINAGAR: Incarcerated JKLF BJP Not to Filed Chairman Mohammad Yasin Ma- Police Detains 5 FB Users lik, who was lodged at SKIMS Candidate from Sopore hospital, was today shifted back to Anantnag jail. SRINAGAR: While speculations were rife that BJP ‘Promoting Poll Boycott’ “Ailing JKLF leader was early was eyeing volatile Sopore assembly segment in morning shifted back to Islam- north Kashmir as it witnesses less percentage SRINAGAR: Police have detained five ers social media users who are found abad jail, a JKLF spokesman said. of voting, the party has decided not to field any social networking users for spread- promoting fake news, exaggerating Meanwhile police crackdown candidate from the constituency. ing rumors, exaggerating incidents incidents and polling boycott on their on JKLF continued with arrest of Quoting unnamed sources KNS reported and promoting pages/accounts. zonal president Noor Mohammad that the rightwing party decided not to field poll boycott on Some of the per- Kalwal at Basant Bagh. Police also any candidate as they want to support the social network- sons found involved raided the residences of JKLF vice parties with whom there is a possibility of ing sites particu- have been identi- chairmen Mushtaq Ajmal and post-poll alliance. larly Facebook and fied as Sajad Mir and Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi. Despite Ramesh Arora state vice-president BJP and Whatsapp. Tabeeb sheikh of Kh- oppressive measures by authori- in charge Kashmir said that they have decided According to anyar Srinagar. Shau- ties JKLF delegations continued not to field any candidate in certain constitu- spokesman, Police kat Salafi of Naidkhai election boycott campaign with encies “as we may enter into post poll alliance has identified a number of persons Bandipora. Zahid hamid, Muneeb passion,” he added. with some parties.” found involved in these activities and Farooq Wani of Hardpora Anantnag. Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Farooq cases are being registered against Spokesman adds that the police Ahmad Lone confirmed that no BJP candidate them for putting up these fake posts. action against such elements will con- has filed nomination papers from Sopore. Police will continue to take stringent tinue as most of these mischief mon- Hizb Activist PHOTO: ABID BHAT “Nomination of seven independents were re- action against the face book and oth- gers are being continuously identified. Held in Sopore jected out of 23 and there are 16 candidates in SRINAGAR: A joint team of army fray from Sopore now,” he said. PDP Cavalcade Stoned at Budshah Chowk POLICE WILL CONTINUE to take stringent action and police Saturday arrested a mil- Media had earlier widely reported BJP plan SRINAGAR: At least three per- (PDP) leader at Budshah Chowk sembly Segment, Altaf Ahmad against the face book and others social media users itant from Sopore town of north to grab Sopore seat with the help of migrant sons were injured when dozens here on Saturday afternoon. Bukhari, was returning home Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Pandit voters as people in the constituency gen- of youth attacked the cavalcade of Eyewitnesses said that PDP’s after filing his nomination pa- who are found promoting fake news, exaggerating Official sources said that the joint erally heed the boycott call of Syed Ali Geelani. a senior Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Amira Kadal As- pers at Deputy PAGE 6 incidents and polling boycott on their pages/accounts. team of army’s 22 RR and SOG fol- lowing a specific information raided at General bus stand in Sopore. During the raid the forces ap- Grenade at rally prehended a militant of Hizbul- Why Is US Watching Kashmir Elections Keenly Mujahideen outfit along with a Make Facts Public: PDP pistol, they said. WASHINGTON: American of- confrontation. Pakistani visitors masking of ISI-fronted Kashmiri bly begins Nov. 25 and political who left the Congress Party say- Sources identified the militant as Ai- ficials are keenly watching the never fail to whip up exactly American Council and ISI-funded dynamics are fluid to pin down. ing he was disillusioned. Renzu, Kulgam: People’s Democratic Party candidate for jaz Ahmad Mir of Kreeri, Pattan. (GNS) political drama unfolding in those sentiments among Ameri- Ghulam Nabi Fai in 2011 - has Only two things are sure: that a bureaucrat who helped re- Noorabad Constituency Abdul Majid Paddar Saturday Jammu and Kashmir, where cans with exaggerated accounts taken a heavy toll on the credibil- the BJP won't join the Congress build damaged shrines and big urged upon police and army to make the facts about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's of alleged Indian army excesses ity of Pakistani claims. in a coalition and that the two bridges when he was in gov- the the incident public. Two persons reportedly at- party is running to claim the and the desire among Kashmiris US officials can see that the main regional rivals, the Nation- ernment, is popular among the tacked the rally led by him in Gandwani Noorabad coveted prize of winning India's for "azadi." BJP is looming large on Kash- al Conference and the PDP won't people. with a grenade on Friday. only Muslim-majority state. It so happens that Gen. Raheel mir this time with an effective join each other. All other combi- US officials say they see Paddar said that police has so far arrested only They are aware that if the BJP Sharif, Pakistan's army chief, is strategy of making inroads over nations are possible, especially no major problems in the ex- one person while his associate whom he identified successfully completes its most currently on a six-day visit to the past two years. But they with smaller parties, many of ecution of the elections and as Shabir Ahmed Wani a resident of Choulan Kulgam ambitious and audacious proj- the US, meeting officials at the which were created recently, the theme of development in is still at large. ect or comes close to the prize, Pentagon and the State Depart- OBSERVERS OUTPOST playing an important. Kashmir is just what the doc- “My supporters have already helped police to nab the signal that it is the new na- ment. He has blamed India for They will be crucial in BJP's tor ordered. They don't see the one assailant who hails from Augam Kulgam and his tional party would be unmistak- the current spate of LOC firings, are worried about BJP's stated attempt to get the magic num- streets erupting if the BJP forms name is Naushad Ahmed Ganaie. We had actually able. US diplomats have learnt a saying that his attention is being desire to "debate," if not abol- ber of 44 since no matter how the government. The meeting handed over the accused to Army but he is right now quick lesson after the national forcibly diverted from fighting ish Article 370, which gives hard it tries; its appeal among between Modi and former sepa- in police custody. I urged upon the police to made elections where their analysis terrorists on his eastern border. the state a special status. Even Muslims in the valley is low. US ratist leader, Sajjad Lone, was the facts public and arrest another accused who is was a little behind the curve. But blaming India for Paki- though BJP leaders are trying analysts say that parties like the seen as an especially interesting evading arrest,” Paddar told CNS. But Kashmir also arouses stan's self-inflicted wounds hard to keep the 370 issue away Kashmir Development Front, development. He alleged that the duo who hurled a grenade to- worry in Washington -- it is doesn't sell as well in Washington from headlines this campaign which has several former bu- Vijay Sazawal, a Kashmir ex- wards his supporters are working for some ‘agency’ seen as a "flash point" between as it used to. The constant misin- season, the pot has been stirred. reaucrats and academics, may pert who is consulted widely and police must clear the doubts of his supporters India and Pakistan, an ever-sim- formation campaign on Kashmir The first phase of voting for be appealing to voters. KDF was by Washington opinion makers, who are feeling scared. “It was the second attack on mering flame that can spark a - best exemplified by the un- the 87-member State Assem- created by Farooq Renzu Shah, said the mood in the PAGE 6 my rally and we have right to know who is PAGE 6

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Iran has signaled it’s willing to Iran have little more than two days which says its nuclear program is LAVROV TRIP continue allowing intrusive inter- to overcome serious disagreements solely for energy and industrial uses, “All the elements of an agreement national inspections of its nuclear that threaten the outcome of their has seen its economy squeezed and are already on the table, and the task facilities even if there’s no deal this negotiations. oil output slashed under sanctions. of diplomats now is to correctly put weekend, according to Western of- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ‘HOUR OF TRUTH’ together a package,” Russian Foreign ficials. The U.S. is “committed to met Iranian Foreign Minister Mo- “After a long 10 years of talking to Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday pause” its efforts to reduce Iranian oil hammad Javad Zarif today in Vienna, Iran we’ve come here in Vienna to in Moscow, predicting that “common sales under the interim accord that’s where talks between world powers the hour of truth,” Steinmeier told sense” will prevail and a compromise currently due to expire on Nov. 24, and the Islamic Republic entered a reporters today before meeting Ker- will be reached. the White House said in a statement fifth day. They have until Nov. 24 to ry. Even as the sides are “closer than Lavrov will “probably” travel to yesterday. agree on a comprehensive deal that ever” to reaching a deal, “wide gaps” participate in talks before the dead- The recent slide in oil prices has would curb Iran’s nuclear ambi- preventing agreement on key issues line expires, Russia’s Tass news agen- dealt another blow to Iran. It’s also tions and roll back sanctions. Failure mean negotiators could still fall short cy reported today. squeezing Russia, another country to reach an accord may embolden of an accord, he said. Barring a deal, diplomats may ex- targeted by Western sanctions, which American and Iranian skeptics of the The speed at which sanctions tend their temporary agreement for has signed deals to buy oil from Iran negotiation process. hurting Iran’s economy are rolled a second time in order to prolong and sell nuclear reactors. “We still have some serious gaps back under a possible deal remained negotiations. That strategy carries Saud al-Faisal, the foreign minister which we’re working to close,” Kerry one of the main sticking points, four the risk that opponents of the talks of Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest said today before meeting his German diplomats told Bloomberg News in both Iran and the U.S. may derail oil producer and one of the staunch- colleague, Foreign Minister Frank- when talks began this week. Iran’s the process. est regional opponents of Iran, has Walter Steinmeier. “A lot of serious mained inside Vienna’s Palais Coburg state also contacted his Canadian and capacity to produce fissile material Iran’s Khorasan newspaper report- met with both Kerry and Lavrov work is going on by a lot of people.” negotiating and making phone calls Turkish counterparts. is the other main point of disagree- ed today, citing an unnamed official in the past two days. After talks in Underscoring the high stakes, to gather input from world leaders. The conflict over Iran’s nuclear ment, they said. familiar with the negotiations, that Moscow yesterday, Lavrov said they Kerry and Zarif yesterday reversed Kerry spoke with Arab foreign program has cast the shadow of war An accord already exists in draft Zarif has taken a softer tone at this agreed that oil prices, which have plans to temporarily leave the nego- ministers today in a telephone-con- over the Persian Gulf nation with version, containing a four- or five- round of talks -- a departure from dropped almost 20 percent in two tiations in Vienna in order to consult ference, according to a U.S. official, the world’s No. 4 oil reserves. Israel page introduction followed by 30 to the shouting that it said had charac- months, shouldn’t be influenced by with other officials. They instead re- who added that the secretary of and the U.S. have threatened military 40 pages of details, according to a terized past rounds. politics. 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■ ■ Gunmen Massacre Iraqi Tribesmen To Death By Police In Lahore ■ ■ Baghdad: Daesh militants have security forces found 25 corpses LAHORE: A thirty-five-year- by Shahzad’s family members, been revealed. 28 Bus Passengers killed 25 members of a Sunni in the Shujariya area,” Hathal Al old Christian man , Allah Ra- who also tried to forcibly enter Angry protesters also ■ ■ tribe during their assault on a Fahdawi, a member of the Anbar kha Shahzad, died on Saturday the police station by breaking burned tyres and broke glass ■ ■ GARISSA: Gunmen seized a bus curity forces carried out raids provincial capital west of Bagh- Provincial Council, told Reuters. morning, allegedly after being the front door. with sticks, managing to block in northeastern Kenya near the on mosques in the port city of dad, local officials said on Sat- Albu Fahd tribal leader Shaikh tortured by police officials at An FIR was then registered the road outside the police sta- ■ ■ Somali border early Saturday Mombasa searching for weap- urday, in apparent revenge for Rafie Al Fahdawi said at least 25 Green Town police station. tion. and executed 28 non-Muslim ons and Shebab supporters. tribal opposition to the radical bodies had been found and said Shahzad- also known as Speak- passengers, police said, blam- Kenya has suffered a se- Islamists. he expected the total to be signif- Mithu- was arrested by the po- ing to The ing the attack on Shebab Is- ries of attacks since invading They said the bodies of the icantly higher. He said the bod- lice on Friday night after which Express lamic extremists. Somalia in 2011 to attack the men from the Albu Fahd tribe ies were found scattered around an FIR was filed against him. Tribune, SP “I can confirm... that 28 in- Shebab, later joining an Afri- were discovered after the army with no signs of weapons next to Shahzad was in custody for Sadar Ijaz nocent travellers were brutally can Union force battling the launched a counter-offensive on them, suggesting they were not selling alcohol and drugs. Shafi Dogar executed by the Shebab,” said Islamists. Saturday against the Daesh in a killed during fighting. Shahzad’s family attributed confirmed regional police chief Noah The Shebab carried out the village on the eastern edge of Ra- Daesh, which has seized con- his death to police torture, al- that an FIR Mwavinda, referring to the So- September 2013 attack on Nai- madi, capital of Anbar province. trol of large parts of Syria and leging that he died during had been mali militant group. robi's Westgate shopping mall, The killings echoed the execu- Iraq, continues to gain territory interrogation. Police officials registered He said the gunmen forced killing at least 67 people as tion of hundreds of members of in Anbar despite three months however, claimed that he died against IO the bus to stop and drove it a warning to Kenya to pull its the Albu Nimr tribe last month of US-led air strikes launched due to a heart attack. Rauf and to the side of the road, where troops out of southern Somalia. by Daesh fighters trying to break against the group. Family members of the de- the three they proceeded to kill passen- During the Westgate attack, local resistance to their advances On Friday it launched coor- ceased protested in front of unknown gers identified as non-Muslim. the gunmen weeded out non- in Anbar, a Sunni province they dinated attacks in central and the Green Town police station constables. The attack came after a Muslims for execution by de- have largely controlled for nearly outlying areas of Ramadi in an and threw stones at the po- The dead week that saw one person manding they recite the Sha- a year. attempt to take full control over lice station. DIG Operations Dr against investigation officer body was moved to Munshi shot dead and more than 350 hada, the Muslim profession “While they were combing a city which is already mostly in Haider Ashraf took notice of (IO) ASI Rauf and three con- Hospital where medical boards people arrested as Kenyan se- of faith. the territories they are liberating, its hands. the incident after the protest stables whose names have not will perform a postmortem.

