Shabbir Shah’s health deteriorating in jail

Srinagar, June 17 : The Acting Chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Muhammad Abdullah Tari has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health condition of illegally detained senior APHC leader and the Chairman of DFP, Shabbir Ahmad Shah in Udhampur Jail.

Tari said that the senior APHC leader was suffering from several ailments due to sub-standard food and insufficient medical facilities provided by the jail administration.

After a meeting of the party delegation with illegally detained Hurriyet leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah, Aasiya Andrabi and Muhammad Saleem Nunnaji, he said that the delegation apprehended that the illegally detained leaders could develop multiple diseases due to inadequate facilities in the jail.

Abdullah Tari said that Shabbir Ahmad Shah was already suffering from various illnesses after release from nine months detention and it was hoped that he would recover after proper treatment but the puppet authorities had again put him in jail

Nawaz assures support to Kashmir cause
NISAR AHMED THAKUR

Islamabad, June 5: Reassuring full support to Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharief, has emphasized that the resolution of the long-running dispute was a must for durable peace in the subcontinent besides forging an enhanced relationship between India and Pakistan.
Sharief made these remarks while talking to a delegation of Kashmiri leaders here on Friday. Led by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, the Executive Director, Washington-based Kashmiri American Council; the delegation comprised Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Rafique Ahmed Dar, Sardar Zulfiqar Khan and Waleed Rasool.
Kashmiri representatives apprised the former premier of the prevailing situation and the unabated human rights violations inflicted by the Indian troops on the hapless people in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani leader, whose forefathers are believed to have migrated from South Kashmir to Pakistan, was updated on the shocking abduction, rape and murder in Shopian last week. They made it clear that the people of Kashmir would never compromise on their inalienable right. Thanking the people of Pakistan for their support, the Kashmiri representatives praised the PML-N chief for highlighting Kashmir case at national and international levels.
Later talking to Greater Kashmir, Dr Fai said that Sharief assured full support to Kashmiris’ struggle for right to self-determination. About the worsening HR situation, he quoted Sharief as saying that that it was his dual responsibility to respond to the crisis of Kashmiri people.
Earlier, the Kashmiri delegation had a meeting with Moulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the chairman of Parliamentary Kashmir Committee. They welcomed the committee’s initiative to send parliamentary delegations to various important world capitals.
The KAC chief will host a Round Table Conference on June 11, which is likely to be attended by political leaders, parliamentarians, senators, intellectuals of Pakistan besides the Kashmiri leadership from both sides of line of control. The conference titled “The Common Minimum Agenda” will focus on how to lead the final settlement of Kashmir dispute.

Exclusinve Interview
Shah talks to Rising Kashmir correspondent

Of course we need to re-strategize but in a different context. We need not sit down and have a confession statement that people are not with us because that is not the fact. The fact is people are with us. Introspection is good but we need it for some other reasons.

Like we’ve to unite and fight together for the common cause. Let me tell you the public pressure for unity is building up. Yesterday I was in Eidgah to console the family of the boy, Arif, who was killed by Indian forces. His father came to me with folded hands and pleaded that all Hurriyat leaders should unite. Now all of us are realizing that if we don’t follow the popular aspiration of unity we will be punished by the people.

Poll-boycott, sign of Kashmiris’ allegiance with sacred cause: Saghar
Shah compliments people for poll boycott

Islamabad, May 08: The convener of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (M) Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar has said that the valiant Kashmiris have yet again shown their unflinching faith and commitment with the sacred cause of freedom thereby staying away from parliamentary polls.

Appreciating peoples’ allegiance with freedom movement, the APHC leader said that Kashmiris will neither compromise on this issue nor will allow anybody else to be disloyal to the noble cause for which they had rendered matchless sacrifices.

Saghar maintained that during the third and fourth phase of Indian Loksaba elections, Kashmiris have categorically rejected the Indian bogus claims and made it clear to Indian statecraft that its assertions regarding Kashmir and Kashmiri people were baseless and irrational.

He said that it also served as an eye opener for those who were casting doubts on the loyalty of common masses saying that it were the sacrifices of the innocent people that brought the issue of Kashmir in lime light at international level.

The incarcerated president of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabir Ahmad Shah, while complimenting the people of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Budgam districts for boycotting elections on May 7, hoped that people in north Kashmir would emulate the people of Srinagar parliamentary constituency and boycott the ensuing polls.

People remember sacrifices: Shah

Srinagar, May 2: The President of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party and senior leader of APHC, Shabir Ahmad Shah Saturday said the election boycott by the people of south Kashmir had made it abundantly clear that Kashmiris had not forgotten the sacrifices.

“The pro-movement leadership and people of Kashmir are indebted to the great martyrs who offered the supreme sacrifices of their precious lives for the just cause of freedom of their homeland,” the incarcerated leader told reporters in SKIMS where he was brought by police for medical check up. Paying tributes to Kashmiri people Shah said that the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir have neither accepted Indian dominance in the past nor will they accept it in future.

