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GreaterKashmir Daily Thousands offer prayers at Jamia Masjid
Srinagar: Thousands of people are attending Friday prayers at Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid today after several weeks of break due to continued curfew and restrictions in the city.
Thousands of people from many areas of Srinagar reached the mosque both individually and in processions. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is delivering the Friday sermon.
Pertinently, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who has been under continuous house arrest, had called for a march to Jamia Masjid in Srinagar today and had announced that he would defy the restrictions and offer prayers at the Jamia Masjid.
Srinagar: Thousands of people are attending Friday prayers at Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid today after several weeks of break due to continued curfew and restrictions in the city.
Thousands of people from many areas of Srinagar reached the mosque both individually and in processions. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is delivering the Friday sermon.
Pertinently, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who has been under continuous house arrest, had called for a march to Jamia Masjid in Srinagar today and had announced that he would defy the restrictions and offer prayers at the Jamia Masjid.
Daily Times -COMMENT:The road to ruling Muzaffarabad passes through Islamabad
LAHORE: The stakeholders sitting outside the boundaries of Azad Jammu and Kashmir are always the reason behind making and breaking the governments there and the recent episode of changing the key players in the power corridors of Kashmir is a continuity of this.
This can be judged by the statement of former AJK prime minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood, who had said, “It’s necessary to spend six out of seven days of a week in Islamabad to continue as a primer minister of Kashmir.”
A study of the history of Kashmir’s politics reveals that the governments in Azad Kashmir have always been dependent on the influential people sitting in the federal capital of Pakistan and every head of the government there has had strong links with Islamabad.
The study tells that the democratic set-up in Kashmir had been introduced in 1970 under the presidential system on the basis of an adult franchise when Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan took charge as the first elected president of AJK, as the head of the government as well as the head of the state. The first assembly also came into being and the people of AJK and the refugees settled in Pakistan elected the legislative assembly as well as the Azad Jammu and Kashmir president. The presidential system worked for four years. Later, in 1974, some major constitutional changes were made when an interim constitution was adopted and the parliamentary system of democracy was introduced in the state.
The parliamentary system was introduced and the prime minister, as the executive head of the state, was elected by majority of the votes of the assembly. Khan Abdul Hameed Khan was elected as the first prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was elected as the president.
This government was suspended in August 1977 due to the enforcement of a martial law in Pakistan. Brig Muhammad Hayat Khan was appointed the chief executive and later, Maj General (r) Abdul Rehman was appointed the president-cum-chief executive in February 1983. In 1985, the martial law was lifted and a civil set-up was established in Pakistan, elections for the legislative assembly were held and Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan took over as the prime minister and Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan as president of the state. They both belong to the Muslim Conference and are close associates of the then dictator Gen Ziaul Haq. Zia used to call Sardar Qayyum his murshid (mentor). Gen Zia always supported Qayyum and with Zia’s blessings, he ruled AJK. This assembly was elected for five years and worked until 1990.
Elections were held again in 1990, for the fourth time. This time around, the PPP had come into power in Islamabad and late Benazir Bhutto became the prime minister. A PPP leader in Kashmir, Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore, was elected as prime minister with the blessings of Islamabad.
The PPP government in Pakistan was dissolved and the trickle-down effect reached Muzaffarabad as well. It was very difficult for Mumtaz Rathore to continue as the prime minister and before any no-confidence motion, he dissolved the assembly.
The fifth government in AJK came into power in 1991, when Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan. Nawaz was considered the political legacy of Ziaul Haq. Sardar Qayyum was very comfortable with Nawaz, as the two were close to the dictator. Qayyum became the prime minister and Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was elected as the president. This government continued for five years up to 1996. The new elections were held in 1996 when the PPP was once again in power in Islamabad and the entire episode repeated. PPP Kashmir leader Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry was elected as the prime minister and Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was elected as the president with Islamabad’s help.
The next elections were held in 2001. During this time, another martial law had been imposed in Pakistan. A group of the Muslim Conference, led by Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, had won the elections and formed a government. Maj Gen (r) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan was elected as the president with the support of Musharraf-led authorities in Pakistan.
The constitution was amended once again and through the 11th Constitutional Amendment, one more seat was approved for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, hence the total number of seats for AJK became 49. Details of the seats in AJK reveal that the seats reserved for the people of Azad Kashmir were 29, refugees settled in Pakistan 12, women five, and one each for clerics, overseas Kashmiris and technocrats.
Out of the 49 seats, 12 had been fixed for refuges living in Pakistan. In fact, these 12 seats have always been won by the people, who have support from the sitting government in Pakistan. History tells us that these 12 members of the AJK assembly always belonged to the ruling party of Pakistan. Polling for these 12 seats is held in Pakistan and the sitting governments always manoeuvre the results to make their favourites win. These 12 MLAs play a vital role in making or breaking the governments in Azad Kashmir.