INTERPOL Releases Pakistan sponsoring Govt clears proposal New ‘Most Wanted’ List terrorism, Dawood at to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,570 crore Pak-Afghan border: Rajnath NEW DELHI: In a fresh bid to the guns here," a source said. break the Bofors jinx, defence Talking about the multi- NEW DELHI: Blaming Pakistan pressure... As he is the most said New Delhi wants friendly minister Manohar Parrikar on crore joint bid by Tata Sons and for sponsoring terrorism in wanted criminal... Right now relations with not only Paki- Saturday cleared proposal to European firm Airbus to manu- India, home minister Rajnath he is along (Pakistan-) Afghan- stan but with all the neigh- acquire 814 artillery guns for facture 56 transport aircraft Singh on Saturday said the istan border," he said. bouring countries as well Rs 15,750 crore while deferring to replace the Avro fleet of the neighbouring country is pro- Asked whether India would as others nations across the the decision on joint bid by Tata Indian Air Force (IAF), sources viding shelter to Dawood Ibra- carry out a "hot pursuit" to world. Sons and Airbus to replace IAF's said the DAC has sought addi- him and the underworld don nab Dawood, Singh said, "Give "There should be efforts Avro transport fleet and also tional information. is currently staying along the us time. Please wait. Strategy from Pakistan side too to procurement of 106 Swiss Pila- A similar decision was also Pak-Afghan border. cannot be divulged. There is maintain cordial relations. tus basic trainer aircraft. taken on the proposal to ac- He said that though India no time frame. But we are try- We always want friendly re- The artillery guns would be quire an additional 106 Swiss Eco Hvac wants to maintain cordial rela- ing so that Pakistan hands over lations. But from their side, procured as per the "Buy and Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for tions with Pakistan, Islamabad Dawood as early as possible. there should be at least talk Make" procedure introduced the IAF at an estimated cost of seems not too keen on estab- Diplomatic pressure is build- of friendship. There should be last year under which 100 such about Rs 8,200 crore. lishing friendly relations with ing up." feeling to make friendship (by guns would be bought off the The DAC also approved the New Delhi. On whether India will make Pak)... But I believe, sometime shelf while 714 would be made revised payment schedule of Addressing the Hindustan efforts to have dialogue with sooner some breakthrough in India. Rs 7,160 crore for the IAF's Inte- Times Leadership Summit Pakistan, the home minister will come," he said. The Indian Army has not grated Air Command and Con- here, he said terrorism in In- acquired artillery guns in the trol System which aims to inte- dia is not home grown but is almost three decades after the grate all ground and air censors. externally aided... It is from Bofors scam surfaced in 1986. The IAF currently has five Pakistan. Sources said at least six sector headquarters (nodes) of "Terrorism in India is fully tenders have been issued so communication and the plan is LONDON: The international is suspected of operating an Pakistan sponsored. Pakistan far but were cancelled due to to have five four more besides Near islamia college,Hawal,Srinagar-190001 police agency, Interpol, has illegal crab-fishing scheme in says non state actors are in- a number of reasons including 10 sub-nodes and up-gradation Ph:0194-2410284,09205041260 Email:[email protected] started its first Most Wanted Russia that netted USD 450 volved. But is ISI non-state ac- blacklisting and single vendor of the entire system. list for suspects who commit million. tor. ISI is aiding terrorism," he scenario. Parrikar, who comes with an various sorts of environmental Adriano Giacobone is also said. The plans to acquire such IIT background and has himself crimes. The Most Wanted list wanted over criminal allega- Singh said Pakistan is not guns were first mooted under being an entrepreneur, stressed of environmental criminals, tions including illegal trans- taking initiative to punish Army's Field Artillery Rationali- that the procurement policy GRAND HOTEL dubbed Operation INFRA Terra, port and discharge of toxic those involved in 2008 Mum- sation Plan (FARP) formulated should be fast and transparent. has so far targeted nine fugi- waste, poisoning water beds, bai terror attacks as the case in in 1999. According to the ministry AND RESTAURANT tives for crimes including ille- kidnapping, illegal detention, that country was moving at a The decisions were taken af- sources, Parrikar said that the gal discharge of toxic waste, il- carrying firearms and aggra- very slow pace. ter Parrikar chaired his maiden DAC could be held for more legal logging, ivory smuggling, vated theft. Operation INFRA "Pakistan is not helping in meeting of the Defence Acqui- than a month and with lesser and trafficking live animals, (International Fugitive Round the judicial process. In fact it is sition Council (DAC) here this agenda. As of now, the ministry Interpol said on its website. up & Arrest) Terra started as an trying to scuttle it," he said. morning. is aiming to hold DAC at least The suspects contributed to effort to seek public assistance According to the home min- Defence ministry sources once a month. “transnational organized crime in tracking down suspects ister, Dawood has been living said the DAC has cleared the During the discussion today, groups [that] have turned en- committing environmental in Pakistan and despite many long pending proposal to ac- the issue of "Make In India" ini- vironmental exploitation into crimes, said the international requests, the neighboring quire 814 mounted guns of tiative of Prime Minister Naren- a professional business with policing organization. country has not handed over 155mm/52 calibre. dra Modi also came up. lucrative revenues,” Interpol “Until recently, environ- him to India. Sources said a fresh Request Sources said there would be said. The men hail from differ- mental offences were not even "When the Pakistan premier for Proposal (RFP) would be more discussion on the matter ent parts of the world — there considered a crime by many came to India, our Prime Min- issued for the procurement and the effort is to make the are three Europeans, three Af- countries, but as the years have ister told him to hand over Da- which will be open to public as entire process more attractive ricans, two Asians, and a Latin passed, they have realized that wood. We are pursuing it. We well as private companies. to foreign investors. American — and operate across environmental crime is a seri- are trying to build diplomatic The Indian private compa- The DAC, set up in 2001 as national borders. ous internal threat to our soci- nies that are likely to make a part of the post-Kargil reforms One fugitive, Ahmed Ka- eties,” said Andreas Andreou, ASKED WHETHER INDIA WOULD carry out a "hot pursuit" to nab Dawood, Singh said, bid for this project include L&T, in defence sector, approves the mran, has been charged with a criminal intelligence officer "Give us time. Please wait. Strategy cannot be divulged. There is no time frame. But we are trying TATA and Bharat Forge. long-term integrated perspec- smuggling over 100 live ani- with Interpol’s environmental so that Pakistan hands over Dawood as early as possible. Diplomatic pressure is building up." "The Indian company, when tive plan for the forces, accords mals, including giraffes and security unit. selected, will be the lead part- acceptance of necessity (AON) impalas, on a military plane A 2014 Interpol report said ner now. They can either show to begin acquisition proposals, from Kilimanjaro International transnational organized envi- TERRORISM IN INDIA IS FULLY Pakistan sponsored. Pakistan their ability to make the prod- and has to grant its approval to Airport in Tanzania to be deliv- ronmental crime is estimated says non state actors are involved. But is ISI non-state actor. ISI is uct completely here or tie-up all major deals through all their ered to Qatar. to be worth USD 70 -213 billion aiding terrorism," he said. with a foreign firm and build important phases. K Another, Sergey Darminov, annually. Y M C   SUNDAY 23112014 Kashmir Observer OPINION Military Justice In A Political Season The announcement of the Macchil conviction on the eve of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections is a political decision, not one in support of justice or transformation

SUCHITRA VIJAYAN Kashmir are believed to contain victims 19 civilians, including 11 children and the end goal of justice. It is incompatible norm. An unjust law and a flawed court of unlawful killings, enforced disappear- five women (one of whom was pregnant), with the fundamental rights that collec- of justice in itself is a species of vio- ances, numerous fake encounters, tor- were shot to death at point blank range tively constitute the right to due process lence. Systemic unaccountability for its HE Indian Army last week ture, massacres and other abuses. The in their homes in Sailan in Poonch dis- in India. Rather than aid the system of breach is more so. sentenced five of its person- report “Facts under Ground” issued by trict. Their bodies were thereafter dis- checks and balances that impose ac- Moral and political failure nel, including two officers, to the Srinagar-based Association of the membered to be disposed of. In official countability, court martials have be- Kashmir is India’s greatest moral life imprisonment for staging Parents of Disappeared Persons alleges accounts, these heinous crimes were come a distinctive tool; kangaroo courts and political failure. It is here that even the killing of three Kashmiri that more than 8,000 persons have gone reported as collateral damage during an that aid in the fiction of state account- the most civilised amongst us begin to T “encounter” despite overwhelming evi- ability, while legitimising violence and make excuses for repression, brutality civilians in the Macchil fake encoun- missing in Jammu and Kashmir since ter case in 2010 and branding them as 1989. There are innumerable cases of dence to the contrary. counterinsurgency operations. and violence. It is here that we subsume foreign militants for rewards and re- Army atrocities, cover-ups and system- In the 2000 Pathribal fake encounter, Every now and again, security forc- all that we otherwise celebrate under munerations. Soon after, Jammu and atic failure to prosecute. Indian military forces killed five men es green light court martials in carefully the demands of freedom, progress, liber- Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah This spectacle of death, destruction claiming that the victims were “foreign chosen cases in the guise of account- alism, liberty and secular ideals. Since welcomed the decision calling it a “wa- and disappearance witnessed over and militants” responsible for the massacre ability. Of particular note are two cases 1947, the Indian state has responded tershed moment.” over again in Kashmir is a culture of of Sikhs in Chittisinghpora. During the of rape, one against Captain Ravinder to the political aspirations and the so- The Indian Army’s court martial impunity that has flourished in the af- course of investigation, DNA samples Singh Tewatia in 2000 and the other cial and the legal demands in Kashmir verdict presents us with an indictment termath of years of conflict, occupation of the Pathribal victims had been tam- against Major Rehman Hussain in 2004. through militarisation, repression, and of state brutality, while simultaneous- and militarisation. This reign of impu- pered with. The Central Bureau of Inves- Captain Tewatia was convicted by the indiscriminate violence, including, at ly inviting us to consider the vacilla- nity constitutes a form of violence and tigation told the Supreme Court of India court martial and sentenced to impris- various times, the denial of democratic tions of those who peddle the promise a “structural element of everyday real- that the Pathribal killings by the Army onment for seven years. Major Hussain rights, the manipulation of elections, of a more benign, transformed rule in ity.” “were cold-blooded murders and the ac- was dismissed from service. Both the ac- and the murder and imprisonment of its Kashmir. The verdict is not a watershed Patterns of impunity cused officials deserve to be meted out cused challenged their decisions in the political leaders. moment, but indicative of the manner In Kashmir, state violence is openly exemplary punishment.” Despite these Jammu and Kashmir High Court and in The Macchil verdict and the decision in which political considerations and exercised as the policy for governance; findings, the Indian Army closed the both the instances, the court overturned to announce the conviction on the eve of interests of the Army override larger it is integral to the way in which sover- case in January this year stating that the court martial’s verdict. While the the Assembly elections in Jammu and principles of justice and accountability. eignty is practised. Questions of rule of “the evidence did not establish a prima Captain Tewatia case is still awaiting Kashmir is a political decision, and not Rogue elements in the Macchil fake en- law and state accountability remain ab- facie case against any of the accused” further legal challenge, Major Hussain one in support of justice or transforma- counter were not driven to these acts for dicated. The political context to the exer- and chose not to conduct a court martial. is reported to have returned to service. tion. Even as change is being trumpeted, professional advancement. The encoun- cise of state violence is the unchallenged The existence of judicial institutions While the court martial decision Kashmir has witnessed yet another kill- ter is not an aberration, but a deliberate impunity and authority