Shah calls for poll boycott

‘Participation means acknowledgement of occupation’

Srinagar, Apr 14: The incarcerated senior pro-movement leader and president of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Tuesday said that participation in polls meant the acknowledgement of Indian occupation.
“Until Kashmir issue is resolved through tripartite talks in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of its people, the participation of Kashmiris in any election held under Indian constitution is tantamount to acknowledgment of undemocratic military occupation of India,” said Shah, according to a DFP statement.
Shah appealed to all the people of state for complete boycott of forthcoming parliamentary elections. He said lakhs of martyrs had not offered the sacrifice of their precious lives for any election or selection but for realizing the objective of freedom.
Shah has appealed to all the freedom loving people to make the ongoing poll boycott campaign a success.(Courtesy GK)

Shabir Shah rearrested 3rd time, Shifted to Boniyar police station

Srinagar, Mar 31: Senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and Democratic Freedom Party chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah, was Tuesday rearrested on his release from the Central Jail here. Shah was shifted to Boniyar police station in north Kashmir’s Varmul district.
“Shah was wanted in the case registered under FIR No 32 of 2008 in Boniyar police station in connection with the Muzaffarabad march in August last year. He is on the judicial remand,” Viplav Kumar, superintendent of police, Varmul, told Greater Kashmir.
Earlier a large number of his supporters had gathered outside the Central Jail to receive Shah and JKLF leader Meraj-ud-din Kalwal. As soon as the duo was released, a contingent of police waiting outside rearrested them. Shah was bundled into a police vehicle and shifted to Boniyar. Kalwal was shifted to the Nowgam police station in city outskirts.
After Shah’s arrest, his supporters shouted pro-freedom and anti-India slogans and held protests demonstrations outside the jail. However, police swung into action and chased away the protesters.

Police again swung into action and arrested at least 10 of them including Tari.

The protesters, however, again assembled at the city centre Lal Chowk and attempted to take out a protest rally. They demanded the release of Shah. “Shabir Sahab has been languishing in jail for the past seven months despite the High Court quashing his detention orders. This is un-democratic and un-called for,” Moulana Tari said. This was the third time when Shah was arrested on his release after High Court quashed his detention orders.
He was arrested under Public Safety Act on August 29, 2008 in the wake of leading huge protest rallies during the Amarnath land agitation. Shah had also led the Muzaffarabad March along with the Hurriyat (M) leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, who was killed in police firing on the march. Courtesy GK

Saghar heads Pak APHC

Islamabad, Mar 28: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (M) Pakistan chapter on Saturday nominated Mehmood Ahmed Saghar as its acting convener.
The decision to this effect was taken during an extraordinary meeting attended by Syed Yousuf Naseem, Mir Tahir Masood, Faiz Naqashbandi, Dr Abdul Aala, Sheikh Yaqoob, Manzoor Ahmed Butt, Majid Malik Nisar Mirza, and others.
After being nominated Saghar announced that a formal election of the convener would be held soon. The members appreciated the role of the former convener Syed Yousuf Naseem.
Terming unity and concurrence within Hurriyat folds as imperative to achieve the cherished goal, Saghar reiterated that struggle of Kashmiri people for right to self-determination would continue till its taken to its logical end.
He also thanked the governments and the people of Pakistan for lending political, diplomatic and moral support to Kashmiris for the just cause.
Born on March 11, 1958 in Srinagar, Saghar has played a key role during the ongoing struggle. For his political beliefs, he had to go through torments and tribulations since he was a student. He has spent 13 years in different jails across India.
He was the first ever convener of the APHC-Pak chapter when the alliance was established in 1993 and presently he is the top runner for the slot in the upcoming election scheduled to be held within two weeks. Courtesy GK

I am being targeted for striving for unity among the people of Kashmir......

"I myself heard that the officers were giving orders to kill me but Allah saved me. I am being targeted for striving for unity among the people of Kashmir. The attack on me at Hazratbal was a part of a conspiracy to eliminate me", says Shabir Ahmed Shah in an exclusive interview to Kashmir Insight.

DFP chief booked under PSA

Srinagar, Sep 01: The veteran Hurriyat leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party, Shabir Ahmed Shah was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on Monday.  Under the garb of this infamous law, Indian authorities can detain any person, without any trial, for a period of two years. Shabir Shah, who was lodged in Shergarhi (Srinagar) police station after his arrest from Rawalpora on August 29, was shifted to Central jail here today after he was booked under PSA.

Grounds of detention ----"Text of the FIR"

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Whereas with the change in scenario, you (Shabir Ahmed Shah) emerged as a leading voice in secessionist circles and played a very important role in the unification of two APHC groups, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Gilani.

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In the month of June 2008 an agitation was started in the valley against the diversion of land to SASB, you along with your other associates were directly responsible for instigating the general public to resort to unlawful activities. .

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However, following the revocation of land transfer order you instigated the general masses to agitate in favour of the Aazadi (Freedom" of the state of J&K from Union of India and in this regard chalked out a programme, whereby all the parties got united under one umbrella and all the elements combined in organizing big rallies like Muzaffarabad Challo, Pampore Chalo, Eidghah Chalo, during which you played a very important role in instigating the general public

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You led Muzaffarabad Chalo from Sopore and instigate general public to cross LOC

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You delivered highly objectionable and inflammatory speeches and exhorted the general public to join the movement

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Since you wield a considerable clout in secessionist and militant circles, large number of youth are getting motivated by your sermons and are joining militant/secessionist ranks.

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