Shah arrested at Singh-pora

Srinagar, Nov 28: In occupied Kashmir, puppet authorities have yet again arrested Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmed Shah along with dozens of party workers on Sunday.

Shah, who was heading to Sopore was accompanied by Nayeem Ahmed Khan  was prevented by the police near Singh-Pora Pattan and later locked him up along with dozens of party workers. Following the incident hundreds of people gathered from the nearby areas and logged a strong protest against the puppet authorities. The protesters raised anti-India and pro-freedom slogans demanding India to withdraw its forces from Kashmir.

According to reports police and CRPF personnel resorted to indiscriminate firing and teargas shelling to disperse the peaceful protesters.

DFP deplores assault on Mirwaiz

Srinagar, Nov 25: The DFP chairman Shabir Ahmed Shah has condemned in storing terms the attack on Huriyet leaders Mirwaiz Umer Farooq & Bilal Gani Lone at a Seminar in Chandigarh  and said that such acts would not deter Kashmiri leadership's political will.

In a statement issued here today, the DFP chief observed that Indian agencies were hell bent on damaging Kashmiris peaceful and indegeinious struggle for right to self determination. He said that the attack was a violation of democratic rights adding that it has exposed the face of India’s so-called pluralistic society. "Despite India's subjugation our sacred freedom struggle and peoples resolve would become more stronger day by day", he added.

Meanwhile, the DFP vice president and convener of APHC-M Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar on Thursday condemned in strong terms the attack on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and termed it as an act against the democratic norm of freedom of expression.

He said that assault on Hurriyat leaders was a deep-rooted conspiracy being hatched by the secret agencies. He pointed out that there were hidden forces who have been smartly stage-managing such attacks in order to disrupt communal-harmony in Kashmir.

Shah expresses solidarity with bereaved families

SHABIR SHAH condoles the family whose 8-year old son was callously killed by Indian troops

SHABIR SHAH at Chanapora Sgr paying tributes to the Martyers of present uprising & condolence to their guardians.

Nov 15 2010:SHABIR SHAH visited Palahalan Pattan today & paid tributes to the martyers who laid down their lives during the present 5 months long uprising. shah also paid deep condolence to their respected parents

Shah visits Batamaloo

Nov 15 2010: DFP Chief SHABIR SHAH visits Palahalan Pattan to express solidarity with the bereaved family of Kashmiri youth who were gunned down by Indian troops  during the current 5-month long unprecedented uprising.

Hurriyat activists stage protest in PaK

Convener APHC-M Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar addressing a protest rally in Islamabad (27-Oct-10)

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Oct 27: Activists of both Hurriyat factions staged a protest in front of the office of United Nations Military Observers Group (UNMOG) on Wednesday to seek UN’s pro-active role to settle the long-simmering Kashmir dispute peacefully in accordance with aspirations of Kashmiris.

Holding banners and placards, protesters raised pro-freedom slogans. Addressing protesters, speakers termed Indian control over Jammu and Kashmir as “illegal, unjustified and against the international norms of justice.”

They said that it was ironic that the country that proclaims and projects itself as the world’s largest democracy had “usurped the fundamental rights of the millions of Kashmiris.”

Highlighting the dangerous dimensions of what they called the “Indian military aggression” they said that it (aggression) has jeopardized peace in the region. 

They maintained that Right to self-determination was inalienable right of Kashmiris. “India holding on to Kashmir is in utter defiance of its pledges regarding the withdrawal of troops and holding a free and fair plebiscite under the UN auspices”, they said.

Referring to the human rights violations in the Valley they said that it was unfortunate that Kashmiris were being taken hostage in their own land. 

Stressing the need for early resolution of the dispute they urged the world community to intervene. They also called an end to HR violations in Kashmir.

They also urged the US president to take up the Kashmir issue with Indian leadership during his forthcoming visit to New Delhi.

Later a memorandum addressing the UN secretary General Ban Ki Moon was presented to the UNMOG officials seeking highest body’s role to settle Kashmir dispute.

Those who spoke on the occasion included, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Shah Ghulam Qadir, Saleem Haroon, HR activist M Afsar Khan, Ab. Majeed Mir, Ghulam Hassan Malik, Tufail Altaf, Altaf Wani, Ishtiaq Hameed, advocate Parvez Ahmed and several others.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party (PaK) held a protest rally in front of Islamabad press club this afternoon. They noted regrettably that 63 years have passed but the highest body (UN) failed to discharge its moral and legal obligations vis-à-vis the resolution of Kashmir dispute.