enjoyed by the holds out the promise of accountability, in Macchil has been announced, the ing of a civilian by Indian Army person- enactment of the unfettered power and state forces. It is not just the question of and a facade of redress, but patterns conviction remains to be confirmed by nel, 18-year-old Tariq Ahmad in Kulgam lawlessness of the state. It is reflective of The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, of cover-up and denials are pervasive the Northern Army Commander. This area. Possibilities of change will occur the cash-for-kill policy that has institu- but also larger structures of oppression throughout the legal system. The insti- might take up to two to three months. when perpetrators are held uniformly tionalised the incentivisation of encoun- that dictate everyday life in Kashmir. tutional denial of justice extends the Whether the perpetrators will be held accountable for their act in a civil court ter killings. In Kunan Poshpora, a village in Kup- control of the military while maintain- accountable remains to be seen. The under the public gaze and when victims, It is imperative that the Macchil fake wara district, soldiers of the 4th Rajpu- ing the facade of law. Impunity has been court martial verdict by itself is not an survivors and their families finally encounter is placed within the larger tana Rifles of the Army’s 68th Brigade the norm in Kashmir and convictions administration of justice. A few incon- have the opportunity to confront those context of violence perpetrated against allegedly raped more than 50 women in such as in the Macchil case are excep- sequential punishments will not lead responsible for what happened to them. civilians in Kashmir and the long his- 1991. The Indian Army has consistently tions in service of political end. to justice when there is an entire chain Courtesy The Hindu tory of human rights violations sanc- denied the charges as “baseless” and The military justice system in In- of command and a vicious structure in tioned by the state. Thousands of un- called the women’s struggle for justice dia remains opaque, procedurally long- place that makes these encounters, dis- (Suchitra Vijayan is a Barrister-at- marked and mass graves in Jammu and “mala fide.” In the 1998 Sailan massacre, winded, antiquated and unable to serve appearances and everyday violence a Law and a political analyst.)

Beware Of Pig fat in YOur fOOD NARENDERA MODI & How many times a day do you eat a cow or a pig? Every time you eat gelatin. You do not even see it so you have no idea how it is made. THE GREAT POWER GAME MANEKA GANDHI of foods that contain gelatin are gelatin desserts, jellies, trifles, aspic, marshmal- PHILIP STEPHENS the knowhow that New Delhi needs to mod- balance rising Chinese power. Modi has been elatin is made from decay- lows, yogurt, jelly babies, transparent ernise its infrastructure. Washington has the confident enough to publicly chide Beijing ing animal hides, boiled sweets, jams, cream cheese, chewing defence equipment required by a neglected for stirring tensions in the East and South crushed bones, connective gum, blancmange, charlottes, mousses, he world looks a different place military. Israel is relaxed about selling on China Seas and to offer Indian support for tissues of cattle and pigs. cake icing and frosting, Bavarian through the other end of the tele- sensitive military technologies. the Vietnamese navy. Animal bones, skins, and creams, sour cream, Turkish Delight, scope. For westerners, the crisis The second thread is security. Modi is Which takes us back to Ukraine. During G the Cold War, India’s hedge against China tissue are obtained from slaughter hous- nougat, margarine, cake mixes, bakery in Ukraine is about the threat to establishing a more explicit strategic hedge es. Gelatin processing plants are usually glazes, meringues, ice cream, coffee, and the European order posed by Rus- against China’s rising economic and military came in the form of the Indo-Soviet friend- T ship treaty. Moscow still supplies vital de- located near slaughterhouses and often powdered milk. It is used in jellied soups, sian revanchism. Visiting New Delhi the might. You can see why. Beijing has extend- the owners of gelatin factories have their aspic, sauces and gravies, canned ham other day, I was presented with a different own slaughterhouses where animals and chicken, corned beef, sausage. perspective. There was only one winner from are killed just for their skin and bones. It is also used in fat reduced foods President Vladimir Putin’s confrontation When the animal parts arrive at the food to simulate the feel of fat and to create with the west: China’s Xi Jinping. processing plant, they volume without adding calories. It is India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are supposed to be in- used for the clarifica- has surprised during his first months in office. spected for quality and tion of juices, such as The pace of economic modernisation has fall- the rotten parts dis- apple juice and vinegar. en short of high expectations. Indian business carded. There are no Isinglass, from the swim leaders mutter that while the prime minister inspection systems in bladders of fish, is still has set off in the right direction, his caution India so you can rule used as a refining agent has belied an unchallenged grip on power. this out. The bones, for wine and beer. Yel- tissues are loaded low coloured soft drinks Many expected a “big bang”. into chopping ma- contain gelatin as it makes They are getting instead a se- chines that cut the beta-carotene water-solu- ries of useful but unspectacular parts into small pieces. ble. To name a few products advances. Foreign investors A gelatin factory has cow skins that are available in the Indian piled to the ceiling. The skins are left to market - mentos, altoids, Trident gum, have been reminded of the rul- putrefy or "cure" for about a month in Mints, Skittles, Starbursts , M&M’s, ing Bharatiya Janata Party’s vats of lime. The stench from the factory Cupcakes, Snicker bars, Kellogg’s (BJP) mercantilist roots. Modi is can be smelt for miles. After the hides Rice Krispies, Ranch Salad dressing, navigating — by most accounts are ripe they are put into vats of acid Hershey’s Cheetos, Twix bars, Kellogg’s that disintegrates the cow hairs, skin, Marshmallow Froot Loops cereal, Kel- — a bit too cautiously, between and cartilage. Acids and alkalines such logg’s Smorz cereal, the need for foreign capital and as caustic lime or sodium carbonate are Kellogg’s Frosted Pop-Tarts, Kel- knowhow and the defensive na- used. The gelatin obtained from acid logg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal, treated raw material has been called Kellogg’s Fruit-Flavored Snacks , Milky tionalism of his own party. type-A gelatin, and the gelatin obtained Way, Yoplait Yoghurt. A contrary surprise has come in the from alkali treated raw material is Gelatin forms the shells of pharma- realm of foreign policy. Widely expected to referred to as type-B gelatin. (In order ceutical capsules. Gelatin is also used as be a domestic prime minister, Modi has been to confuse buyers into thinking they an ingredient in implantable medical de- energetic and assertive on the international vices, such as in some bone void fillers. stage. These are early days, but the signs are ed its regional influence beyond a longstand- fence equipment, but the relationship has It's also in lozenges, and ointments. that India is thinking like a power intent on ing understanding with Pakistan. Also called fallen into disrepair. Few expect anything Gelatin is closely related to bone shaping the space around it. Modi has shed the “string of pearls” strategy, it aims to new from Putin’s visit to New Delhi next HEADS & TAILS glue and is used as a binder in match what an ally calls the “third-worldish” out- build China’s presence in the Indian Ocean. month. Instead, the Ukraine crisis has driven heads and sandpaper. It is used to hold look that flowed from India’s long allegiance Only the other day, a Chinese submarine the Russian president into the arms of China. are eating vegetarian alternative, many silver halide crystals in an emulsion to the nonaligned movement. He has also docked in Sri Lanka. Simultaneously, Bei- With only enemies in the West, Putin has felt food products put Type B gelatin on their in virtually all photographic films and sidestepped the BJP’s instinctive anti-Amer- jing has upgraded its forces and modernised compelled to show he has a friend in the East. ingredients list.) This is washed in water photographic papers. icanism. its military infrastructure along the disputed Xi has been quick to exploit this supplicant and then cooked till it becomes a white Cosmetics contain gelatin under Prime ministerial visits to Tokyo and and largely undemarcated Himalayan border status. By Indian estimations, Moscow’s gas goo or gel. The gelatin is then filtered, the name hydrolyzed collagen. Gelatin Washington have heralded an extravagantly with India. supply deal with Beijing was struck at a bar- evaporated, dried, ground to separate is also used in nail polish remover and close relationship with Japan’s Prime Minis- India has learnt to live with the ever- gain basement price. the water from the gelatin solution and makeup applications. The gelatin is often ter Shinzo Abe and a noticeable warming of present danger of another war with a nu- Word in New Delhi also has shipped off to different companies. By tinted in different colours to match a ties with the US. Attention to India’s neigh- clear-armed Pakistan. The humiliation of now the cow’s skin and bones have been model's natural skin tone. bourhood, including long-forgotten places its defeat at the hands of the Chinese in the it that Putin has been under transformed into a translucent, colour- Gelatin is found in some glossy such as Bhutan and Nepal, has improved In- 1962 border war cut deeper into the national pressure to sell China some of less, brittle, flavourless solid substance printing papers, artistic papers, playing dia’s frayed regional standing. The new gov- psyche. Xi’s unapologetically revisionist Russia’s most advanced military called gelatin. Commercially manufac- cards. It maintains the wrinkles in crêpe ernment has opened up military cooperation foreign policy rekindles the painful memo- technology. tured gelatin is packaged in ¼-ounce paper. Blocks of ballistic gelatin simulate with Vietnam and struck a long-term deal to ries. Chinese troops chose the occasion of envelopes of desiccated granules, muscle tissue as a standardized medium buy uranium from Australia. An apparently Xi’s September visit to New Delhi to stage a Geopolitics is full of unintended conse- paper-thin sheets, known as leaves and for testing firearms ammunition. It is convivial meeting in New York with Israeli cross-border incursion into Indian territory. quences. In this case, Putin’s military ad- meltable blocks .Sweeteners, flavour- commonly used as a biological substrate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may Beijing is anything but subtle. venturism in Ukraine has encouraged New ings, and colourings are added in the to culture cells. foreshadow the first visit to the Jewish state India is not looking for a confrontation. Delhi in its quest for friends elsewhere. It is preparation of food gelatin. Alternatives to gelatin include by an Indian prime minister. It has a lot of catching up to do, economi- hard to imagine India forging anything like The worldwide production amount non-animal gel sources such as agar-agar Those looking for binding threads in this cally and militarily. It wants to expand the a formal alliance with Washington. There is of gelatin is about 3,00,000 tons per year, seaweed, carrageenan, pectin, konjak, flurry of diplomatic activity will find two. economic relationship with Beijing. If Japan too much historical baggage for that, but all about 660 million pounds. It is used in and guar gum but they will never be They are interwoven. The first centres on has money to invest, China, potentially, has strategic logic now points to a deepening se- food, pharmaceuticals, photography used unless you demand them. the imperative of attracting foreign invest- more. curity partnership with the US. And, in this, and cosmetics. These four industries ment and advanced technology. Indian pow- That said, each of Modi’s diplomatic for- Russia has become very much the unwitting collectively consume over 95 percent of Maneka Gandhi writes weekly er depends, above all, on a faster economic ays — and particularly the closeness of the accomplice. gelatin globally. The balance 5 percent is column Heads & Tails for the Kashmir growth rate. Japan has both the money and relationship with Abe — speak of the effort to — Financial Times used in abrasive paper, textiles, matches Observer. To join her animal rights move- & printer rollers. Common examples ment contact [email protected] SUNDAY 23112014 Kashmir Observer PANORAM A   FROM BEING IDIOTS TO BEING ZOMBIES How TV Robs Our Emotional Quotient keep us in a tizzy, always harried. We threat of new media is that they deprive us world buzzing with activity. When phones get represent no more our own reason but of our authentic passive experience, and This just takes us away from other manufactured reasoning is drilled into thus prepare us for mindless frenetic ac- more important activities like reasoned, smarter and people us. The recent episodes of political imma- tivity—for endless work” which in fact is critical thinking and analysis. There is turity or blind faith that we are witness- the exact echo of the current kind of think- still time left to wake up and take a break get dumber, it is the ing reflect these tendencies. Very few ing (or the lack of it). Mindless tweeting, from this endless cacophony. Our dis- manufactured truth possessing reason and objectivity occupy replying, getting all worked up and