Yasin Malik threatens fast unto death against land transfer in occupied Kashmir

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Two killed in police firing in Jammu
4 Aug 2008, 1635 hrs IST,PTI

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JAMMU: In a fresh flare up, two persons were killed and four received injuries when police opened fire to quell violence in Samba town on Monday as Jammu region continued to simmer over the Amarnath land row with protesters defying curfew at several places. ( Watch )


Curfew was relaxed for varying periods in Jammu and Samba districts this morning while it remained strictly in force in rest of the region which is witnessing unrest since June-end over the land controversy.

Violating curfew, protesters poured on to streets and tried to block traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba town this afternoon, police sources said.

When cane-charge and teargassing proved ineffective, police opened fire in which two protesters were killed and four suffered injuries, the sources said.

Curfew was relaxed from 0500 to 0800 hrs in Jammu and from 0800 hrs to 1000 hrs in Samaba, officials said adding no untoward incident was reported from the two districts during lifting of the curfew.

Residents thronged marketplaces during the relaxation period to buy essential and other commodities, they said.

After the curfew was re-imposed, Army conducted flag marches in sensitive areas in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

Doctors, nurses and other staff in government hospitals in the city took mass casual leave for a day today to express their solidarity with the agitators.

Meanwhile, the Amarnath Sangrash Samiti, an amalgam of 35 political, religious and social outfits, extended the shutdown in Jammu city by another five days.

The Samiti is demanding removal of Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and immediate restoration of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board.

The Samiti also ruled out holding any dialogue with the Jammu and Kashmir government on resolving the lingering land row.

In Kashmir valley, the general strike called by Hurriyat hardliners to express solidarity with Muslims in violence-hit Jammu region crippled normal life.

All shops, businesses and educational institutions were shut in response to the call for strike issued by the hardline faction of the Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.


Two killed in police firing in Jammu-India-The Times of India

 

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Is he on a fast?

Good for him.

The Hindus also fast for ''self cleansing''!

He is only recalling his origin!!

Let's not disturb him!

 

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Is he on a fast?

Good for him.

The Hindus also fast for ''self cleansing''!

He is only recalling his origin!!

Let's not disturb him!

nevermind ----------

 

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ISLAMABAD, June 23 (APP): Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Mohammad Yasin Malik has warned that he will fast unto death if the decision of transfer of 800 Kanals of forest land to New Delhi based Shri Amarnath Shrine Board is not immediately revoked. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar after his return from Pakistan, he said that India was working on a plan to change the demography of occupied Kashmir by settling non-Kashmiris in the territory, adding, “Kashmiris will not allow anybody to occupy their land and will fight it tooth and nail,” KMS reported. The JKLF Chairman maintained that Kashmiris had always welcomed their guests, be it tourists or Amarnath pilgrims. However, he regretted that India was trying to create an atmosphere of communal discord by transferring Kashmiris' land to the Hindu board. (Posted @ 21:14 PST)
- DAWN - Latest Stories; June 23, 2008

He'd do himself a favour if he were to do as he threatens.

 

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He'd do himself a favour if he were to do as he threatens.

Oh his fast was better than the violence Hindu fanatic groups have waged in Indian Held Kashmir.

anyway see the violence is continued and fanatic Hindu groups are blocking food and medicine supplies to Held Kashmir specillay to the Muslim areas.

 

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Violence rages in Jammu region, 2 cops lyunched, 48 injured

Press Trust Of India
Jammu/Srinagar, August 05, 2008
First Published: 19:07 IST(5/8/2008)
Last Updated: 20:24 IST(5/8/2008)



Two policemen were on Tuesday lynched in Jorian in Jammu and Kashmir as violence flared up on the Amarnath issue with protesters torching police posts and vehicles and uprooting 1.5 kms of railway track in several areas in Jammu region, leaving 51 injured.

In Srinagar, another five persons were injured in clashes between police and stone-pelting agitators who were protesting against the call to blockade Jammu-Srinagar highway given by Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti and the killing of a youth.