K-solution guarantee to peace in SA

DFP Chief Shabir Shah visited Budgam to pay tributes to the martyers who laid down their lives during last 5 months freedom struggle & paid the condolences to their respected parents.Shah also addressed huge public gathering at Humhama Chowk Srinagar

Srinagar, Nov 11: The Democratic Freedom Party Chief Shabir Ahmed Shah has said that a just and equitable solution of Kashmir dispute was must for greater peace and stability in the South Asian region.

Shah made these assertions while addressing a special gathering of party workers here on Thursday.

Besides the top leadership of the party the meeting was attended by Zonal presidents from all the three provinces. Speaking on the occasion, the DFP chief said that it was due to the unprecedented sacrifices of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the US president while visiting New Delhi had admitted this fact that Kashmir was a long-outstanding dispute, which has to be resolved peacefully by India and Pakistan.

He said that even the US president has offered his services in this regard. Expressing optimism over the US president’s statement he hoped that India government would create a conducive atmosphere to seek solution of the long-simmering dispute amicably. For that purpose he said that India should stop killings in Kashmir, repeal black laws prevalent in the state, ensure freedom of expression, release political detainees and accept the ground reality that Kashmir was and is the disputed territory.

He also reiterated his resolve serve the masses besides upholding the mission of bringing the leadership under one umbrella to take the movement to its logical end.

At the end of the extra-ordinary session, over a half dozen resolutions were unanimously adopted urging the international community play its key role to help resolve the long-pending dispute of Kashmir peacefully in accordance with Kashmiris’ aspirations.

The session resolved that the UN relevant resolutions on Kashmir provide a comprehensive road map to settle the dispute peacefully. They however termed tripartite talks as the potential means to hammer out a solution of the issue.

The resolution also urged India to release all political detainees including Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Mian Abdul Qayyum, Asia Indrabi, Massarat Alam Bhat and several others.

Obama urged to resolve Kashmir dispute

Convener APHC-M Pak chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, along with AJK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan, JKLF supreme head Amanullah Khan and Sardar Ibraheem (Nov -06-2010)

Eulogizing tributes paid to martyrs of Jammu

Nisar Ahmed Thokar

Islamabad, Nov 06: While urging the US president Baraak Obama to fulfill his promise with regard to the settlement of the pressing Kashmir issue, the delegates at a seminar hosted by APHC here on Saturday maintained that a just and equitable solution of the festering dispute was must to ensure durable peace in South Asian region.

Held in connection with “Youmi Shuhada-e-Jammu”, the seminar was attended by PaK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan, Sardar Khalid Ibraheem Khan, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar the Convener of APHC, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Rafique Ahmed Dar JKLF and several others, whereas the conference was specially attended by the ageing Kashmiri leader and the supreme head of JKLF, Ammanullah Khan.

Speaking on the occasion, the participants paid eulogizing tributes to the martyrs of Jammu. Terming 6th November as one of the bleak chapters of Kashmir history, they pointed out that the history of the troubled region was awash with heart-wrenching tales of repression and suppression. They said that the massacre of thousands of Muslims was orchestrated by Dogra Maharaja’s troops and belligerent Hindu extremists.

Referring to Kashmiris century’s old cultural tradition of peaceful co-existence they said that history was witness to the fact that when innocent Muslims were butchered like animals in Jammu, Kashmir valley supposed to be a safe heaven for the minority communities no matter whosoever.

They said that Kashmiris struggle was a just political and peaceful struggle. In pursuance of the internationally pledged right they said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have rendered matchless sacrifices to achieve the legitimate right that had been guaranteed to them by the world community and the leadership of India and Pakistan.

The however, maintained that it was very unfortunate that after 63 years Kashmir solution could not materialized. Terming India’s intransigence as a major hurdle in the way of peace, the speakers, regrettably noted the world community’s pathetic attitude towards the resolution of Kashmir issue and said that policy of indifference by the international community has disappointed people of the region.

Appreciating the ongoing peaceful political movement in Kashmir, the speakers said, “Kashmiris’ recourse to a non-violent and peaceful political struggle has to be acknowledged by the world community”. It was high time that the world particularly the united states of America should take effective notice of what they said as the worst human rights situation in Kashmir.

The participants of the seminar adopted more than half a dozen resolutions demanding the US president Baraak Obama to impress upon India to help resolve Kashmir dispute peacefully in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people.

The resolution also urged India to repeal black laws prevalent in the state and denounces attack on senior Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmed Shah by the RSS activists. Paying respects to Jammu martyr’s the participants reiterated their pledge to uphold the mission of the martyrs.