mad courses and life itself can be more mean- these virtual spaces. over silly Facebook posts and doing little ingful if we pick and choose from what we that triumphs Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian philosopher research before blurting out endless blab- are being fed and more often question the and psychoanalyst, notes in one of his ar- ber is what marks our discourses today. veracity of facts. It’s time to get a life. ticles that “When I come home in the eve- The fear is real that we are gradually TAHMINA LASKAR the 24X7 news channels and soap operas ning too exhausted to engage in meaning- becoming television news and social net- made their foray into Indian television we ful activity, I just tune in to a TV sitcom; working zombies impatient to react to Tahmina Laskar have virtually been reduced to a vegeta- even if I do not laugh, but simply stare at things. Our responses are often impulsive is a New Delhi- s the public opinion got tive, unthinking lot. For one so much the screen, tired after a hard day’s work, and devoid of objectivity. When phones get based blogger and bigger with the presence of information overload has made us lazy. I nonetheless feel relieved after the show. smarter and people get dumber, it is the Program Officer, social media and television We do not bother to verify facts any- It is as if the TV were literally laughing in manufactured truth that triumphs. One of Police Reforms it got dumber too. In fact it is more and share misinformation in all my place, instead of me.” the major reasons of such gluttony for re- Program with Ano more an opinion; rather gullibility. Very few have caught this That is the reality of today’s public acting in public is that we leave ourselves Commonwealth it is repeating a notion over and over pulse of ours and they manipulate our opinion. with little time after work and in those Human Rights again until it becomes gospel truth. Since choices; make us speak in 140 characters, Zizek goes on to say that “the real moments we just want to be a part of the Initiative. She blogs at www.tamz84.com. Parveen Shakir A POLITICAL STORY JAISA MEIN OF JAMA MASJID NAY DEKHA HILAL AHMED ing Committee of Jama Masjid were del- Wakf Board, Abdullah Bukhari chose REVIEWER: IMTIAZ PIRACHA egated to this newly centralized Wakf an alternative political move. He issued institution. This administrative system a statement supporting the family plan- he first of a two-part series on was changed again in 1962 when the Del- ning programme of the government. ARVEEN Shakir was born on a rainy day in November India’s best known moque lo- hi Wakf Board (DWB) was established This statement was widely circulated as 1952, in Karachi. By the age of 25, she had made her mark cated in the Capital under the Wakf Act of 1954. Since then a religious decree (fatwa) and presented as a poet of substance through mushairas, radio and tele- The Masjid-e-Jane-Jah- the management of the Jama Masjid be- as the religious sanctioning for family vision appearances. Her first collection, Khushboo, was Tanuma or Jama Masjid was came the responsibility of the DWB. All planning among Muslims. He also used Ppublished in 1977. Her fourth and last book, Inkaar, was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan the financial matters including the pay- the Public Address System (PAS) of the published in 1990. In between, Sadburg and Khudkalami appeared. in the 17th century as the central mosque ments of salaries to the Shahi Imam, the Jama Masjid to encourage the Muslims Another collection, Kafe-Aina, was published posthumously in 1996. for the capital city of Shahjahanabad. Naib Imam and other employees of the for family planning. Shakir also contributed newspaper columns. Her poetry power- Shah Jahan invited Hazrat Abdul Ghafur mosque were administered by the DWB. ….This pro-Congress gesture turned fully and defiantly voiced the deeply suppressed emotions of women Shah to lead the regular prayers at Jama ….Jama Masjid has never been de- out to be a political disaster for Abdullah living in a society dominated by men and their rules. Masjid. Abdul Ghafur Shah was an estab- clared a protected monument. Following Bukhari. This ‘fatwa’ further heightened Written in the style of popular Urdu fiction mostly associated lished Islamic scholar from Bukhara, a the guidelines given in the Conservation the anti-government feelings, which with women writers, Parveen Shakir: Jaisa Mein Nay Dekhha by central Asian city renowned for Islamic Manual of 1923, the Jama Masjid was put were already increasing in the Jama Rafaqat Javed is a friend’s tribute to the poet. In spite of the fictional style, the facts about Shakir’s life and the selection of poems are well- researched and painstakingly presented in an uncluttered manner. An outstanding student throughout, Shakir taught English lit- erature for nine years at Abdullah College in Karachi before joining the civil services. During her government service, she earned schol- arships and pursued studies in the West. The breakup of Shakir’s marriage left her reeling. Her son Mu- rad, nicknamed Geetu, became the centre of her existence. More- over, being a single working mother and competing professionally and culturally in an intimidating male environment further in- flamed her sensitivity toward gender issues facing women. Although an old admirer of Shakir’s poetry, Rafaqat Javed got to know her in 1988 in New Delhi. Rafaqat’s husband was posted in the Pakistan embassy and Shakir was attending the International Urdu Conference there. The two friends met several noted personalities in India during the visit. Their meetings during the trip with Khush- want Singh, Qurratulain Hyder, F.M. Hussain, Kamna Parshad and Kathak dancer Pushpa Dogra are recounted with interesting details. One instance is the rumour that Dogra was an Indian spy. During the trip, Shakir also expressed keen interest in meeting a well-known palmist who, according to Javed, was popular among the showbiz celebrities. He forewarned Shakir that she would not be able to complete her fifth book, which she was working on at the time, and that she would die young. He was proved right on both counts. Javed has carefully picked and included Shakir’s poems corre- sponding with various stages and events in her life — her early life, marriage, the birth of her only child Murad; her separation from her husband, the allegations, and later the agony of loneliness. It gives a lot of perspective to the poetry and is meticulously done, en- riching the book. Shakir received numerous prestigious awards for Muslims gather for sunset prayers at the grand mosque in Jama Masjid Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP her work, including the Adamjee Award in 1978 and Pride of Perfor- mance in 1991. The translations of her poetry into English, Japanese and Sanskrit began during her lifetime. scholarship at that time. Imam Ghafur in the special category. Without any for- Masjid area because of the forced urban- ‘Najanay kiyun?’ is a brief chapter in the book in which Javed Shah was designated as the Imam-ul- mal agreement with concerned religious isation and family planning programme. narrates the events of Shakir’s last 24 hours. Shakir could not make Sultan (the Imam of the Emperor) or the endowment, the ASI used to take care of Many Muslim families decided not to of- it to Javed’s house for a Sunday lunch. However, she surprised Ja- Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid. the architectural and historic character fer namaz inside this historic mosque to ved by showing up close to midnight along with her son, and asked The Shahi Imam had two main func- of the buildings. However, the question register their protest. The fatwa was also Javed to go out for ice-cream. The weather was cold. Javed regrets tions. First, as the Imam of the mosque of ASI’s involvement in the management criticised by the local political groups as her inability to fulfill that wish. Meanwhile, Shakir also returned he had to perform certain religious ac- of the mosque has always been a politi- well as the established Muslim organisa- some jewellery she had borrowed from Javed, saying “Zindagi ka tivities such as leading regular daily cally sensitive issue. tions. kya bharosa, kya khabar, Rafaqat?” prayers, weekly congregational prayers ….The eleventh Imam of the Jama This political debacle was a turning The friendship between Javed and Shakir grew stronger with on Friday and the annual Eid prayers. Masjid, Syed Hamid Bukhari was the point for Abdullah Bukhari. He realised the passage of time. Shakir, usually along with her son Murad, Second, the Imam had to function as the Shahi Imam of the mosque in 1970s. He that his political support to Mrs Gandhi was a frequent royal priest. He was bestowed with the was known for his personal integrity could not help him in mobilizing local guest at Javed’s responsibility and authority of crowning and was respected as a responsible ‘el- Muslims. The pro-Congress politics, fur- home. First in the Mughal emperor. The Imam of Jama der’ by the local Muslim community. thermore, did not give him a stature that New Delhi and Masjid, thus, over the period of time be- On the other hand, his eldest son and he might have been aiming for. On the later in Risal- came some kind of religious-political au- the then Naib Imam (Deputy Imam) of other hand, the Congress was also not pur, Peshawar, thority…. the mosque, Syed Abdullah Bukhari, interested in him any longer. The fatwa Kamra and Despite having a religious-tradi- was not an educated man. No one knows was unofficially withdrawn and the finally Islam- tional authority, the Shahi Imam had about his formal education. He was not a Congress establishment started ignor- abad, where the not been involved in the management Hafiz (memorizer), nor an Alim or Mufti ing him. These changing circumstances families eventu- related issues of the mosque in Mughal (formal degrees in the Madrasa system). forced Abdullah Bukhari not only to ally settled. India. The Emperor dedicated four vil- Yet, as the Naib Imam, he used to lead the revolutionise his style of politics but also Shakir died in a lages as wakf for Jama Masjid. Howev- regular prayers at Jama Masjid in the ab- to rethink creatively about more innova- car accident in er, by the end of the 19th century these sence of his father. Unlike Syed Hamid, tive use of Jama Masjid. In this context, December 1994, villages disappeared and the mosque Abdullah Bukhari was a politically am- the Socialist Party and the Jan Sangh– in Islamabad. lost its principal source of income. Yet, bitious person. He was fully aware of the ideologically two opposite political It was another the royal grants were continued for the religious and historical significance of groups- discovered Abdullah Bukhari, as rainy day. She maintenance of Jama Masjid. In the last Jama Masjid, particularly the economic a potential ally. was 42. phase of the Mughal Empire, when it importance of the mosque for the local The public image of Bukhari was fur- became virtually impossible for the Mu- Muslim population, and very much inter- ther ruined by allegations made by the ghal Kings to provide financial support ested in exploiting this ‘emotional attach- DWB. …the Board had asked Abdullah PARVEEN to the mosque, the local community took ment’ for his own political advancement. Bukhari to give accounts for the money SHAKIR: up this responsibility. …He was aware of his limitations and received by him through the sale of tick- In the late 19th century a Working advantages. He must have realised, as it ets to foreign tourists.. However, Bukhari Jaisa Committee for looking after the manage- seems, the historic connection between did not reply to these letters and ignored ment of the mosque was set up. Besides the institution of Shahi Imam and the the reminders sent to him. — DNA Mein Nay the monthly collection from the local Jama Masjid. Yet, he was a bit confused, (The article contains excerpts from shops and stalls, the donations given by as his first political endeavour clearly Hilal Ahmed’s book, Muslim Political Dekha the rich Muslims were the main source shows, about the choice of an applicable Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monu- (BIOGRAPHY) of income of the mosque at that time. The political strategy. As a result, he decided ments, Memory, Contestation, Routledge, By Rafaqat Javed Imam of Jama Masjid used to be an ordi- not to use his indisputable stature as the 2014) Parveen Shakir nary member of the Working Committee. true heir of the royal Muslim past in a Trust After the formation of the Sunni manner antagonistic to the government The author is an assistant professor Majlis-e-Auqaf on the basis of the Auqaf and adopted a relatively mild approach. at the Centre for the Study of Developing ISBN 978-969-8794-04-0 Act of 1943, all the powers of the Work- Instead of waging a war against the Societies (CSDS) 228pp.   6 SUNDAY 23112014 Kashmir Observer Govt to relook at tax treaties to unearth black money: Arun Jaitley New Delhi: Faced with the daunt- them (foreign countries) and they say there is a settled procedure and govern- cism of the relaunching of the Kisan ing task of getting back black money the HSBC list is stolen, I won’t cooper- ment has to go by that settled process. Vikas Patra (KVP) in which even narco stashed abroad, government on Satur- ate. So I won’t go to you on the basis of “The world today is uniting to un- terrorism money can be laundered, Mr. day said it was having a relook at some stolen list. But if I present to you some earth these unauthorised transactions. Jaitley dismissed such fears saying there of the bilateral tax treaties signed with independent evidence about names Conventionally they were against crime are adequate safeguards built in it. foreign countries that may be hindering which happen to come on the stolen money and not tax evaded money. He