“These 12 seats are reserved in the Kashmir assembly, only to get a hold, as no resolution or law could be passed against the wishes of the sitting governments in Islamabad. Actually, these people are there to balance or imbalance the equilibrium of power in Kashmir on the wishes of Islamabad,” a Kashmiri national said.
The power players sitting in Islamabad always use these 12 people to get the desired results is Muzaffarabad. This game was played yet again in Kashmir, as the general elections for the Kashmir assembly were held on July 11, 2006. This time, the PML-Q was ruling Pakistan. Sardar Attique paved his way to the power corridors with the help of the Chaudhry cousins of Gujrat. The cousins had good relations with Sardar Qayyum of the Muslim Conference, Sardar Ibrahim and Barrister Sultan Mehmood. They managed to get Sardar Attique accepted as the PM by the Musharraf regime. This assembly elected Raja Zulqarnain Khan as the AJK president.
In 2008, the Pakistan government was changed as result of general elections and the PPP came into power. Hence, a change of government in Kashmir was evident. A no-confidence motion was moved against Sardar Attique by a five-party alliance that voted him out. Raja Farooq Haider, who was leading the forward bloc comprising eight members of the Muslim Conference, was a major component of the alliance.
As a result of the passage of this motion, Sardar Yaqoob became the PM. He could only complete nine months in power with a four-party parliamentary coalition. In the no-confidence move, the name of MLA Raja Farooq was mentioned as an alternate candidate to the office of the AJK premier.
The motion came following a deal reportedly brokered by ex-prime minister Sardar Sikandar uniting the two factions of the Muslim Conference – one led by MLA Raja Farooq, a part of the government, and the other by opposition leader Sardar Attique. Raja Farooq, with a group of the Muslim Conference assembly members, had parted ways early in January 2009 with their own party’s government headed by Sardar Attique.
The motion was carried and Raja Farooq became the premier of AJK. His government could also complete only nine months when the Muslim Conference, the People’s Party, and the Friends’ Group presented a no-confidence motion against him.
Sardar Attique, president of the ruling All-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference and former AJK premier, was nominated as an alternate candidate for the premiership.
This time, the central role in changing the chief executive of AJK was played by Kashmir Affairs Minister Manzoor Wattoo. Sardar Attique had the opportunity to get closer to the federal government, especially Wattoo, in the case of Justice Riaz Akhtar.
AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Haider, AJK PPP President Chaudhry Majeed, former premier Barrister Sultan and Muslim Conference President Sardar Attique joined hands to oust Raja Farooq from office.
It is said that the PPP’s top leaders President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had accepted Sardar Attique as the new leader on the recommendations of Manzoor Wattoo.
Until the filing of this report, Sardar Attique was elected as the prime minister of AJK unopposed, as no candidate filed nomination papers against him. The notion that the road to get power in AJK passes through Islamabad has been proved yet again.
LAHORE: The stakeholders sitting outside the boundaries of Azad Jammu and Kashmir are always the reason behind making and breaking the governments there and the recent episode of changing the key players in the power corridors of Kashmir is a continuity of this.
This can be judged by the statement of former AJK prime minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood, who had said, “It’s necessary to spend six out of seven days of a week in Islamabad to continue as a primer minister of Kashmir.”
A study of the history of Kashmir’s politics reveals that the governments in Azad Kashmir have always been dependent on the influential people sitting in the federal capital of Pakistan and every head of the government there has had strong links with Islamabad.
The study tells that the democratic set-up in Kashmir had been introduced in 1970 under the presidential system on the basis of an adult franchise when Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan took charge as the first elected president of AJK, as the head of the government as well as the head of the state. The first assembly also came into being and the people of AJK and the refugees settled in Pakistan elected the legislative assembly as well as the Azad Jammu and Kashmir president. The presidential system worked for four years. Later, in 1974, some major constitutional changes were made when an interim constitution was adopted and the parliamentary system of democracy was introduced in the state.
The parliamentary system was introduced and the prime minister, as the executive head of the state, was elected by majority of the votes of the assembly. Khan Abdul Hameed Khan was elected as the first prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was elected as the president.
This government was suspended in August 1977 due to the enforcement of a martial law in Pakistan. Brig Muhammad Hayat Khan was appointed the chief executive and later, Maj General (r) Abdul Rehman was appointed the president-cum-chief executive in February 1983. In 1985, the martial law was lifted and a civil set-up was established in Pakistan, elections for the legislative assembly were held and Sardar Sikander Hayat Khan took over as the prime minister and Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan as president of the state. They both belong to the Muslim Conference and are close associates of the then dictator Gen Ziaul Haq. Zia used to call Sardar Qayyum his murshid (mentor). Gen Zia always supported Qayyum and with Zia’s blessings, he ruled AJK. This assembly was elected for five years and worked until 1990.
