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Shah put under house arrest
Srinagar, January 06 : Senior Hurriat Leader and Freedom
Party Chief Shabir Ahmad Shah has been put under house arrest from yesterday
8 pm. Large contingent of Police and CRPF was deployed around his residence.
Shah was scheduled to visit Sopore, today, to pay tributes to those who were
martyred by Indian troops in the town on this day in 1993. Indian police and
paramilitary troopers cordoned off the residence of Mr. Shah on Thursday
evening and informed him that he could not venture out.
Over 50 persons were martyred and more than 350 structures were gutted on
6th January in 1993 after Indian troopers set the Sopore town ablaze. The
memories of one of the bloodiest massacres carried against the civilian
population in the Valley remain fresh in hearts and minds of the people
particularly denizens of the apple town even after the passage of nineteen
years.
PICTURE IN
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Srinagar, Dec 24, 2011: DFP Chief Shabir
Ahmed Shah addressing a public gathering at Ganderbal in North Kashmir
Meanwhile, complete shutdown is being observed in the
Kashmir Valley against the recent killing of a 12th class student by Indian
policemen at Boniyar in Baramulla. Call for the strike has been given by the
Kashmiri Traders and Transporter
Saghar urged UN to play role for Kashmir
settlement
Srinagar January 05 : Kashmiris on both sides of the Line
of Control and the world over observed the Right to Self-determination Day,
today, to remind the international community that the UN resolutions on
Kashmir had remained unimplemented even after the passage of more than six
decades. On this day in 1949, the United Nations Security Council adopted a
resolution, acknowledging Kashmiris’ right of self-determination. A seminar
was organized by All Parties Hurriyet Conference AJK chapter in Islamabad
Pakistan .The seminar was presided over by the Convener, Mehmood Ahmad
Saghar.
Saghar urged UN to play role for Kashmir dispute's settlement .He also urged
India to shun its obdurate policy on Kashmir and take solid measures for
resolution of the dispute. He called upon the international community to
impress upon India to resolve the decades-old issue as per Kashmiris’
aspirations. On the other hand, the United States has reaffirmed its
longstanding position on Kashmir’s status as a disputed territory urging all
parties to seek a peaceful resolution to the decades-old conflict.
Responding to a series of questions at the daily news briefing in
Washington, today, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that
acknowledgement of the Kashmir’s disputed status is in consistent with
longstanding US policy.
Shabir Shah arrested at Mirgund
Srinagar, January 04 : Indian police personnel arrested
senior APHC leader and President of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom
Party (DFP), Shabir Ahmed Shah.
Shah was on way to Boniyar area of Baramulla to express sympathy with the
family members of a 12th class students, Altaf Ahmad Sood killed by Indian
police, that he was arrested at Mirgund, Pattan,.The DFP spokesman condemned Shah’s arrest and described it the worst kind of
violation of human rights. He said that India would never succeed in its
efforts to weaken the liberation movement
The spokesman also strongly denounced the murder of the student and termed
it barbarism by the Indian government. condemning the killing of the
student,. He said that it was a brutal and unprovoked murder. He also
expressed sympathy with the bereaved family. He demanded exemplary
punishment for the involved police personnel. He appealed the international organizations to take notice of Indian state
terrorism and ban on movement of Hurriyet leaders in the occupied territory.
Kashmiris’ sacrifices not to go waste: Shabir Shah
Srinagar, January 03 : Senior leader of the All Parties
Hurriyet Conference, and DFP chief Shabir Ahmed Shah has said that
Kashmiris’ unparalleled sacrifices, which had centre-staged the Kashmir
dispute at the global level, will not be allowed to go waste.
Shah while talking to media men in Srinagar paid rich tributes to the Sopore
martyrs who were killed on 6th January in 1993. Over 50 persons were
martyred, some of them roasted alive, and more than 350 structures were
gutted on that day after Indian troopers set the entire town ablaze. Shah
maintained that the liberation movement would continue till the Kashmir
dispute was resolved in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations. Shah
ridiculed the claims of pro-India politicians about peace in the occupied
territory. He said that silence of graveyard was imposed in Jammu and
Kashmir at gunpoint.
Shah addressing a public gathering in srinagar condemned the killing of a
Kashmiri student, Altaf Ahmad Sood by Indian police during a protest
demonstration against anti-people policies of the puppet administration of
Omar Abdullah. He said, “It is not a new thing for the people of Kashmir.
The armed forces have been killing innocent civilians for past over two
decades now. Till now hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have been
killed by the Indian army and police in Jammu Kashmir.”
Amidst pro-freedom slogans by the people, Shah said that anti-human acts
being carried out by the armed forces was the fallout of vast powers
delegated to them under the enforced draconian laws in the territory. He
added that the authorities, MLAs and other pro-India political leaders were
equally responsible for the killings.
Shabir Shah pays tributes to Sopore martyrs
Srinagar, January 02 : Senior leader of, All
Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) and DFP chief Shabir Ahmad Shah has paid
rich tributes to over 50 people martyred by Indian troops on January 6, 1993
in Sopore.
Shah talking to media men in Srinagar while terming the incident as one of
the worst massacres in the history of Kashmir, said that the sacrifices of
Kashmiri people had internationalized the Kashmir dispute and the world
community was increasing pressure on India to seek political settlement of
the dispute. Shah expressed sympathy with the families of victims and vowed
that the people of Kashmir would continue their struggle for securing
inalienable right to self-determination till complete success. He urged
India to give up its unrealistic stance on Kashmir and come forward to
resolve the dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations.
Shah assured the people of Sopore that their sacrifices would definitely
bring positives results and the day was not far away when Kashmiris would
get rid of Indian bondage.