said the Congress gave its reac- the repatriation of the money. list, then will you provide me the evi- “Today even tax evaded money, tion without reading the notification “Of course, we are,” Finance Minister dence?” he said referring to the discus- which flies from one part of the world on the KVP scheme and there cannot Arun Jaitley said in an interaction with sions with Swiss government. to another, there is exchange of in- be a debate on “ill-informed or semi- PTI journalists at the PTI headquarters Asked if this was not provided in the formation. And then if you are able to informed facts”. in New Delhi. current bilateral treaties, the Minister prove that it’s contrary to law they give “In the notification we have said that He was asked whether the govern- said, “This is what we have discussed. you the supporting evidence. You have the moment you buy those patras you ment would have a relook at the bilat- Increasingly the cooperation is increas- to go through that procedure. There is have to give name and address. So the eral treaties through which the govern- ing. Now if you see the U.S. laws, they no other short cut,” he said. KYC norms are there and if you are buy- ment was not easily getting information want more and more countries to ac- The Minister parried a question ing more than Rs. 50,000 then you have about black money hoarders abroad. cept that law which provides for auto- about the possibility of an amnesty to give your PAN card. Mr. Jaitley said he had sent a delega- matic exchange of information.” scheme to unearth black money, both “So the argument is narcotic dealers tion recently to Switzerland and they To a question whether India would within and outside the country. and narco terrorism and all those people have come back with some positive be signing such a treaty, the Minis- “Every institution in this matter has will buy. But then they have to give their movement. ter said, “Our application is precisely the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is ficulties in getting black money from to realise its responsibilities,” he said PAN cards and we will arrest all of them. “We have to furnish evidence inde- that. The Supreme Court, the earlier looking into it.” abroad, a promise of which was made without elaborating. You can’t have a debate on ill-informed pendent of the HSBC list. I can’t go to judgement, needs a clarification. So On another question relating to dif- by BJP during elections, Mr. Jaitley said To a question on the Congress criti- or semi-informed facts,” he said.

India one of our fastest India’s shareholder protection ranking growing markets: Twitter ahead of developed countries: SEBI chief New Delhi, November 22: Buoyed by the rising penetra- NEW DELHI, November 22: The State Depositor Pro- ponzi schemes. tion of Internet in the country, India’s ranking on the share- tection Acts empower District Coordination committees a top official from Twitter on holder protection parameter Magistrates to take action headed by the State Chief Saturday said India is one of of the World Bank’s Ease of against any entity collect- Secretaries have been set up the fastest growing markets Doing Business ratings has ing unauthorised deposits by in all States, he said. Officers for the micro-blogging site. shot up from 49 in 2012 to way of searching its premises, from SEBI, RBI and other The U.S.-based social net- 7 in 2014, ahead of even ad- attaching property-both per- regulatory authorities and working platform said it will vanced economies such as the sonal and acquired through investigating agencies are be investing more in India, U.S., Securities and Exchange the collected sums-and even members on them. which industry body IAMAI Board of India (SEBI) chief order arrest of the accused, The new provisions of has predicted will surpass the U.K. Sinha said in New Delhi said Mr. Sinha. It also enables amended SEBI Act make it U.S. by December this year in on Saturday. the DM to disgorge or dis- mandatory for money pool- terms of Internet users. “Our steps for ensuring di- tribute the impounded assets ing schemes collecting in “India is a big market stituted 78 per cent of its av- journalists were the first users versity on corporate boards among the affected people, excess of Rs. 100 crore to for us. It is one of our fast- erage MAUs, but the interna- of the median to break and con- by mandating appointment he elaborated. register with SEBI unless est growing markets and we tional revenue, as determined sume news,” Stanton added. of at least one woman direc- Besides the State Depositor already registered with an- will be investing more here,” on the basis of the billing loca- London Evening Standard tor and other regulations Protection Acts, as directed by other regulatory agency, Mr. Twitter VP, Global Media, Ka- tion of its advertisers, was only Editor Sarah Sands said the pa- for related-party transac- Delhi on Saturday. Act. Six more have passed the the Financial Sector Develop- Sinha clarified. tie Jacobs Stanton said at the 34 per cent of its consolidated per had turnaround at a time tions have pushed up India’s Mr. Sinha also said that legislation that is waiting for ment Council (FSDC) — that He also said that SEBI was HT Leadership Summit here. revenue in the three months when print has been declared shareholder protection rank- State governments are work- Presidential assent. is headed by the Union Fi- working towards reducing the She added that 78 per cent ended September 30, 2014. doomed, but added that like ing even ahead of developed ing with SEBI and the Reserve A three-pronged strategy nance Minister — State-level time lag between the closing of the traffic on Twitter now Stanton further said: “India other organisations, the paper countries,” Mr. Sinha said. He Bank to curb the menace of has been adopted to deal with co-ordination for exchange of an initial public offer and comes from outside the U.S., is a growing market, which can is on a multi-platform format. was interacting with report- ponzi schemes such as Sarad- the menace of these collec- of information have also been the commencement of trad- signifying the growing impor- be ascertained by the fact that Both Stanton and Sands ers at the inauguration of a ha. Twenty States and Union tive investment schemes and set up and the new provisions ing of its scrip at the stock tance of emerging markets. the Lok Sabha elections gener- agreed that social media has Bombay Stock Exchange’s In- Territories have already en- unauthorised deposits, said of the amended SEBI Act are exchanges to under six days According to its latest ated about 60 million tweets.” been a game changer for the vestors Service Centre in New acted a Depositor Protection Mr. Sinha. being used to crack down on from the 12 days at present. quarterly report, for the three Speaking at a discussion on way the media operates, with months ended September 30, whether social media is kill- the latest proof being Prime OUR STEPS FOR ENSURING DIVERSITY on corporate boards by mandating appointment 2014, Twitter had 284 million ing big media, she said Twit- Minister Narendra Modi average monthly active users ter is a tech-company in the breaking the news of Presi- of at least one woman director and other regulations for related-party transactions have (MAUs) spanning nearly ev- media business. dent Barrack Obama’s India ery country. “We are not here to put visit as the chief guest for the pushed up India’s shareholder protection ranking even ahead of developed countries,” Users outside the U.S. con- media out of business. In fact, Republic Day on Twitter. Arun Jaitley against burdening Reliance, SJVN get Nepal approval for investments salaried, middle class KATHMANDU, November 22: pal on Friday, according to a project, besides revenue and Two prominent Indian busi- statement by the board on other facilities. NEW DELHI, November 22 “And literally almost half tion limit from Rs. 2 lakh to living, the transport cost, the policy today. In fact if you ness houses have received Saturday. The Indian company will :Finance Minister Arun Jait- your taxes are indirect taxes Rs. 2.5 lakh and would even fees of children and so on,” put additional MONEY in Nepal government’s approval The Reliance Group will INVEST NRs 104 billion on ley on Saturday said that he today. He pays excise, he pays raise it further if he had more Mr. Jaitley said. their pockets and allow them to INVEST NRs 144 billion for soon conduct the study for the project. does not favour burdening customs duty, he pays service MONEY. Therefore, the Minister to spend, then I collect cor- setting up cement and hydro- constructing the plant in cen- Besides, Nepal will get a the salaried and middle-class tax. Now as far as income tax “After all what are we talk- said, he was against reducing respondingly more indirect power projects in the country. tral or eastern Terai region of total economic benefit of $3.5 with more taxes but would go is concerned, to bring those ing about Rs. 2.5 lakh today the exemptions to widen the taxes so I will rather encour- The Nepal Investment the southern plain. billion which includes royalty after the evaders in widening who evade tax is widening means, taking all the deduc- tax net. “Then that’s not my age more economic activity.” Board (NIB), headed by Prime Similarly, the board has fees, tax and free power from the net. the tax net, I am all for it,” tions which we have given, approach,” he added. On black MONEY within Minister Sushil Koirala, has also approved the Project the implementation of the In fact, he would encour- the Minister said in an inter- somebody up to Rs. 3.5-4 “So I am quite willing, if I the country, he said, “It is cleared the decks for Anil Development Agreement for period over the concessional age more MONEY being put action with PTI journalists at lakh does not have to pay tax. had my way and I had more huge quantity and more eas- Ambani-led Reliance Group the construction of 900-MW period of 24 years. in the pockets of tax payers PTI headquarters. So we have reached the situa- MONEY in my pocket, I would ily traceable. Because you go for an investment of NRs Arun Third Project being de- The formal agreement that will lead to spending and He was replying to a ques- tion broadly. like to expand. But today the to real estate, you go to land, 40 billion ($400 million) in veloped by Satluj Jal Vidyut for developing the project is collection of more indirect tion on whether his budget “One earning Rs. 35,000- revenue position is challeng- you go to mining, you go to southern Nepal. Nigam Limited (SJVN), India. likely to be signed next week taxes. would look at widening the 40,000 per month, if the ing. Last time I gave several jewellery, you go to luxury The NIB has approved the As per the draft agree- during the 18th SAARC Sum- “This widening of the tax tax base to maximise rev- person puts some MONEY concessions, which were ac- goods, you will find the do- Indian company’s proposal ment, Nepal will receive 21.9 mit in Kathmandu in pres- base. What does it mean?... I enue. for savings, (he) won’t have tually beyond my means. mestic (black money). You go for setting up the multi- per cent or 197 MW of elec- ence of Prime Minister Nar- pay the same indirect tax as Mr. Jaitley, who will be to pay tax. But people fall- “But it’s all fine to bring to educational institutions, billion dollar project in Ne- tricity free of cost from the endra Modi. my attendant. Our volume of presenting his first full ing in this bracket say that those who evade tax un- you will find it there. There- consumption may be differ- fledged budget in February, they don’t save anything with der the tax net. But to bring fore to trace out the buyers THE NEPAL INVESTMENT BOARD (NIB), headed by Prime Minister Sushil ent. So everybody is paying said that in his last budget he salary of Rs. 35,000-40,000 this vulnerable section into and the recipients is also Koirala, has cleared the decks for Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group for an investment of indirect taxes. had increased the tax exemp- (with) the present cost of the tax net, that can’t be the easy.” NRs 40 billion ($400 million) in southern Nepal. From Front Page

