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[Jade]

I know of many Kashmiris who are getting educated and working all over India. You don't seem to be aware of the level of engagement of Kashmir with the rest of India.

They are already a part of India and will remain so. The only thing is left is that it sinks down to some that it is never going to change, not by terror, not by pelting stones and not by crying.

India is not going to be split again for reasons of hatred and sectarianism. That is final. Those who can't live in a secular democracy had their chance in 1947.

Great to see you back mate

 

[EjazR]

Curfew lifted from entire Kashmir Valley - India - The Times of India

SRINAGAR: Curfew was on Sunday lifted from the entire Kashmir Valley following improvement in the situation after days of violent street protests and police firing.

Relative calm prevailed in the city and other parts of the Valley, prompting the authorities to lift the curfew, police said. Curfew was withdrawn from three districts of the state -- Budgam, Gandarbal and Kupwara -- and some localities of the Srinagar city on Saturday.

As per police, curfew has now been withdrawn from the districts of Anantnag, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian and Pulwama.

Curfew was imposed in the entire Valley on July 31 in the wake of violent protests in which 33 people were killed and several others, including securitymen, injured.

The latest round of violence in the Valley saw protestors attacking and torching government and police buildings, railway stations and vehicles, prompting hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to issue a surprise appeal telling agitators that burning public property would damage the "movement".

Urging people of Kashmir to "heed to voices of reason" and desist from violent protests, home minister P Chidambaram had on August 4 promised to reactivate a dialogue to address their grievances once normalcy is restored in the Valley.

Battling the upsurge in violence in the Valley, chief minister Omar Abdullah had visited Delhi and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week. Omar had said the state needs a political initiative to deal with the situation but made it clear that for that to happen a semblance of normalcy was needed.

 

[karan.1970]

Inshah'allah .. This unfortunate situation is behind us.. Time for Omar and Farooq to get their act together fast...

 

[Iggy]

Good news..hope government will learn from the mistakes they made and give adequate training for paramilitary and police in crowd management

 

[Awesome]

Kashmir Watch :: In-depth coverage on Kashmir conflict

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani Saturday announced fresh protest calendar for next coming week in connection with its ongoing “Quit Kashmir Campaign.”

The Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani Saturday again stress on “Quit Kashmir” movement and said that there was no question of dialogue with India unless New Delhi accepted the disputed nature of Kashmir.

“Unless India accepts the disputed nature of Kashmir and withdraws its troops, the question of entering into dialogue with New Delhi does not arise at all,” Geelani said in press conference on Saturday here.

On Monday (August 9) their will be complete strike and people have been asked to protest in peaceful manner and offer prayers on roads."

On August 10, Hurriyat (G) has asked people to follow graffiti and display banners saying 'Go India Go' and 'Quit Kashmir’.

People have been asked to march towards Pampore on Wednesday (August 11).

“We urge people to march towards Pampora in South Kashmir to show solidarity and pay condolence to those killed in police and Central Reserve Police Force firing and to those killed during 2008 uprising, said Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a press conference here at his residence.

On Thursday (August 12) there will be a relaxation in shutdowns from 12pm to Nimaz Isha (5th Muslim prayer).

Hurriyat (G) has asked residents of all districts to march towards their district headquarters, elsewhere, residents of Srinagar to march towards Pathar Majid and Barzulla on Friday.

On Saturday 14 August, (Pakistan’s independence day) the Hurriyat (G) there will be no strike on Saturday, said Geelani.

“On the occasion of Indian independence day 15 August, people should observe a complete shutdown and celebrate the day as “BLACK Day” said Geelani.

It's good to see that the protests are heading towards being more organized. They will be a lot more effective now.

 

[Awesome]

Commendable, I hope they let the new protest calendar proceed as organized.

 

[Vinod2070]

Good they realized the folly of the useless protests.

Kashmir is not going anywhere. They should discuss their issues with the elected civilian government in a civilized manner and not put common public to discomfort.

 

[Vinod2070]

If the decade long terror and ethnic cleansing was not "effective", these "protests" by traitors like this Syed are not going to be effective as well. He anyway has one leg in the grave and another on a banana peel.

The separatists back has been broken. It is their last hurrah before they fade away.

 

[karan.1970]

Commendable, I hope they let the new protest calendar proceed as organized.

Will depend on the manner the protests are done. If they are democratic and peaceful, yes.. If not then we will have another spate of threads getting opened here I guess...

 

[Iggy]

Why cant this Syed Ali Shah Geelani take this campaign and quit Kashmir himself lots of innocent people lives would have been saved by it

 

[Vinod2070]

Will depend on the manner the protests are done. If they are democratic and peaceful, yes.. If not then we will have another spate of threads getting opened here I guess...

Well, even a sneeze in Kashmir gets some people very excited. They start feeling Kashmir is about to fall to them. EVery suffering of Kashmiris by some separatists, terrorists and traitors increases that excitement.

Of course that excitement is short lived. They have been excited for two decades now and Kashmir remains with India and always will. If anything India is much more stronger now than earlier.

The one thing some have is hope. Alas that hope is only for hatred and sectarianism, not for the good of the world and humanity. Let them hope against hope while they ignore much bigger issues at home.

More Pushtuns were killed and injured in one night in Karachi over one murder of a Shia leader than all those killed in Kashmir in a week. The blame for all those killings rests with the like of that traitor Syed.

 

[Vinod2070]

Why cant this Syed Ali Shah Geelani take this campaign and quit Kashmir himself lots of innocent people lives would have been saved by it

Yes, go back to his Arab since he obviously has problems living in a secular democratic country that has saved his life countless times.

Talk of treason and ungratefulness and this idiot comes out tops. He even draws pension from the same GOI.

 

[Vinod2070]

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A good article by MJ Akbar. Worth reading!

Explains that Kashmir is merely a ruse for the PA (and many Pakistanis) to avenge the humiliation of 1971. They are not going to get it.

 

[Awesome]

Geez, don't cry. The protests have been more effective than Kargil - If the protests go on for a significant period of time, India will lose its control off Kashmir

 

[Vinod2070]

Yes, dream on. The terror and ethnic cleansing of Kashmir didn't do it. These sponsored protests will do squat.