Elections were held again in 1990, for the fourth time. This time around, the PPP had come into power in Islamabad and late Benazir Bhutto became the prime minister. A PPP leader in Kashmir, Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore, was elected as prime minister with the blessings of Islamabad.
The PPP government in Pakistan was dissolved and the trickle-down effect reached Muzaffarabad as well. It was very difficult for Mumtaz Rathore to continue as the prime minister and before any no-confidence motion, he dissolved the assembly.
The fifth government in AJK came into power in 1991, when Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister of Pakistan. Nawaz was considered the political legacy of Ziaul Haq. Sardar Qayyum was very comfortable with Nawaz, as the two were close to the dictator. Qayyum became the prime minister and Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was elected as the president. This government continued for five years up to 1996. The new elections were held in 1996 when the PPP was once again in power in Islamabad and the entire episode repeated. PPP Kashmir leader Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry was elected as the prime minister and Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was elected as the president with Islamabad’s help.
The next elections were held in 2001. During this time, another martial law had been imposed in Pakistan. A group of the Muslim Conference, led by Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, had won the elections and formed a government. Maj Gen (r) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan was elected as the president with the support of Musharraf-led authorities in Pakistan.
The constitution was amended once again and through the 11th Constitutional Amendment, one more seat was approved for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, hence the total number of seats for AJK became 49. Details of the seats in AJK reveal that the seats reserved for the people of Azad Kashmir were 29, refugees settled in Pakistan 12, women five, and one each for clerics, overseas Kashmiris and technocrats.
Out of the 49 seats, 12 had been fixed for refuges living in Pakistan. In fact, these 12 seats have always been won by the people, who have support from the sitting government in Pakistan. History tells us that these 12 members of the AJK assembly always belonged to the ruling party of Pakistan. Polling for these 12 seats is held in Pakistan and the sitting governments always manoeuvre the results to make their favourites win. These 12 MLAs play a vital role in making or breaking the governments in Azad Kashmir.
“These 12 seats are reserved in the Kashmir assembly, only to get a hold, as no resolution or law could be passed against the wishes of the sitting governments in Islamabad. Actually, these people are there to balance or imbalance the equilibrium of power in Kashmir on the wishes of Islamabad,” a Kashmiri national said.
The power players sitting in Islamabad always use these 12 people to get the desired results is Muzaffarabad. This game was played yet again in Kashmir, as the general elections for the Kashmir assembly were held on July 11, 2006. This time, the PML-Q was ruling Pakistan. Sardar Attique paved his way to the power corridors with the help of the Chaudhry cousins of Gujrat. The cousins had good relations with Sardar Qayyum of the Muslim Conference, Sardar Ibrahim and Barrister Sultan Mehmood. They managed to get Sardar Attique accepted as the PM by the Musharraf regime. This assembly elected Raja Zulqarnain Khan as the AJK president.
In 2008, the Pakistan government was changed as result of general elections and the PPP came into power. Hence, a change of government in Kashmir was evident. A no-confidence motion was moved against Sardar Attique by a five-party alliance that voted him out. Raja Farooq Haider, who was leading the forward bloc comprising eight members of the Muslim Conference, was a major component of the alliance.
As a result of the passage of this motion, Sardar Yaqoob became the PM. He could only complete nine months in power with a four-party parliamentary coalition. In the no-confidence move, the name of MLA Raja Farooq was mentioned as an alternate candidate to the office of the AJK premier.
The motion came following a deal reportedly brokered by ex-prime minister Sardar Sikandar uniting the two factions of the Muslim Conference – one led by MLA Raja Farooq, a part of the government, and the other by opposition leader Sardar Attique. Raja Farooq, with a group of the Muslim Conference assembly members, had parted ways early in January 2009 with their own party’s government headed by Sardar Attique.
The motion was carried and Raja Farooq became the premier of AJK. His government could also complete only nine months when the Muslim Conference, the People’s Party, and the Friends’ Group presented a no-confidence motion against him.
Sardar Attique, president of the ruling All-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference and former AJK premier, was nominated as an alternate candidate for the premiership.
This time, the central role in changing the chief executive of AJK was played by Kashmir Affairs Minister Manzoor Wattoo. Sardar Attique had the opportunity to get closer to the federal government, especially Wattoo, in the case of Justice Riaz Akhtar.
AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Haider, AJK PPP President Chaudhry Majeed, former premier Barrister Sultan and Muslim Conference President Sardar Attique joined hands to oust Raja Farooq from office.
It is said that the PPP’s top leaders President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had accepted Sardar Attique as the new leader on the recommendations of Manzoor Wattoo.