Taking a dig at successive governments in the resonating” he said. posters has been torn or defaced in the valley," Will Fulfil state over corruption, he said, “If there is a hole PDP Cavalcade A police source said that a youth identified as says Sazawal, who regularly talks to people on Modi is so attached to Kashmir. I am attached in the bucket then the water will not stay. I won- Commissioner’s Office when his cavalcade was Usman was hurt during clashes after he was hit the ground. to Kashmir. It is my wish to complete the work der where the money that comes from the Centre attacked by youth with stones near Maisuma by a teargas shell. The youth, he said, was stable. He marveled at the strategic insights of BJP started by Atal ji. I would like to narrate my ex- goes”. Bund this afternoon. Though Bukhari escaped un- Meanwhile, the shopkeepers downed their managers - Amit Shah and Ram Madhav - in mak- perience here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that in hurt, three of his supporters were injured in the shutters in the area while the transport was also ing the right moves and saying the right things. Recalling the NDA rule under Vajapyee, he said, Jammu and Kashmir there is a deal between the attack. diverted to other routes. Reinforcements were He cited BJP's state unit vice-president, Ramesh “Every Kashmiri thought that now their dreams two families here. “For the first five years, I will “The attack created panic among PDP workers, rushed to the area to contain the spiraling pro- Arora's declaration that Sufi Islam would pros- be fulfilled. But during last ten years, what has rule, for the next you may govern the state. Will who tried to save themselves from the wrath of tests. (GNS) per under BJP. This is clever messaging to those happened with Kashmir and its situation.” only two families rule Kashmir? Can you not run Maisuma youth,” eyewitnesses said. Muslims who are tired of terrorism and want the “Despite the Chenab River being nearby who Kashmir?” he said. The police and paramilitary personal, who peaceful version of their religion to return home. is responsible for people not getting water,” the “Our film industry used to shoot Kashmir in ev- were deployed in the area in advance, swung into Why Is US The US government, struggling to contain the Prime Minister asked and said that we are aware ery film. Now, they have gone to other countries. action and chased away stone-throwing youth. valley and elsewhere has noticeably changed, extreme strains of Islam as exemplified by ISIS, that 20,000MW of power can be produced in the I want to bring them back and give employment The youths again appeared at Budshah Chowk mostly in favor of the BJP. can hardly quarrel with promotion of Sufi Islam. state and it has the capability to eliminate dark- to youth here. I want to tell the people here. You and continued renewed attack on PDP sympathiz- He cited two factors - the apology by the In- Pakistan, the other player in the "dispute" doesn't ness of all India. have been regretting for the last 50 years. Decide ers. Many vehicles were also damaged in the stone dian army for the shooting of a teenager and a raise confidence levels when it comes to dealing He said he had come to Jammu and Kashmir once and you will not regret again,” he said. pelting. young man on Nov. 3 and the sentencing by a with or "managing" Wahabism, which it and Sau- to reassure people that there would never be any He said that Gujarat has less rainfall and scar- A camera-person, who was covering the clash- military court of five soldiers, including two of- dis have injected into India. shortage of funds for the state. “The state will city of drinking water. We built a pipeline and es, said that many PDP workers were roughed ficers, to life imprisonment for the staged killing The views expressed in the above article are be never any shortage of the funds but it needs Narmada's water is now supplied to 9,000 houses. up by the youth. He said forces burst pepper and of three Kashmiri civilians in the Machil sector that Ms. Seema Sirohi, a senior journalist based in a corruption-free government, which could work “The size of the pipe is big enough to fit the family teargas shells after failing to disperse the stone in 2010. The rare developments have been wel- Washington D.C. ANI for the welfare of the people. of Omar Abdullah while sitting in a car. J&K has pelting youth with batons. comed by Kashmiris whose wounds are deep He said that, “we need to get rid of corruption Chenab next to it. Can't they supply water here? “The forces managed to push the stone-throw- and feelings raw. in the state. When I declared Rs 1,000 crore for re- No one has the time to study the proposal kept ing youth into the lanes and by-lanes of Maisuma, "It has helped greatly and the apology came Make Facts lief work after floods here, the government here here,” he said. Red Cross road and Gawkadal. Soon, the inte- after direct orders of the PMO not to fudge the is- grooming such assailants,” he said and asked was surprised. There has never been shortage of rior parts of Maisuma were turned into a battle- sue. The people are happy that the army has been police to launch an operation to nab the other cul- funds,” he said. ground, where slogans in favor of poll boycott was punished. People tell me that none of Modi's prit as well. (CNS) K Y M C SATURDAY 22112014 Kashmir Observer NEWS Haven’t Issued Any New Statement On Poll Boycott: Geelani Srinagar: Huriyat Conference about poll boycott. Geelani said birth right. “We have issued not pay any heed to any such Kangan on Saturday welcomed and we all need to realize that tal consequences not only on (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani he never issued any such state- a complete boycott call. This remarks that are being wrongly the apparent decision of Syed election boycotts have given Article 370 or our special status Saturday took strong exception ment. is the hand work of some ele- attributed to the pro-freedom Ali Shah Geelani and the sepa- the people of J&K nothing but but also our political stature to the statement attributed to The Huriyat veteran while ments to confuse the situation. leadership of Kashmir. ratist leadership to not enforce political dis-empowerment and and voice as a people. I hope him that separatist leadership talking to KNS said that his I have never issued any such Interestingly, the statement an election boycott in Kash- a weakening of our regional and pray that people come out should not enforce an elec- amalgam has already appealed statement wherein I have re- of Geelani was making rounds mir during these elections and character in politics. The elec- and vote in large numbers in tion boycott in Kashmir during for the complete boycott of treated from my stand on polls.” in the social networking sites. rather leave it to the discretion tions of 2014 are crucial and these elections and reinforce these elections and rather leave elections and has asked people Geelani said further that the Also the chief minister Omar of the people to make their an election boycott this time their defense of their political it to the discretion of the peo- not to forget the sacrifices ren- system of elections are based Abdullah while addressing own decision. “This is a very around would have far-reach- aspirations and the interests of ple to make their own decision dered by the people for their on ‘lies’ and that people must election rallies in Sumbal and welcome step by Geelani Sahab ing, irreversible and detrimen- J&K”, Omar said. (KNS)

Jamat Says, Have Will change face of Habba POlice cracks BurglarY case Fielded No Proxies, Kadal in 100 days: Zafar Meraj CulPrit arreSted, rS 5.31 lakhS reCovered Srinagar: Journalist turned concerning political and eco- and could do nothing for them. Srinagar: Srinagar police cracked a burglary case when they Calls For Boycott politician and People’s Demo- nomic injustices meted out to "The people must decide arrested a burglar and recovered the stolen money of 5.31 lac. cratic Party candidate for Habba Srinagar, that party leadership whether they want an MLA A petrol pump dealer complained to the Karanagar Police Srinagar: The socio-religious po- should not participate in elec- Kadal Assembly constituency, reposed faith in me and asked from ruling party or opposition. station that a burglar has stolen Rs 5.31 lac from his petrol litical organization, Jamat-e-Isla- tions and neither should they Zafar Me’raj, Saturday appealed We have to keep communal pump at Karanagar. Karanagar police registered a case FIR mi (JeI) has distanced itself from vote. When JeI says it has nothing the Habba Kadal voters to give forces out of Kashmir,” Meraj number 47/2014 under section 381 RPC and investigation was the poll activities with its chief to do with the poll process, how him a chance to serve them in told CNS. taken up. asking people to boycott the could it take part into it?” coming years. Veteran journalist who hails To investigate the matter SHO Karanagar coming state elections in Jammu Over the door to door poll “I am contesting the Assembly from Zaina Kadal said that he is constituted a special team. During investigation and Kashmir. boycott campaign, the JeI chief polls with the sole objective to sure this time round the eman- it came to surface that culprit had fled to Leh. On JeI chief Mohammad Abdullah maintained that his organiza- mitigate the sufferings of people cipated voters of Srinagar won’t Wani while talking to KNS took tion is already much busy with living in old city particularly allow any electoral maneuver- this information Police Karanagar kept constant strong exceptions to the recent its own mission of religious Habba Kadal Constituency. ing in Srinagar which has only watch on him. statement that was attributed to propagation and hence has no I am not a politician by profes- led to systemic political and Police said that it received an information that the culprit him, saying Jamat will take part time in carrying out the boy- sion but I promise that under economic disempowerment of has reached to his home at Hyhama in District Kupwara. The in the assembly elections. “I have cott campaign. “People have to the shade of PDP I will change its inhabitants. police party of police station Karanagar raided to his house never said it. I said if for proving understand that when Jamat is the face of Habba Kadal in three and arrested the Culprit identified as Zubair Ahmad khan son the representative character be- distancing itself from the poll months” Meraj told CNS add- “I request the voters of Tikka Khan. The stolen money of Rs 5.31 lac has also been fore the international communi- process, they should follow the ing that being the native of old in Habba Kadal As- recovered. (CNS) ty for the Kashmir resolution, Ja- suit. It is certain that we will not Srinagar city, he is well aware of sembly constituency mat will take part in that election ask people to vote.” the problems that people have to give me a chance fiDDling with article 370 that would be held under the su- Over the allegations leveled been facing there. and I won’t disappoint pervision of the United Nations,” by some mainstream parties “Let the voters of this constit- can Derail Jk’s relatiOns Wani said, adding that Jamat will that the JeI has fielded proxy uency (Habba Kadal) give me a them, have given my never be instrumental in assem- candidates in the elections, Wani chance, I will try my best not to blood for the people with inDia: Yasin bly or parliament elections. ridiculed the reports, saying false let them down. Habba kadal is a and i will stand by Terming polls the futile exer- allegations are being leveled small constituency with specific Srinagar: Warning that any attempt to abrogate Article 370 will cise, the JeI chief said polls would against the organization by the needs. I promise there will be a them whenever need- derail all relations of Jammu and Kashmir State with the Union never be substitute to the right of vested interests. He added that visible change within 100 days ed.” he said and as- of India, Peoples Democratic Front chief and MLA Khansahib self determination and that JeI in there are no proxy candidates of PDP coming to power,” he sured people of Haba Hakim Mohammad Yasin Saturday said the abrogation of the Kashmir has already rejected the of the JeI in the poll fray and the said and urged the youth to lead Kadal that he will be Article 370 are not only unwarranted but totally unacceptable poll process which is being held organization has no relation with the movement for change. to the people of the state. under the purview of Indian con- any mainstream political party of Meraj said as a journalist he me to contest the upcoming As- always available for Addressing an election rally of more than 30 thousand stitution. the state. worked day and night to high- sembly elections,” he said and them. people here, he said, “If any attempt is made to fiddle with the Asking people to boycott the “We have no understanding light the problems of the com- added that he is not like others “For the people of Haba Article 370, it will have dangerous consequences vis-à-vis J&K’s coming assembly elections being with PDP, NC, Congress or any mon people and now as a poli- who could sacrifice people’s in- Kadal, my doors are always relations with the Center. Our party will not only defend the held for 87 member state assem- other party in the state. We are tician he want to address those terests for power. open. It’s my promise to them Article 370 at all costs, but will restore the eroded provisions of bly, Wani said that JeI has already not helping them and nor would problems that he highlighted Zafar Me’raj said that PDP that I will try my level best to this Article of faith to its original status in the Constitution.” intimated to its entire state cadre we do it. We have already made from time to time. was working to form the gov- mitigate their sufferings and to remain away from the poll it clear that JeI has rejected the “It was because of my ernment and urged the people will work day in and out to ad- Amid high pitched slogans by the people, the exercise. “We have sent a clear present system of elections in staunch views and the stand not to waste their votes on peo- dress their problems,” he said. MLA Khansahib said, “We will fight for the resto- message to our cadre that they Jammu and Kashmir.” taken by me on the issues ple who would sit in opposition (CNS) ration of Article 370 to pre 1953 position when we come to the power. Article 370 was incorporated in Constitution of India to maintain a distinct identity of J&K in political map of the world. But Seeking Power sole it has been reduced to a husk through political This Election is About fraud and constitutional abuse and now it seems aim of NC, PDP: Lone that some elements were tactfully raking up this Safeguarding JK’s Identity: Mufti issue to divert attention from the main Kashmir Srinagar: Sajad Gani Lone, age for elites while forgetting issue.” Youth will need to drive nC-Congress government out of office: Baig Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir the common people. Though People’s Conference today cas- NC and PDP derive its strength “It would be in the best interests of nation that provisions Srinagar: Peoples Democratic laws does not help any particu- if it forms the next govern- tigated NC and PDP for prom- from the electorate of Kash- of Article 370 which have been eroded from time to time are Party (PDP Patron Mufti Mo- lar community or region, but ment, would try to tap water ulgation of dynastic rule in the mir but their policies and de- restored,” he said