Of those who spoke on the occasion included, Raja Zulqarnain Khan, the president of PaK, APHC convener Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, Ammanullah Khan, Sardar Khalid Ibraheem, Syed Yousuf Naseem, Saleem Bhkhari, Dawood Khan Manzoor-ul-Haq Bhat, Altaf Wani, Syed Muzaffar Shah, Advocate Nabeela Ershad, Abdul Majeed Malik, JKLF leader Rafique Ahmed Dar and several others.

Latter talking to Greater Kashmir, the PaK president Raja Zulqarnain Khan said that the US president must not turn a blind eye towards this alarming issue as durable peace in the SA was inescapably linked to a just and amiable solution of the long-pending dispute of Kashmir.

He said that owing to the unresolved dispute people of the region have been suffering terribly and persistently since 1947. He said that being a signatory to the UN’s historic resolutions on Kashmir the America should play its pivotal role to seek a settlement of the issue to ensure peace and stability. “This is a major issue and it could not be just ignored”, he said adding that the dialogue process was going on between India and Pakistan for last several years but that proved to be a hoax slogan and nothing came out of the years’ long peace process.

He said that India and Pakistan were the nuclear deterrent states and keeping this aspect in view the resolution of Kashmir conflict becomes even more crucial.

Shah vows to unite Hurriyat

Fresh sacrifices brought Kashmir back into focus

Srinagar, Nov 5: The chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmed Shah on Friday said that present unrest and sacrifices of 111 youth had brought Kashmir back into focus at the International level. He vowed to continue his efforts to unite separatists. 

“The sacrifices rendered by our people have again brought Kashmir issue into focus,” Shah told reporters here after he arrived from Jammu. 

Shah reiterated that he would try his level best to forge unity among the pro-freedom groups. “I will continue with the efforts but the unification shouldn’t be for the sake of it,” he said.

Shah said that pro-freedom leaders have never opposed dialogue process. “We want talks to be result oriented,” he said. “For any dialogue to be successful, New Delhi needs to create conducive atmosphere and accept Jammu and Kashmir as international dispute, revoke draconian laws and punish perpetrators of human rights including those involved in Machil fake encounter.”

He said that India and Pakistan have already entered into many agreements on Kashmir including Tashkent, Shimla agreements, Lahore Declarations. “All these agreements were done taking in account that Kashmir is an international dispute and present leadership in India shouldn’t shy from this reality,” he said. (Couurtesy GK)

Demilitarize both Kashmirs: Shabir Shah

Jammu: Hindu fanatics attack DFP president Shabir Shah during press conference ( 04-Nov-10)

Reminds Obama of his promise

Jammu, Nov 4: The Chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) and senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader Shabir Ahmed Shah on Thursday demanded that both India and Pakistan should withdraw their forces from Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir, including Gilgit and Baltistan.

“Both Kashmirs should be demilitarized. After all the areas are demilitarized Kashmiris on both the sides should be given Right to Self Determination so that they are able to decide their future,” Shah told a news conference here.

On Barack Obama’s visit

Shah sought intervention of the United States President Barack Obama to facilitate smooth trilateral talks between India, Pakistan and the prime party to the dispute-- Kashmiris for the final resolution of the Kashmir issue.

Reminding Obama of his promise, the senior Hurriyat (M) leader said, “During his election campaign he (Obama) had promised to resolve the vexed Kashmir issue if he came into power.”

“If the US intervention is not possible, the US president should at least facilitate talks between the two countries and the Kashmiri leadership,” he demanded.

He said Obama had maintained that the US would possibly appoint an envoy on Kashmir like Holbrooke was appointed as envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He demanded that US should appoint an envoy in India-Pakistan for the solution of Kashmir dispute.

Demands ceasefire

Asking Indian government to declare ceasefire, Shabir Shah said, “Talks and war cannot go side-by-side. New Delhi should declare ceasefire in the Valley to facilitate talks,” he added.

“If New Delhi is serious to resolve the issues, it should acknowledge Kashmir as an international dispute and release all the separatists, political prisoners and youth lodged in different jails,” he said.

Rules out trifurcation

While advocating the united Jammu and Kashmir, Shah accused politicians of trying to create a wedge among the people of different regions for their political gains.

He appealed the intelligentsia of Jammu region to understand those “who have made politics their business and profession” and are indulging in creating differences among the people of the three regions.

