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[Gucci]

all references NOT related to Kashmir should be deleted......if you want to troll, go take it to bharat-rhatgarbage.com

u shud c who started this first

go take it to bharat-rhatgarbage.com

it clarifies more

 

[Dash]

I have so many kashmiri friends with me who have come be being irritated by the activity happaning there. One was a wood merchant and now he came Bangalore.

 

[EjazR]

DAWN.COM | Front Page | Shoot-on-sight order in Gilgit after heavy firing


GILGIT: A shoot-on-sight order was issued after two rival groups resorted to heavy aerial firing soon after Iftar near Yadgar Chowk here on Wednesday, police said.

Two people were gunned down in the same area on Tuesday. Sources said that paramilitary troops and police came to the area only after the shootout subsided.

More than 70,000 bullets were fired. Three houses were burnt, but there were no casualties.

Gilgit’s assistant commissioner told Dawn that the situation eased after the administration called in Punjab Rangers and Northern Area scouts.

Police sources said that no arrest had been made nor did they register any case.

Incidents of firing were also reported from Nagaral, Kashrote, Majini Muhallah and some other parts of the region.

Gilgit has seen a spree of target killings over the past four days. Four people were killed in two days.

 

[GentlemanObserver]

More than 70,000 bullets were fired.

Where do they get these figures from?

 

[karan.1970]

It mentions 2 rival groups. Is it some kind of a gang war ? 70000 bullets.. ??

 

[third eye]

This is the holy month, one would expect some sanity during this month at least.

 

[civfanatic]

Srinagar, Aug 25: Yet another youth succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, taking the total number of civilians killed by police and CRPF during the ongoing unrest to 64, bringing the toll at par with the killings during the summer agitation of 2008 over the transfer of land to Amarnath Shrine Board.
Omar Qayoum Bhat son of Abdul Qayoum Bhat of Malik Sahab, Soura, died at SK Institute of Medical Sciences today. Doctors said 17-year old Omar was admitted in the institute on August 23.
“He had internal injuries. His lungs were bleeding and were badly damaged. His condition worsened today and he succumbed,” a senior doctor at SKIMS told Greater Kashmir.
Omar, a class XI student, was picked up by police on August 20 along with two other youth—Amir Bashir Sheikh son of Bashir Ahmad of Umarheir, Buchpora, and Irshad Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Qadir of Dar Mohalla, Soura.
However, the three were granted bail a few days later by a court and they went home. Omar, his family said, was admitted to the SKIMS as blood started oozing from his month and he complained of severe pain on August 23. They said he was tortured in police custody.
Massive protests broke out in Soura and its neighbourhood as people, young and old, poured onto streets and staged pro-freedom demonstrations against his death.
“He was brutally tortured in the custody and it is a cold blooded murder,” locals said. Omar was the only son of his parents. He has three sisters.
The angry protesters pelted police and CRPF with stones who responded by caning, lobbing tear smoke ammunition and pump action shots.
The protesters also set ablaze a police vehicle, JK02B-4826, and damaged an Alto car, JKO1J-2756, of a police officer. They also attempted to set ablaze the old residence of National Conference founder, Sheikh Abdullah.
The ding-dong battles, which continued till late in the evening, left nearly half 18 protesters injured.
Several of them were admitted to SKIMS where doctors said six had sustained pellet injuries and two had been thrashed by forces.
Late in the evening, protests erupted in uptown Barzulla after police picked up two teenagers during raids. Locals said police arrested Owais Ahmad and Muhammad Younis from old Barzulla.
Police caned protesters and lobbed teargas shells to disperse them. Locals said they beat up people and damaged the window panes of a Masjid in the locality.
Meanwhile, police and CRPF were deployed heavily across the city. They imposed curfew in the areas falling under the jurisdiction of police stations Batamloo, Bemina, Qamarwari, Kralkhud, Nowhatta, Khanyar, Maharajgunj, Safakadal, Maisuma, Shaheedgunj and Abi-guzar area of Kothibagh on the orders of district administration.

