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Kashmirs half widows refuse to remarry
Slam Omar, Mehbooba Mufti for failing to fulfil promises
Bismah Malik
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, November 10
Kashmirs half widows (whose husbands have gone missing since 1990s) said today they would not re-marry and carry on with their struggle of finding the whereabouts of their husbands, with or without the support of government and other political leaders.
These half widows, numbering more than 20,000, have been waiting for their husbands to return for almost two decades now with a majority of them now the lone bread-earners for their families.
In a sit-in programme organised by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Pratap Park, Srinagar, the half widows also criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti for failing to fulfil the promises made to them in carrying out fair investigation in the disappearance cases.
It is not just this National Conference government, even its predecessors led by the PDP breached our trust and made futile promises. All kind of investigations which have been initiated failed to deliver somehow and were left incomplete. The more recent issue of mass graves and DNA sampling is just one more farce created to muzzle our voices. But we all know, none of the probes have been fair, Parveena Ahanger, chairperson, APDP, said.
Parveena ruled out any possibility of re-marriage as an option for her organisation members, a major chunk of which comprises half widows, saying that re-marriage is not an option they are looking for.
We are strong women and we have not been protesting to get married. I lost my son at an age of 19 and have carried on single-handedly since then. My sisters have lost their husbands but they still love them. Why should you shut them up with re-marriage?, she asked.
Meanwhile, the APDP in its monthly sit-in programme urged the Indian government to ratify the International Convention for protection of all persons in enforced disappearances.
Slam Omar, Mehbooba Mufti for failing to fulfil promises
Bismah Malik
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, November 10
Kashmirs half widows (whose husbands have gone missing since 1990s) said today they would not re-marry and carry on with their struggle of finding the whereabouts of their husbands, with or without the support of government and other political leaders.
These half widows, numbering more than 20,000, have been waiting for their husbands to return for almost two decades now with a majority of them now the lone bread-earners for their families.
In a sit-in programme organised by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Pratap Park, Srinagar, the half widows also criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti for failing to fulfil the promises made to them in carrying out fair investigation in the disappearance cases.
It is not just this National Conference government, even its predecessors led by the PDP breached our trust and made futile promises. All kind of investigations which have been initiated failed to deliver somehow and were left incomplete. The more recent issue of mass graves and DNA sampling is just one more farce created to muzzle our voices. But we all know, none of the probes have been fair, Parveena Ahanger, chairperson, APDP, said.
Parveena ruled out any possibility of re-marriage as an option for her organisation members, a major chunk of which comprises half widows, saying that re-marriage is not an option they are looking for.
We are strong women and we have not been protesting to get married. I lost my son at an age of 19 and have carried on single-handedly since then. My sisters have lost their husbands but they still love them. Why should you shut them up with re-marriage?, she asked.
Meanwhile, the APDP in its monthly sit-in programme urged the Indian government to ratify the International Convention for protection of all persons in enforced disappearances.
Mullah logic is always twisted. They don't see issue when they turn a person into terrorist but see all the problems when the terrorists is shot down to save many more lives..