The two policemen were lynched after police opened fire in the border area of Jorian where protesters burnt down a police post, a Gypsy vehicle and a tehsildar's office. As many as 29 persons including 13 cops were injured in the violence, forcing authorities to call out the army.

In Akhnoor town, protesters, demanding removal of Governor N N Vohra, set fire to a police post and a tent housing security personnel. Police there had earlier fired teargas shells and resorted to cane charge.

Curfew was imposed in Kathua after police and protesters fought pitched battles in which 18 persons including 5 cops were injured, official reports reaching Jammu said. The agitators set fire to a railway police post and a municipal office in Kathua.

Protesters uprooted 1.5 kms of railway track and stopped an army special train in Gagwal area in Samba district where at least four persons were injured in police-protester clashes.

Violence rages in Jammu region, 2 cops lyunched, 48 injured- Hindustan Times

 

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Oh his fast was better than the violence Hindu fanatic groups have waged in Indian Held Kashmir.

anyway see the violence is continued and fanatic Hindu groups are blocking food and medicine supplies to Held Kashmir specillay to the Muslim areas.

Great. So if muslims protest they are being discriminated against. If hindus protest, they are fanatics.
If muslims are killed, its human rights violations. If hindus are killed, they deserve it.

Atleast don't lower the prestige of the profession by calling yourself a journalist.

 

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Great. So if muslims protest they are being discriminated against. If hindus protest, they are fanatics.
If muslims are killed, its human rights violations. If hindus are killed, they deserve it.

Atleast don't lower the prestige of the profession by calling yourself a journalist.

According to the constitution Kashmiri land can not be handed over to the outsiders. acres and acres of land was tranferd to Amarnath Shrine Board which is and was illegal. The Kashmiris were protesting against it on the basis of law and constitution and not on the basis of religion.


The difference between the two protest is that Mulism Kashmiris were not blocking food and medicine supplies.

Secondly the current proetst is flared up by non-Kashmiri political parties from outside Kashmir while sitting in other cities of India.

The issue was purely constitutional where Hindu political parties are making it as religious.

They are trying to flare up communal riots in Kashmir.

And i believe this idiotic plan by Hindu political parties will only add to Indian problems in future.

 

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According to the constitution Kashmiri land can not be handed over to the outsiders. acres and acres of land was tranferd to Amarnath Shrine Board which is and was illegal. The Kashmiris were protesting against it on the basis of law and constitution and not on the basis of religion.

Hardly a reason for keeping the state burning for the better part of 2 months. I don't see the same protests happening when hundreds of acres of forest land is acquired by greedy politicians.

The difference between the two protest is that Mulism Kashmiris were not blocking food and medicine supplies.

Well duh...they are at the wrong end of the supply chain...hardly in a position to block anything.

Secondly the current proetst is flared up by non-Kashmiri political parties from outside Kashmir while sitting in other cities of India.

Oh and the Srinagar protests had nothing to do with "outsiders". Wake up.

The issue was purely constitutional where Hindu political parties are making it as religious.

Oh yeah....we saw the constitutional nature of the protests....I am no fool Jana...I was following the event closely.

They are trying to flare up communal riots in Kashmir.

Yeah....and the Srinagar angels wouldn't dream of doing that

There's no question of communal riots in Srinagar because there are no more Hindus to chase away. However, significant populations of muslims do live in Jammu, which gives you guys ample opportunity to pull up the hindus for fanaticism.

And i believe this idiotic plan by Hindu political parties will only add to Indian problems in future.

Tell that to Geelani and Yasin Malik.

 

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Economic blockade causes serious shortages in Kashmir

* 110 Kashmir-bound trucks carrying essential commodities stranded in Gurdaspur
* Geelani calls for shutdown on Monday

NEW DELHI: An economic blockade enforced by Hindu nationalists in Jammu has hit the supply of essential commodities in the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Poonch, Rajouri and Doda regions of Jammu division. The Oil Tankers Association, led by a Shiv Sena leader, has blocked oil and gas supplies to these regions until the government withdraws an order revoking land transfer to the Hindu cave-shrine of Amarnath in the mountains of South Kashmir.