FIRING IN PAMPORE, YOUTH INJURED:
A youth was critically injured in Pampore town of South Kashmir district of Pulwama when the paramilitary forces opened fire on a procession Wednesday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses said a youth identified as Javed Ahmed Bhat, 20, son of Abdul Ahad Bhat of Frastibal, Pampore, was injured when CRPF personnel without any provocation fired at a peaceful procession near Drangbal, Pampore, on Srinagar-Jammu highway.
Javaid received bullet injuries in his neck and was rushed to SMHS in Srinagar, where his condition is said to be critical.
As soon as the word about the firing incident spread in the town thousands of people from Drangabal, Frastibal and Kadalbal came out on streets and protested against the CRPF action. They also burnt tyres and erected barricades at various places and blocked the highway for several hours. Army was then pressed into service and it conducted a flag march.
“The army personnel also caught hold of three youth and thrashed them mercilessly,” said the eyewitnesses adding that the injured youth were admitted in the sub-district hospital Pampore.
Angry youth then clashed with police and CRPF at various places.
The protesters resorted to heavy stone pelting on police who retaliated by tear gas shelling and firing several rounds in air. The protesters also attacked a police and CRPF vehicle with stones and bricks, damaging them. Clashes were going on when reports last came in.
Restrictions were imposed in Pulwama township also amid reports of protest demonstrations from Preechoo, Rajpora and Chatipora areas.
Similar restrictions were enforced in Awantipora and Tral areas with reports of protest demonstrations. Pro-freedom demonstrations also rocked Shopian town and its adjoining areas.
Reports of protest demonstrations were also received from Kulgam and Qaimoh towns and the adjoining areas.
In Bijbehara town also severe restrictions were imposed and police and CRPF men were deployed in strength.
In Islamabad town despite severe restrictions youth took to streets at various areas in old town- Cheeni Chowk, Reeshi Bazar, Malakhnag, Lal Chowk- and entered into clashes with police and CRPF. The forces lobbed tear gas canisters to disperse the youth who retaliated by hurling stones and bricks. Reports of demonstrations were also received from certain civil lines area of K.P road- Khanabal, Laizibal, Gulshanabad. Clashes were on till late in the evening.
Reports of shutdown poured in form north Kashmir districts and towns of Sopur, Varmul, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Handwara and Bandipora.

POLICE SPEAKS:
“A section of mourners in Soura indulged in arson and stone pelting on an armed police picket by setting on fire a police vehicle and a private vehicle. Police intervened and chased away the mob using minimum force,” a police spokesman said.
“A huge mob today resorted to heavy stone pelting on the vehicles passing through Pampore. A vehicle was damaged and the driver suffered some injuries. The police used mild lathi charge and chased away the stone pelting mob. However, one injured namely Javed Ahmad Bhat has been admitted in SMHS Hospital with shoulder and neck injuries. Police has taken cognizance and is looking into the matter. The condition of the injured is so far stable,” he said.

Tortured Soura teenager succumbs Lastupdate:- Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT GreaterKashmir.com

 

[GentlemanObserver]

This is the holy month, one would expect some sanity during this month at least.

Sanity from this lot... Please! BTW how the hell did they count the 75,000 shell casings? Utter sensationalist nonsense.

 

[civfanatic]

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[greatsequence]

Possibly a shia sunni rift.

 

[Bhairava]

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Are they protesting for the killing of the mother-daughter duo by the militants or something else.??

 

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[RPK]

Time to tell Pakistan to return Kashmir areas: Farooq - Hindustan Times

It is time to tell Pakistan "in one voice" that it should return to India parts of Kashmir under its control and the area it has gifted to China, union minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday. Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the unrest in

the Kashmir Valley, Abdullah, who heads the state's ruling National Conference party, said he was surprised none of the MPs mentioned about the parts of Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistani and Chinese control.

“Today, I am surprised that nobody has talked about Kashmir under Pakistan occupation which they call Azad Kashmir, nobody talked about Northern Areas of Gilgit Baltistan and Skardu, nobody talked about the territory Pakistan gave away to China,” Abdullah said.

He asserted that it was the time to tell Pakistan “in one voice that it should return to us the part of Kashmir it has occupied and given away to China”.

Pitching hard for the restoration of autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, the former chief minister said if Kashmir has to remain an integral part of India “you will have to open your hearts to us".

“Kashmir has not acceded to India by force... It chose to become a part of India belonging to Gandhi and Nehru," he recalled.

“But today, I regret that when we open our hearts to you, you don't even recognise us...Every corner of our heart has India written over it. When we brought the autonomy resolution, I thought we will join hearts. But you let me down,” he said, referring to the National Conference's autonomy resolution of 2000 which was trashed by the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government.

“(Then prime minister Atal Bihari) Vajpayee told me he had not even read the autonomy. I pleaded before him to read it as it is all well within the ambit of the constitution,” Abdullah said.

“You have to win the hearts of Kashmiris...People who have laid down their lives don't want jobs or money. They want justice,” he told the house, with folded hands.

He said the role of the media in the Kashmir Valley was disappointing and the newspapers published from Srinagar were adding fuel to the fire.

Abdullah looked upwards at the press gallery in the house and again folded his hands pleading to the journalists sitting there to be objective and report facts from the Kashmir Valley.

The renewed unrest in the Kashmir Valley since June 11 has seen 64 people killed, mostly in firing by security forces, during clashes.

 

[RPK]

People of Kashmir don't want separation, says Farooq Abdullah

New Delhi: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah made a passionate appeal in Parliament for a political solution to the Kashmir crisis.

Speaking on the importance of winning hearts to win over Kashmir, Farooq said " I plead with my hands folded, try to understand the pulse of Kashmir. People of Kashmir don't want separation from India."

His remarks came during a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Kashmir situation."We want to find a solution within India and not outside," said Abdullah

Earlier, the BJP had said that autonomy for Kashmir is not acceptable

 

[karan.1970]

this is gonna blow.....