and added even Parliament and J&K Assembly hammad Sayeed has said the the framework as well protects resources for tourism irrigation state. velopmental activities were doesn’t have powers to abrogate the Article 370. focus of the upcoming assembly the distinct identity of different fisheries and other pursuits that He expressed these views always against the interest of Hakim Yasin said that his party will fight against all those elections will be to safeguard regions and communities with- provide jobs to the locals. at various public meetings in Kashmiris from time to time. forces who want to divide people of Jammu and Kashmir in the the distinct identity of Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. He said Recalling the major initia- Langate area of Kupwara. He Their major concern is the name of region, sub-region, religion and other trivial issues. and Kashmir rather than vic- this special protection to the tives taken by his government was accompanied by Adv. Mo- power and not the people,” he “The communal overtures of some vested elements are fraught tory or defeat of a particular interests of the State has helped in 2002 Mufti said horticulture hamad Abdullah Mir, contest- alleged. with dangerous consequences for the ideals enshrined in the party. He said Congress and NC every ethnic identity within the had received a boost by aboli- ing candidate from Langate. Lone said, “The elected rep- republican constitution of the country. There is also a dire need have been on a self-destruction State to flourish and preserve its tion of toll tax and implemen- Terming the dynastic rule as resentatives of NC, PDP and to protect and preserve the rich socio-cultural and religious mode in the last six years and identity. “In fact this could be a tation of Horticulture Mission anti democracy Lone in a state- Congress from J&K are known diversity of the state and any division on regional, religious, they apparently seem to be out model for other states in the and introduction of MIS. He ment said, “Rejection of the for their short-sightedness. ethnic or cultural basis is acceptable to the people of Jammu of the context already after the country which have diverse and said modern technological sup- dynastic rule is in the ethos of Their vision do not even ex- and Kashmir,” he added. crushing defeat in the parlia- multi-cultural populations,” he port would be offered to the the democracy. In Jammu and tends up to the next election. mentary elections. said. fruit growers to overcome post- Kashmir these ethos of the de- They are disinclined to foment Addressing election rallies Referring to the develop- harvest problems and ensure mocracy were over ruled and unrest among the powerful shaheen’s familY in Bandipora and Sonawari as- ment potential of Bandipora better returns for their produce. hijacked by the dynastic rule interests that fund their po- accuses nc Of sembly constituencies to enlist district, Mufti said it is en- Speaking on the occasion se- of the Abdullah’s and Mufti’s. litical activities and often their support for the PDP candidates dowed with extraordinary nior party leader and Member The sole aim of both these dy- personal bank accounts. These harassment Nizam-ud-Din Bhat and Ya- natural assets which have re- of Parliament, Muzzafar Hus- nasties is to seek power and People behave like autocrats sir Reshi, Mufti said while PDP mained untapped. He said the sain Baig said though Kashmir to attain this objectives they and care little about miser- Srinagar: Family of former NC leader Abdul Rashid Shaheen has clearly emerged as a front- initiative taken by his coali- issue needs a political solution have sacrificed the interests ies of the common people. Saturday accused National Conference of bulldozing their runner for forming the next tion government to establish but bad governance, corruption of the people of Jammu and Like their bosses, they too are Srinagar house in a bid to pressurize him (Shaheen) for leaving government in the State, but Wullar-Manasbal Development and unemployment has further Kashmir. These families treat primarily concerned for the Pattan constituency during the elections. the challenges before it have Authority had opened up new complicated the issue thus cre- Jammu and Kashmir as their presence of their masters in Family of Shaheen said correspondent that after a massive mounted in view of the lat- opportunities of employment ating enormous instability and privately owned property and the power corridors and the rally was held at Pattan by Shaheen who is contesting as an est attempts to polarize J&K on and growth but like all other insecurity among the people. act as facilitators to add mis- promotion of their kiths and independent candidate, NC used the government machinery to communal lines and target the good initiatives NC government He said that this year’s Lok eries to life of the People of kins in to the political space. damage their Srinagar house. “Without any notice or intima- special constitutional position shelved it. He said the PDP Sabha election results are an in- Jammu and Kashmir.” People deserve an honest, tion, some people with the JCB along with some goons have that the State enjoys. He said would launch major tourism dication that the people want a “They acted with betray- dedicated and visionary lead- brought down the fencing of our Srinagar house and have also in order to face up to this chal- development schemes in Band- change and they are looking to- al and obfuscate people to ership which willingly put destroyed our window panes and decamped with various valu- lenge with strength and deter- ipora, Sonawari and Gurez areas wards PDP as better alternative achieve political ends and al- forth the courage to address ables,” accused Shaheen’s son. mination, PDP will need a clear to create job opportunities and to address the governance defi- ways been source of patron- the miseries of people.” He alleged the National Conference is using the state majority which will also help it introduce the area to the world. cit and also create reconciliatory machinery to carry out its hidden agenda and is pressuring in addressing the fallout of the He said Bandipora which till atmosphere on the ground for Shaheen withdraw from the seat. (KNS) present coalition government’s independence was an impor- peace process to move forward. 6 stuDents Of ku inefficiency, corruption and tant transit point on the Silk- Baig said unemployment mis-governance. Route, suffered a setback in its among the youth in the state is qualifY icar net hurriYat (m) PaYs triButes Mufti said the special status commerce and trade. He said the most pressing task before it Srinagar: Six students of Kashmir University have qualified the enjoyed by J&K is no concession reopening of Bandipora-Gurez- and the PDP will take it as chal- ICAR NET (2014) exams conducted by the Indian Council of Agri- tO slain tral militants but a historical requirement Astoor Road is part of the PDP’s lenge and addressed it very se- culture Research (ICAR) in which thousands of students across the Srinagar: Paying rich tributes to Shiraz Ahmad Ganai, Asif Ah- that the founding fathers of Self Rule framework. riously. country appeared. mad and Shabir Ahmad Gojar who were slain at Tral on Thurs- the country acknowledged and Mufti said the area offers a “Job creation will remain All of these students belong to Food and Science Technol- day evening Hurriyat Conference (M) spokesman Saturday said which they protected with ade- large potential to develop wa- thrust area for the next govern- ogy department of university. While appreciating this success of that the three brave hearts of Kashmir sacrificed their today for quate constitutional safeguards. ter resource which at present ment likely formed by the party students head Food Science and Technology department Prof. F A freedom struggle. He said the authority of the is only source of discomfort under the leadership of Mufti Masoodi Said that university is working hard to prepare students “Hurriyat would continue to take the mission State to make its own special during floods. He said the PDP, Mohammad Sayeed,” he said. of the varsity for competing in national and international exams. of martyrs forward. Sacrifices of Kashmiris are The University authorities also congratulated the students for priceless asset of the Kashmir movement and it achieving success in the above said test. will not be allowed go waste at any cost,” he said in a statement. The spokesman alleged that the state was continuing with Arms, Petrol Bombs, Pregnancy Strip Found in Rampal's Ashram the military suppression, rights of Kashmiris were being usurped on gunpoint, and their voices of freedom were being Chandigarh: A huge cache of arms adjacent to the one of Rampal in .315 bore rifles, 28 cartridges of .32 art elevators and 24 AC rooms. veillance with CCTV cameras in- strangulated using force. “However, despite efforts to break the and ammunition, petrol bombs, the ashram. bore, 50 cartridges of 12 bore and The rooms, which could be com- stalled at several key-points to will of people the sentiment of freedom and resistance is being acid syringes, a chilli grenade and The police also found a woman 25 cartridges of .315 bore. pared to a luxury hotel or a farm keep a tab on the movements of expressed forcefully and coercion, wanton arrests, bloodshed a pregnancy test strip were found lying unconscious and locked in Most of the weapons were house, had attached bathrooms devotees, who largely came from and oppression could not suppress it,” he said. inside the highly-fortified Satlok a bathroom. She was admitted kept in bags and almirahs in two fitted with top-of-the line fixtures. low-income strata. Appealing to people of Ganderbal and Bandipora districts to Ashram from where controversial to general hospital. She has been secret rooms. At the centre of the While one of the rooms had a mas- A huge amount of eatables re- observe complete shutdown on November 25, the day elec- guru Rampal was arrested. identified as Bijlesh, a resident of ashram, Rampal had an elevated sage bed, the other had a treadmill. covered during the search opera- tions would be conducted in these areas, the spokesman asked The shocking details came to Ashok Nagar village in Madhya structure on which he had his seat. The team also found helmets tion was being disposed off by the people to dissociate themselves from the “election drama and the fore on Friday during a search Pradesh. The ammunition was stored under and sticks and 20 pairs of black Food and Supplies Department in reject the sham elections so that it would become clear on conducted by the Special Investi- A spokesman of the police de- the structure so that no one could dresses and two tanks containing compliance with the orders of the international community that nothing can substitute right to gation Team (SIT) of Haryana Po- partment said the team had recov- suspect the location. 800 litres of diesel and catapult. High Court. The ashram ran a well- self determination.” lice. The pregnancy test strip was ered three .32 bore revolvers, 19 The search also revealed a pri- The sprawling complex was stocked kitchen that could cater to K recovered by police from a room air guns, two DBBL 12 bore, two vate swimming pool, state-of-the- found to be under constant sur- 1 lakh people for a month. Y M C K K Y Y M M SUNDAY C C 8 23112014 Kashmir Observer news Sharif Reminds Obama of Kashmir in Tele Talk

Islamabad (AFP) - US President Barack Sharif's earlier invitation to the president. pressed his understanding for our posi- their homes. Obama telephoned Pakistani Prime Minis- According to a statement Nawaz re- tion,” he added. The prime minister urged The nuclear-armed neighbours, who have ter Nawaz Sharif to discuss the "evolving ferred to his visit to India, which was President Obama to take up the cause of fought two wars over Muslim-majority situation" in the region, the Pakistani for- aimed at taking Pakistan-India relations Kashmir with the Indian leadership as Kashmir, have traded blame for the up- eign ministry said. forward. Subsequent unfortunate steps its early resolution would bring enduring surge in firing and shelling which started "Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed on India’s part, including cancellation of peace, stability and economic cooperation on October 6. satisfaction at the direction of Pakistan-US the foreign secretary-level talks and the to Asia. India called off peace talks in August after relations which were on an upward trajec- unprovoked firing across the LoC/Work- He said "while we remain open to the re- Pakistan first consulted Kashmiri separat- tory" and "President Obama noted Paki- ing Boundary resulting in civilian casu- sumption of bilateral dialogue, the onus ists, a move some saw as a sign of a tougher stan-US relations were strong and robust" alties, indicated that India was averse is on India to create a conducive environ- stance by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's during their conversation Friday evening to normalisation of relations with Paki- ment in this regard." new right-wing government. the ministry said in a statement. stan, he added. Recent exchanges of fire across the de "The two leaders agreed to stay engaged to Obama informed Sharif of his forthcoming “Thus, while we remain open to the re- facto border between India and Pakistan in further strengthen Pakistan-US relations trip to India and said he would visit Paki- sumption of bilateral dialogue, the onus Kashmir, which both countries administer in their common desire to promote peace stan as soon as the situation normalises in is on India to create a conducive environ- in part but claim in full, have killed at least and prosperity in South Asia," the ministry the country, the ministry said, following ment in this regard. President Obama ex- 20 civilians and forced thousands to flee statement said.

