Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said it was highly regrettable that the Srinagar-Muzaffrabad bus service between divided parts of Jammu and Kashmir has been reduced to a mere tool for political propaganda. "Hurriyat had welcomed the bus service believing that it would provide relief to the divided families and people of Kashmir. It has proved to be otherwise and government has just used it for its political show-off," Mirwaiz said addressing a Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
He said the passengers, who travel by the cross-Line of Control (LoC) from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to Srinagar, are being denied of basic facilities. "Even there are no toilets in case need arises. The government has totally remained callous to provide succour and other necessities in the travel to the commuters," he added. Mirwaiz said that even though all these needs have to be fulfilled by the state government, it was highly unfortunate that the Central agencies were interfering in this and as a result common Kashmiris have to face lot of problems.
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07:30 PM, May 04, 2013
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07:24 PM, Mar 30, 2013
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01:41 PM, Feb 09, 2013
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01:32 PM, Feb 09, 2013
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05:32 AM, Feb 04, 2013
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01:59 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Pakistan wants a "sustained and result-oriented" engagement with India to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue that could usher in peace and stability in the region, President Asif Ali Zardari told a visiting Hurriyat delegation on Thursday. ...
04:48 AM, Dec 21, 2012
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04:52 PM, Sep 30, 2012
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02:01 AM, May 04, 2012
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09:41 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Washington: Separatist Kashmiri leader and Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq is "supported and controlled" by ISI, a US Attorney has claimed before a court. Attorney Neil H MacBride made the claim before the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, ahead of the scheduled sentencing of Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai who had set up an organisation Kashmiri American Council in the US to promote the separatist cause....
06:24 PM, Mar 30, 2012
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05:06 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Charges were on Saturday framed against a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others, arrested for allegedly running hawala racket to fund banned terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, by a Delhi court, paving the way for their trial. District Judge H S Sharma framed charges under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Ghulam Mohd Bhat, said to...
02:06 PM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday accepted a plea for a trial of a close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others. They have been allegedly running a hawala racket to fund banned terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in the Kashmir valley. The court decided to put the four on trial, ordering formal framing of charges against them under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention...
09:27 AM, Mar 03, 2012