Kashmir, which had been the hub of road works connecting the South and Central Asian regions, was left with just one artery after partition in 1947 – the Jammu-Srinagar national highway – which often gets closed due to bad weather and landslides. Division Commissioner of Kashmir Asghar Samaun on Saturday said there was no need to panic. Officials, however, say the stocks of petrol, diesel and food grains have sharply decreased over the previous week. "There are now just 1.3 million litters of petrol, million litters of diesel both in the army and the civilian go-downs in the Kashmir Valley," a state government official told Daily Times. The civilian consumption of petrol and diesel is 0.1 million and 0.25 million litters respectively every day in the Kashmir Valley. The food grain situation is also quite dismal. Reports said that people have either curtailed or cancelled marriage functions. Officials said they have 2 million quintals of rice, 1.35 million tonnes of sugar and 0.94 million quintals of wheat to last a fortnight. Newspapers in Kashmir allege that Food Corporation of India (FCI), at the behest of Hindu nationalists, has stopped supplying food grains to the Kashmir Valley.

Stranded: Reports also said that 110 Kashmir-bound trucks carrying essential commodities have been stranded in Gurdaspur along Punjab-Jammu border for the past week. Drivers who contacted newspaper offices said they were running out of rations and money and the Punjab Police were pushing them to Jammu. Most of the industrial units in Kashmir Valley are also running out of raw material. Even newspapers in Srinagar are running out of newsprint. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce President Shakeel Qalander lashed out at authorities for lacking the conviction to deal with Hindu hooligans. On Saturday, the government provided a security escort to Delhi-bound apple-laden trucks after Kashmir Fruit Growers Association gave an ultimatum of 48 hours to clear the road or they would line up trucks along the Sringar-Muzaffarabad road. Political parties in Kashmir have criticised the attempts by the Bharatya Janata Party and its frontal organisation for the economic blockade.

Shut down: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani has called for a complete shut down on Monday to protest against the blockade as well as attacks on Muslims in Jammu region. He called the situation a repeat of October 1947 events when millions of Muslims were killed and driven to other side of Line of Control. He asked Muslims not to leave their homes. Pro-India Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) has also warned that the unrest over the Amaranth land row had brought Jammu and Kashmir to the verge of disintegration and the situation could spin out of control if the authorities did not crackdown on the protesters in Jammu. iftikhar gilani



Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

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Oh his fast was better than the violence Hindu fanatic groups have waged in Indian Held Kashmir.

anyway see the violence is continued and fanatic Hindu groups are blocking food and medicine supplies to Held Kashmir specillay to the Muslim areas.

I couldn't agree with you more. his fast is much better provided it ends the way he has promised.

Its funny, if all roads to the not held but " un occupied" valley are closed how can food & medicines reach the " Muslim" areas. You merely are trying to create discrimination where there isn't any.

 

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Kashmiri traders to boycott Jammu products

6 Aug 2008, 1110 hrs IST,AGENCIES


JAMMU: Faced with an economic blockade of the Valley by Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti, the Kashmir Traders Federation has said that it will snap all business ties with traders in Jammu region and instead buy products directly from other cities like Amritsar and Delhi. ( Watch )

"We have decided not to buy any product from traders in Jammu and instead buy products directly from other markets like Delhi and Amritsar," Chairman of the Traders Federation Jan Mohammad Koul told news agencies in Srinagar.

"We will not cooperate with the traders of Jammu anymore. We are not going to buy any goods from them ... we have decided to boycott Jammu traders," Koul said accusing the Centre of failing to provide protection to the traders of Kashmir.

"The situation in the aftermath of economic blockade of the Valley and attacks on minority community in Jammu has made it clear that it is part of a well-thought out conspiracy and the Centre is involved in it," Koul said.

