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Govt misuses NIA, ED to harass Hurriyat leaders’ families: Qayoom
Srinagar, April 14: Former Trade Union President and senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and parliamentary candidate for north Kashmir, Abdul Qayoom Wani strongly condemned the central government’s misuse of agencies like National Investigative Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to harass sons and daughters of Hurriyat leaders including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Shah.
In a statement issued, Wani said, “that the NIA’s notice to Geelani’s son Naseem Geelani and ED’s notice to Shabir Shah’s daughter, both of whom are common civilians for the purpose of so called “investigation” tantamount to unnecessary harassment of the family members of Hurriyat leaders.
“Such harsh tactics of making relatives and family members of Hurriyat leaders did not yield any result in the past and such tactics will also not be of any use even today. If anything such draconian measures will only push ordinary Kashmiri even more towards the wall,” he added.
He further said that “I strongly condemn this action of the central agencies and urge the central government to desist from such measures that only make life even more miserable for ordinary Kashmiris.
Srinagar, April 23: Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to promote propaganda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections by trying to bring Pakistan, Kashmir and whatever suits his imagination, senior Congress leader and former union minister Prof Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday said reasons being given for stopping Cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade were highly untenable and indefensible.
“PM Modi wants to promote propaganda for Election 2019 and tries to bring in Pakistan, Kashmir and whatever suits his imagination”, Soz said in a statement here.
He alleged that since everything is happening at the behest of Prime Ministers Office (PMO), stopping the LOC trade between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad all of a sudden, is seen by the trading communities on both sides, as part of a “trickery” aimed at the Election-2019.
Srinagar, April 23: A police constable and a civilian died due to short circuit of 33KV transformer at Chungan Chroon area of Mendhar in Poonch district on Tuesday early morning.
Reports said that a constable (Follower) in JK police identified as Faiz son of Mohd Sharif age 40 year and a civilian Mohd Shabir son of Ab Rahim age 38 year died on the spot after they came in touch with a live wire.
SDPO Mendhar Neeraj Padyar also confirmed to a news agency that two people including a cop and civilian was dead when they came in touch with live wire after there was a short circuit in a Transfer. Meanwhile, SHO Mendhar also rushed to the spot to assess the situation.
Srinagar, April 23: To commemorate the World Book Day, Department of Libraries and Research organized a day-long book exhibition at S.P.S. Library Srinagar.
The day is observed annually across the world to promote book reading culture.
Deputy Director Libraries and Research Shaheena Khan inaugurated the exhibition where collection of books including Quranic manuscripts, paintings, references and some rare books were put on display.
Meanwhile, similar function to showcase rare books was held at District Library Kupwara. People from all walks of life turned up at the book exhibition.
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