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[hillman32]

Kashmir belongs to Kashmiri People and they have to finally decide their future

 

[prodevelopment]

Kashmir belongs to Kashmiri People

Doesn't that sound a lot like Maharashtra for Marathis

 

[notsuperstitious]

Indeed, even if one were to take the likes of Yasin Malik at their word, they promise no more than Jawaharlal Nehru did, that is to say a secular state where all who live in Kashmir, of whatever ethnicity or religious persuasion, will be equal in the eyes of the state; why and how could such a project -- essentially the same Nehruvian show on a smaller stage -- yield a better result?

Didn't Jinnah promise something like that too?

 

[rubyjackass]

^^^
That is exactly the point the author was trying to make.
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When Nehruvian idea of India was to let people have their rights without regards to religion, what is the point in demanding a new state and then saying our new state will have no regard for religion?

Read my fav quotes.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1431

SRINAGAR: Thousands of government forces in riot gear patrolled the deserted streets of the Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday during a general strike staged by separatist groups protesting the recent conviction of five Kashmiris for a New Delhi bombing.

The strike shut most shops, schools and businesses and public transport buses stayed off the roads in Srinagar.

On Tuesday, police detained at least 10 protesters as they chanted ‘‘We want freedom,’’ ‘‘Down with state terrorism’’ in Lalchowk, Srinagar’s commercial hub, a police officer said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Authorities banned the assembly of more than five people at one place to avoid any outbreak of violence, said Farooq Ahmed, a senior police officer.

Government workers are already on strike in the region demanding higher wages and a new retirement age of 60, instead of 58.

The All Parties Hurriyat Conference called the strike on Tuesday, when a New Delhi court sentenced five Kashmiris for carrying out the 1996 bombing of a New Delhi shopping centre that killed 13 people and wounded 38.

Four of the five convicted face a death penalty or life imprisonment.

Farida Dar, a top Kashmiri separatist leader, faces seven years in jail for her complicity in the crime.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, another separatist leader, accused the Indian judiciary of bias against Kashmiris.

‘‘Kashmiri people are being victimized for demanding the right of self-determination,’’ Geelani said in a statement.

The bombing of New Delhi’s busy Lajpat Nagar market on May 21, 1996 left 13 people dead and over three dozen injured.

The accused were arrested soon after the incident when police traced the phone calls they made to various news organisations claiming responsibility for the attack. —Agencies

DAWN.COM | World | Srinagar on strike as Kashmiris protest court ruling

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

blaming me as if i wrote the article?

it seems everyday Sri Nagar is under curfew, people calling for freedom. Nothing new with that.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

that's the funny part.....pay them, and still they want separation. Proof that finances wont placate them.

 

[Areesh]

So the shops are closed because the strike is called by the Jammu and Kashmir Secretariat Employees Association.


Humm interesting. Salary ka problem Kashmir Secretariat ka hai aur strike parchoon ki dukan wala kar raha hai.

Interesting and Strange.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Updated at: 1945 hrs (IST), Tuesday, April 13

Srinagar: A boy drowned to death while 24 others were hurt in daylong clashes between protestors and paramilitary forces/police in Kashmir Tuesday.

Police fired teargas and used batons to break up demonstrations in Srinagar and the northern town of Sopore. Protestors retaliated by hurling rocks and bricks and in the ensuing clashes 18 protesters and six policemen were injured, police said.

A 17-year old boy namely Zubair Ahmed died when he slipped into River Jhelum near Jamia Kadeem bridge as police were chasing him during a protest in Sopore, 50 kms from here. The death sparked widespread protests in the area, which were on till this report was filed.

In the meantime, police detained nearly a dozen women activists who were protesting against the conviction of woman politician Farida Behanji in Lal Chowk today. A curfew-like situation prevailed in Old Srinagar throughout the day. (Inputs from Correspondent, Umar Maqbool)

www.greaterkashmir.com/today/?show=todaypaper&Date=13_4_2010

 

[RobbieS]

Get your facts straight. And just saying that you didnt write the article doesn't absolve you. As the thread starter, its your responsibility to check the veracity of the article.

To the Mods - What do you have to say about this? Or would you delete my post instead?

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Kashmir employees extend strike

Kashmir employees extend strike

State employees in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir say they will continue their current strike until April 17 if the government does not respond to their demands.

The employees, who have already been on strike for the last nine days, have threatened to shutdown essential services across the state if the government does not accede to their various demands, including release of arrears.

"On the evening of April 17, we will shut down electric supply across the state symbolically for one hour. If the government does not accede to our demands by then, we will be forced to include all the essential services in our future strike program," Khurshid Alam, president of the Employees' Joint Action Committee, told reporters on Monday.

The union leader of the striking employees also said the government's pressure tactics would not succeed in breaking up the strike.

"There seem to be two governments in the state. On the one hand, the chief minister invites us for talks, and on the other hand, the police cracks down on us, arresting our activists," he said.

The striking employees have been demanding payment of arrears of their hiked salaries as recommended by the sixth Pay Commission.

The government has now decided to consider the demands of the employees only after they return to their duties.

FTP/HGL

MOD EDIT: its not any poster's fault if the news website is by and large acceptable

 

[Optimus]

What kind of sick people on this forum - Who encourage extremism

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

which post are you referring to?

 

[karan.1970]

that's the funny part.....pay them, and still they want separation. Proof that finances wont placate them.

They haven't been paid yet.. And I hear on the news that the strike has been called of after the CM agreed to some of their demand.. Indians every where are same..


JK govt staff call off strike on CM's assurance: Rediff.com India News

 

[afriend]

self delete duplicate post

 

[karan.1970]

already a thread.. mods, pl merge