Complaining that truck loads are not being allowed to move to Kashmir with the government being a mute spectator, he said the traders of Jammu have hurt their sentiments.

"We will continue our struggle for an alternative route to the Valley," he said urging heads of multi-national companies to open their depots in Kashmir forthwith keeping in view the sale of their products. Meanwhile, the Centre is groping in the dark on how to calm the waves of violence that continue to rock Jammu and Srinagar over cancellation of the land allocation for Amarnath pilgrims, with reports of angry mobs lynching two cops at Jourian near Akhnoor on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet top leaders of political parties on Wednesday to discuss measures to calm the situation in the state and seek a consensus on how to end the impasse.

Kashmiri traders to boycott Jammu products-India-The Times of India

 

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PDP, CPI-M call for early lifting of highway blockades in J-K

Press Trust Of India
Srinagar, August 07, 2008
First Published: 18:45 IST(7/8/2008)
Last Updated: 19:04 IST(7/8/2008)

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Expressing concern over economic blockades in the Kashmir valley, the PDP and the state unit of CPI-M on Wednesday called upon the authorities for early opening of the highways and also ensure safety and security of people.

Condemning the attacks and assaults on Kashmiri drivers, minorities of Jammu and also the economic blockade of Kashmir, state CPI-M secretary MY Tarigami asked the state and Central governments to ensure "safety and security of people in the Jammu-Srinagar national highway".

He expressed concern over acute shortage of essential commodities including medicines, petroleum products and foodgrains in the valley.

"The complaints of alleged partisan and complacent attitude of some officers should be looked into and the guilty, if any found, should be punished," he said.

Meanwhile, PDP demanded early opening of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade.

"The demand of opening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road vindicate PDP's stand. The alternative in form of Jhelum Valley road is not only solution to the present crisis but a viable solution to the economic constraint compounding the state," PDP leaders Peer Mohammad Hussain, Rafi Ahmad Mir and Bashir Assad said in a joint statement in Srinagar.

"It was envisioned by the PDP leaders in 2004-05 and we believe that Kashmir valley cannot afford to be hostage to the Hindu fanatics and economic blockades," the statement said.

Referring to the situation in Jammu, they said "venomous fervour of communal forces in the winter capital is not tolerable and the continuous assault on Muslims is highly condemnable which if allowed to dither, will be having disastrous implications on the complexion of India".


PDP, CPI-M call for early lifting of highway blockades in J-K- Hindustan Times

 

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Indian army deploys thousands more troops to Kashmir


Reuters
Jammu, August 07, 2008
First Published: 14:36 IST(7/8/2008)
Last Updated: 15:55 IST(7/8/2008)

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The Indian Army is deploying around 10,000 extra soldiers in Kashmir to quell weeks of protests over land for a Hindu shrine that had sparked some of the state's worst religious riots in two decades.

The troops will be deployed around Jammu, a Hindu-dominated region in Muslim-majority Kashmir where thousands of people have been protesting to demand the transfer of about 100 acres (40 hectares) of land to a Hindu shrine trust.

The dispute began after the Kashmir government had promised to give forest land to the trust that runs Amarnath, a cave shrine visited by Hindu pilgrims. Many Muslims were enraged.

The government then backed down on its decision. Many Hindus, in turn, were angered.
"This troop strength is in addition to large contingents of paramilitary forces and police already deployed to contain the unrest", a senior army officer, asking not to be named, told Reuters.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in the disputed Himalayan region since a Muslim separatist revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989. But the latest protests in Jammu have highlighted the grievances of the minority Hindus in the state.

The city of Jammu has been under curfew for most of the week, leading to shortages of basic supplies from food to medicine.

"We can't understand what logic government has in continuing with this curfew when they have failed to contain the protests", asks Virender Sethi, a shop worker.

Indian army deploys thousands more troops to Kashmir- Hindustan Times