Until the filing of this report, Sardar Attique was elected as the prime minister of AJK unopposed, as no candidate filed nomination papers against him. The notion that the road to get power in AJK passes through Islamabad has been proved yet again.
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Time to kick the indian occupation forces out of kashmir
trying for 60+ years, and the time hasnt come yet??? Well Once the kashmiris will Learn from there mistakes and Find out who the Real culprits are... Lol... Lets wait and see...
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trying for 60+ years, and the time hasnt come yet??? Well Once the kashmiris will Learn from there mistakes and Find out who the Real culprits are... Lol... Lets wait and see...
Indian Learn from thier mistakes..... 60 YEars and still they are fighting for freedom... you cant change thier minds in 60 years .....
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Indian Learn from thier mistakes..... 60 YEars and still they are fighting for freedom... you cant change thier minds in 60 years .....
Well, We couldnt, we consider it as a failure, But its also a Victory that we did not allow any Foreign Power to Divide it.... Well Its an Issue which would Cool down in the Coming Years,... We have Several Developments happening in Kashmir.... when they get a Mean to Live they would calm Down...
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The current mini crisis is already over. Wait for some more time before raising your hopes.
India is not going to be broken for narrow sectarianism and religious hatreds again. Bigots have the gate open for them. Just close the door behind you.
India is not going to be broken for narrow sectarianism and religious hatreds again. Bigots have the gate open for them. Just close the door behind you.
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The physical demonstrations of a lack of acceptance of Indian occupation will ebb and flow over time, as they have done - the ebb does not change the reality of the situation in terms of a refusal to accept Indian occupation
The Kashmiris are trying to close the door behind them, but they have to push the Indian invaders out of the house first.
India committed to Palestinian cause, says S.M. Krishna
Srinagar: Setting an inspirational example of brotherhood and communal amity in the ongoing the holy month of Ramadan, a group of Muslims on Thursday here helped their Hindu brethrens to perform the last rites of a Kashmiri Hindu.
Somnath Koul, a Kashmiri Pandit, died at about 7:00 a.m.. But in the absence of enough people to properly perform the last rites, the Muslim neighbours filled the vacuum.
"This body is of our neighbour who was a Kashmiri Pandit. He died at around 7 in the morning today (August 12). There were just a few Pandits in their house, rest of us are all Muslims, so we have assisted in the performing of all his last rites," said Shahid Muneer, a Muslim neighbour of Somnath Koul.
Veerjee Koul, son of the deceased Somnath expressed his gratitude to his Muslim neighbours.
"Muslims have contributed a lot. 90 percent of the people present here are Muslims. As you have seen how many people were present here. So we are very thankful to the Muslims," said Veerjee Koul, son of the deceased.
It was a rare sight to witness a large number of Muslims making their presence felt during the last rites of a Hindu.
So much so the Muslims facilitated almost all the arrangements for the final rituals.
Somnath was a resident of Chanapora region on the outskirts of Srinagar city.
On the onset of turbulence in the Kashmir valley, there was an exodus of thousands of Kashmiri Pandit families who migrated to other places of the country.
However, the family members of Somnath decided to stay back in the valley. (ANI)
Srinagar: Setting an inspirational example of brotherhood and communal amity in the ongoing the holy month of Ramadan, a group of Muslims on Thursday here helped their Hindu brethrens to perform the last rites of a Kashmiri Hindu.
Somnath Koul, a Kashmiri Pandit, died at about 7:00 a.m.. But in the absence of enough people to properly perform the last rites, the Muslim neighbours filled the vacuum.
"This body is of our neighbour who was a Kashmiri Pandit. He died at around 7 in the morning today (August 12). There were just a few Pandits in their house, rest of us are all Muslims, so we have assisted in the performing of all his last rites," said Shahid Muneer, a Muslim neighbour of Somnath Koul.
Veerjee Koul, son of the deceased Somnath expressed his gratitude to his Muslim neighbours.
"Muslims have contributed a lot. 90 percent of the people present here are Muslims. As you have seen how many people were present here. So we are very thankful to the Muslims," said Veerjee Koul, son of the deceased.
It was a rare sight to witness a large number of Muslims making their presence felt during the last rites of a Hindu.
So much so the Muslims facilitated almost all the arrangements for the final rituals.
Somnath was a resident of Chanapora region on the outskirts of Srinagar city.
On the onset of turbulence in the Kashmir valley, there was an exodus of thousands of Kashmiri Pandit families who migrated to other places of the country.
However, the family members of Somnath decided to stay back in the valley. (ANI)
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ISI keeps hundred thousand troops busy in Kashmir with assitance of some stone pelters as per Indian offical media. Isnt "ISI" a forigen power or your have surrendered now??
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Millions and millions of pandits have been uplifted from their indigenous home land and no one ever talks about it. Even India.
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