Scrutiny for 3rd phase held Bukhari files nomination papers Nomination papers of 145 cleared, 21 rejected from Amira Kadal Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader Syed Altaf Ahmed Bukhari filed JAMMU: The scrutiny nomination papers of 10 candidates, Kh. Mohammad Yaqoob In 26-Chadoora constituency, papers dents) have been cleared. his nomination papers for Amira Kadal Assembly constituency on Saturday. Bukhari of 166 candidates who filed their papers Wani (JKNC), Syed Basharat Bukhari (PDP), of 7 candidates, Mr. Javid Mustafa Mir In 31-Tral constituency, papers of 8 is challenged by National Conference incumbent legislator Nasir Aslam Wani who for 3rd phase of Assembly Elections-2014 Shoiab Nabi Lone (INC), Farooq Ahmad (PDP), Riyaz Ahmad Rather (JKNPP), Mr. candidates, Mr. Avtar Singh (BJP), Mr. Gh. is also the provincial president of the party. Bukhari was accompanied by PDP Chief was held today in the offices of Returning Bhat (JKNPP), Ghulam Mohidin Bhat (PC), Ali Mohammad Dar (NC), Gh. Mohammad Mohammad Mir (INC), Mr. Krishan Singh Spokesperson Nayeem Akhtar to the office of Returning officer Srinagar. officers of their respective constituen- Nisar Ahmad Shah (KMP), Irfan Hafiz Lone, Paul (NCP), Mohammad Maqbool Malla (JKNPP), Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bhat Though there are other candidates also in the fray from the same constituency, cies, in which 145 candidates were found Gh. Mohi-ud-din Sofi, Fazal Mahmood (INC), Dr Bilal Ahmad Mir and Gulam Mo- (JKNC), Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (PDP), however, there will be a straight contest between Syed Altaf Bukhari and Nasir eligible, whereas nomination papers of 21 Baig and Hilal Ahmed Bhat (Indepen- hammad Bhat (Independents) have been Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Mr. Ab. Rashid Dar Aslam Wani. Pertinently Wani is seeking re-election from the coveted Amira candidates were rejected. dents) have been cleared. cleared. and Mohammad Ashraf Ganie (Indepen- Kadal constituency. According to observers Amira Kadal constituency is to wit- In 6- Uri constituency, papers of 5 can- In 13-Baramulla constituency, papers In 27-Budgam constituency, papers of dents) have been cleared. ness an interesting contest as the ruling National Conference faces a strong didates, Ajaz Ali Khan (PDP), Mr. Taj Mohi- of 13 candidates, Javid Hassan Baig (PDP), 7 candidates, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi In 32 – Pampore constituency, papers of anti-incumbency wave which could certainly have an impact on the results. ud-Din (INC), Mohammad Shafi (JKNC), Salman Anees Soz (INC), Gh. Hassan Rahi (NC), Ghulam Hussain Geelani (INC), Gh. 6 candidates, Zahoor Ahmad Mir (JKPDP), One of the eight assembly seats of Srinagar district, Amira Kadal, out of ten Mushtaq Ahmad Mir (BJP) and Waseem (NC), Gulshan Sanhotra (JKNPP), Moham- Mohi-ud-Din Bhat (Muntazir) (PDP), Mir Ali Mohammad Wagay (BJP), Mohammad elections held since 1957, has went seven times to NC and thrice to Congress. Raja (JKKMP) have been cleared. mad Afsar Khan (KMP), Mohammad Yousf Fayaz Rahat (BJP), Mohammad Kamal Ma- Anwar Bhat (INC), Mr. Yawar Ali Abbas In 2002 assembly elections, Mohammad Shafi Bhat, a lawyer and politician In 7- Rafiabad constituency, papers of Dar (PC), Asif Akbar Lone, Altaf Jameel lik (PC), Fayaz Ahmad Dar (PDF) and Rafiq Masoodi (JKNC) and Mr. Ghulam Moham- from Amira Kadal, defeated NC’s Ghulam Nabi Mir, on a Congress ticket. Bhat, 12 candidates, Desh Kumar Nehru(BJP), Lone, Ashiq Hussain Ganaie, Gulam-ud- Ahmad Dar (Independent) have been mad Yatoo and Mohammad Iqbal Sofi (In- previously affiliated with NC, had switched over to Congress in 2002. Abdul Gani Vakil(INC), Javaid Ahmad Din Gulshan, Mohammad Aslam Deedar, cleared. dependents) have been cleared. Talking to CNS soon after filing his nomination papers, PDP candidate, Syed Dar(NC), Abdul Majeed Dar(JKNPP), Mohammad Rafiq Lone and Mohammad In 28-Beerwah constituency, papers In 33-Pulwama constituency, papers of Altaf Bukhari said that he is confident of his victory. He said that he is hope- Yawar Ahmad Mir(PDP), Khurshid Ah- Maqbool Mir (Independents) have been of 6 candidates, Abdul Rashid Banday 10 candidates, Bashir Ahmad Magray(INC), ful that people would vote for him as he has already promised them that, “I mad Khan (JKPC), Fayaz Ahmad Malik, cleared. (BJP), Nazir Ahmad Khan (INC), Omar Riyaz Ahmad Mir, (BJP), Gh. Nabi Wani will not let them down.” He said people have been let down by the present Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Ahanger, Ghulam In 14- Gulmarg constituency, papers Abdullah (J&KNC), Dr. Shafi Ahmad (Ratanpuri) (NC), Mohammad Khalil regime and they want change. (CNS) Nabi Parry, Mohammad Maqbool Dar, of 8 candidates, Sheikh Mustafa Kamal Wani (PDP), Dawood Khan Lodhi (PC) Bandh(PDP), Ab. Qayoom Mir (PDFS), Fa- Mohammad Maqbool Mir and Mudasir (NC), Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Malla (JKNPP), and Aijaz Ahmad Lone (Independent) rooq Ahmad Mir(PC), Bashir Ahmad Malik, Rasool Bhat(Independents) have been Mohammad Abbas Wani (PDP), Abdul have been cleared. Sana-ullah Dar, Ab. Gani Shah and Masood Man held for ‘blackmailing’ cleared. Ahad Sheikh (KMP), Ghulam Hassan Mir In 29-Khansahib constituency, papers Hussain Wani (Independents) have been In 8-Sopore constituency, papers of (DPN), Tejender Singh, Shabir Ahmad Mir of 6 candidates, Abdul Gani Naseem (INC), cleared. 16 candidates, Abdul Rashid Dar (INC), and Mohammad Akram Mir (Indepen- Manzoor Ahmad Wani (NC), Saif-ud-Din In 34-Rajpora constituency, papers of people on gunpoint Mohammad Ashraf Ganie (NC), Muza- dents) have been cleared. Bhat (PDP), Hakim Mohammad Yaseen 8 candidates, Haseeb A Drabu (PDP), Gh- Poonch: Police on Saturday arrested a man and recovered weapons from his far Ahmad Lone (JKNPP), Nazir Ahmad In 15 –Pattan constituency, papers of Shah (PDF), Bashir Ahmad Khan and Mo- ulam Mohi-ud-Din Mir (NC), Fayaz Ahmad possession in a village of Mendhar Tehsil of Poonch district. Naikoo (PDP), Mohammad Ramzan Baba 14 candidates, Aga Syed Mehmood-Al- hammad Anwar Lone (Independents) have Dar, (INC), Mohammad Abdullah Dar(RPI) A police official said that acting on a complaint, a police party led by Sub-Divi- (PC), Irshad Rasool Kar, Ulfat Sabba Ah- Mosavi (NC), Riyaz Ahmad (INC), Aashiq been cleared. (A), Peerzada Syed Bashir Ahmad, Syed Ri- sional Police Officer (SDPO) Mendhar along Station House Officer (SHO) Sadaqat mad Khawaja, Bashir Ahmad Azad, Za- Hussain Lone (BSP), Imran Raza Ansari In 30-Chrar-i-Sharief constituency, pa- yaz Ahmad Riyaz Khawar, Gh. Nabi Wani Qureshi cordoned off the Sagra Belonai village and arrested Muhammad Fareed. hid Gani Mircha, Shahzad Aasim, Sajad (PDP), Basharat Hussain Najar (JKDPN), pers of 9 candidates, Zahid Hussain (INC), and Lateef Ahmad Dederd (Independents) Police said they recovered a gun and a pistol from his possession. “He was Mohi-udddin Sheikh, Sayed Iqbal Nazki, Wali Mohammad Wani (KMP), Bashir Ah- Ghulam Mohammad Chopan (BJP), Abdul have been cleared. blackmailing and threatening people on the gunpoint,” police said. Gh. Rasool Dar, Gh. Mohammad War, mad Ganai, Shabir Ahmad Wani, Shahzad Rahim Rather (NC), Ghulam Nabi Lone The last day for withdrawal of nomina- The police also said that the arrested man threatened a woman if she didn’t Mohammad Abdullah Dar and Muda- Ahmad Yatoo, Tariq Ahmad Parry, Ashiq (PDP), Fayaz Ahmad Rather (JKNPP), Advo- tion papers has been fixed on 24th No- marry her. “A woman (name held) lodged a complaint with police and said

sir Manzoor Wani (Independents) have Ahmad Dar, Abdul Ahad Yatoo, Ab. Rashid cate Mohammad Latief Lone (PC), Mush- vember, 2014 and polling for this phase is Fareed is asking her to divorce his husband and marry him,” the police added. K K been cleared. Shaheen and Farooq Ahmad Ganie (Inde- taq Ahmad Baba (KMP), Showkat Ahmad scheduled to be held on December 9, 2014 Meanwhile, police have registered a case under FIR number 178 under 354 Y Y

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