The Hurriyat will not leave the people of Jammu region alone including Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Poonch, Rajouri, Doda, Kishtwar, and Ramban, he said adding that the Jammu and Kashmir will remain united.

“I want to pay tributes to those 5-6 lakh people who were massacred in 1947 violence and assured people of the state that their blood will not go waste. We will take the people of Jammu with us,” he added.

On interlocutors

Reacting to the recent visit of interlocutors to Jammu and Kashmir, Shabir Shah said that talks would be ineffective unless congenial atmosphere is created.“The talks with the interlocutors appointed by the central government will not be fruitful unless the ground is prepared by acknowledging Kashmir as a dispute and releasing the prisoners,” he said.

ATTACKED

Jammu, Nov 4: A day after authorities released the senior Hurriyat (M) leader Shabir Ahmed Shah from Kotbalwal jail, activists of Bhartiya Janta Party Youva Morcha (BJPYM) )and Bajrang Dal tried to assault him and disrupted his news conference here on Thursday.

“Activists of both the parties barged into a local hotel this afternoon and tried to assault him, but his supporters formed a human chain around him and did not allow the activists to succeed in their designs,” witnesses said.

However, they (activists) ransacked the furniture and threw around the mikes of the TV channels. Police later appeared on the spot and arrested the five attackers.

Later, Shabir Shah termed the attack on him as an attempt on his life. However, he did not cancel his press conference.

“The attack was planned by those who do not want peace in the Jammu and Kashmir state,” he told reporters. “Government knew that I am going to hold a press conference here. When they (government) came to know that they (BJP activists) have failed in their attempt only then police appeared on the scene,” Shah alleged.

ATTACK EVOKES CONDEMNATION 
Srinagar, Nov 4: Various separatist organizations, including United Jihad Council, have condemned the assault on Hurriyat Conference (M) senior leader and Democratic Freedom Party chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah during a press conference in Jammu,
The chairman of United Jehad Council, Syed Salah-ud-Din, while condemning the attack, termed it as frustration on the part of jingoists who, according to him, were working at the behest of secret agencies.
Lauding Shah’s political resolve, Salahuddin said Shah had spent most part of his life in jail and interrogation centres without feeling any disappointment. “It is because of his long detentions and sacrifices that he has been declared as Prisoner of Conscience by the Amnesty International,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, in a separate statement deputy chairman of the United Jihad Council Muhammad Usman and UJC general secretary Sheikh Jameel-ur-Rehman also deplored the assault on Shabir Ahmed Shah and described it as frustration.
Denouncing the assault, the Hurriyat Conference (M) convenor, Pakistan administered Kashmir, Mehmood Ahmad Saghar said such vile tactics by the extremists would not deter Hurriyat stalwarts from pursuing their struggle for legitimate political and democratic rights.
He pointed out that RSS and BJP have a notorious track record and prior to DFP chief many Hurriyat leaders including late Khawaja Abdul Ghani Lone, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Muhammad Yasin Malik were manhandled by the BJP activists.
Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement, while condemning the assault, termed it an act of sheer cowardice by the Hindu fanatics.
The senior member of the Kashmir Bar Association (KBA) Nazir Ahmed Ronga described attack on Shah as mere frustration.

Shabir Shah attacked by RSS activists in Jammu

November 04, 2010

JAMMU: Senior APHC leader and Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Shabir Ahmad Shah was, today, attacked by members of Indian Hindu party BJP's youth wing at a press conference in Jammu during which the activists also ransacked furniture after gate crashing into the venue.

A group of 10-12 Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members barged into the room, where the senior APHC leader, Shabir Ahmad Shah was holding a press conference after release from 10 months detention from Kotbhalwal Jail, Jammu. 

They ransacked the furniture and microphones and manhandled Shah, police officer told media men.

Shabbir Shah, who termed the incident as unfortunate, continued with the press conference.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Freedom Party condemned in strong terms the manhandling of senior Hurriyat leader Shabir Ahmed Shah by the RSS activists in Jammu and termed it as an act of cowardice.

Denouncing the hooliganism the spokesman of the DFP said that such tactics would not deter Hurriyat stalwarts from pursuing their struggle for legitimate political and democratic rights.

Shabir Shah released

Jammu, Nov 3: The state government on Wednesday released the senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmed Shah from Kotbalwal jail here.

The Hurriyat leader had refused to come out of the jail after the government ordered his release on parole with certain conditions last month. “This time he has been released unconditionally,” sources said,
Shah was detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) in 2008 during Amarnath land row and since then he continued to be under detention.