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Saturday, October 8, 2016

12 year old by hit by pellets, dies at SKIMS

Day 92: Sgr Boy Hit By Pellets, Dies At SKIMS

The twelve year old Srinagar boy who was hit by pellets on Friday has succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Soura here.


(The news story first appeared in (Kashmir Life.)
Nasir Shafi Qazi was an 12 year old school boy who was attacked with pellets which hit him in his back on September 16, 2016 evening. He was laid to rest a day later in New Theed Harwan after thousands of people bade adieu to the child. (KL Images: Bilal Bahadur)

The boy identified as Junaid Ahmed Akhoon, son of Ghulam Ahmed, resident of Saidapora area of Eidgah sustained grave pellet injuries in his head and chest in the forces’ action yesterday afternoon.

He was rushed to SKIMS Soura in a critical condition where doctors admitted him in the ICU.
Sources in the SKIMS said that he succumbed to his injuries around 2 AM. His body was driven to his home around 6 AM.

“It were the attendants of Junaid and other patients who raised hue and cry outside the ICU after Junaid stopping taking breaths,” sources said. “It was only then that doctors declared him dead otherwise everyone, including doctors, were silent about the kid.”

A school boy, Junaid, was single son of his parents among three children.

With the death of Junaid, the civilian death toll since July 09, 2016 has reached 94. At least 15000 others have been injured while thousands were jailed including 489 those who were booked under draconian Public Safety Act.

 

 

Friday, October 7, 2016

Burhan killed by militants in Sopore

A screensaver on a mobile phone is the last photo that remains of  Burhan. The three-year-old was sitting on his father's lap when two armed men of Hizb broke into their home in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore and opened fire.

Burhan's father, Bashir Ahmed was a former un-armed social worker of Jamat-i-Islami. But it has been 15 years since he gave up the gun and settled as a fruit merchant in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district. He had a wife and two children.

On Friday night, two unknown terrorists men armed with guns and a grenade attacked his home. While the grenade didn't go off, they sprayed Bashir and his son Burhan with bullets. Then they escaped from the scene on a motorcycle.


Bashir died even before reaching the hospital. Burhan survived the night but lost the struggle this morning. He was the youngest among eight people who have been killed by unidentified gunmen since May in the Sopore area.

"This is the real face of so-called jihadi terrorists who are claiming that they are doing jihad for the people of Kashmir. They are killing infants, they are killing women, they are killing innocent doctor,journalist," said Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh.

Burhan had started school just four months ago. His parents had just got him a new school uniform, school bag and lunch box. The incident has sent shockwaves in the region and evoked strong condemnation across the Kashmir valley.
 

Church seeks to set up eye bank in violence-hit Kashmir



About 800 people suffered eye injuries as government forces made extensive use of pellet guns, considered to be non-lethal

Catholic Church officials in Jammu and Kashmir have sought government permission to start an eye bank to help casualties of recent violence in the Muslim-majority state, where organ donation is eschewed.
Jammu-Srinagar Diocese, which covers the entire state, has submitted a proposal to the state's Directorate of Health Services. "We are hopeful to have the necessary permissions to start soon," said Father Shaiju Chacko, director of diocesan social services.
It is "a priority for the church as hundreds of people are suffering," the priest said. Although Catholics are a minority in the state, the church exists to serve people regardless of "caste, creed and religion," he said.
Some 11,000 people were injured and at least 80 people were killed in protests and security actions, when a demand for freedom from Indian rule turned violent. The violence flared after security forces shot and killed militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
An estimated 800 people suffered eye injuries as government forces made extensive use of pellet guns, considered to be non-lethal. When fired, the lead pellets disperse widely and penetrate skin and soft tissue. Eyes are especially vulnerable to severe and sometimes irreversible damage.
Pellets were introduced in Kashmir as a non-lethal alternative to bullets after security forces killed nearly 200 people to crush violent protests against Indian rule from 2008 to 2010.The state government's reasoning was that when fired from a distance, pellets inflict only minor injuries.
However, local media reports quoting doctors say some 250 people have lost their eye sight.
As eye donation could help restore sight to victims of pellet injuries, doctors and members of Kashmir's civil society have started to call for the establishment of an eye bank in Kashmir.
So far the state has not given a license to operate an eye bank, said Shazia Nabi, a civil rights advocate. A misconception exists among people that organ donation is against the basic teachings of Islam. "Being a Muslim majority state, people are reluctant to the idea of organ donation," Nabi explained.
Islamic scholar Mufti Nazir Ahmad said that Islam once looked at organ donation — from a living or dead person — as an immorality. But now it is "permissible and appreciated" provided there is the consent of the donor, no danger to the donor's life and the organs are not being sold, he explained.
Ophthalmologists like Sajad Khanday, a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems, say that if a license for eye transplant is issued, corneas could be transplanted to help restore the sight of many. Only a cornea needs to be transplanted, not the entire eye, said Khanday who is Kashmir's leading ophthalmologist.
He told ucanews.com that eye donation should be seen "as the highest human act of charity" consistent with the tenets of all religions. "However, traditional beliefs are a major stumbling block for eye or organ donation in Kashmir."

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Khanday said media campaigns and awareness programs are necessary to help people understand the necessity of organ donations.

For Asif Ahmad, who lost his sight due to pellets, anyone who donated their eyes for him after death would be "an angel." Asif, a university student, said he felt an electric shock in his head followed by a sudden darkness all around. Doctors who operated on his eyes declared him blind.
"I am waiting for the day when I will be able to see again. Life is nothing without light," sighed Asif as his mother sobbed nearby.
Father Chacko said the church's aim is to help people like Ahmed. Permission to operate an eye bank "will be a dream come true. We hope the government will understand the situation and soon allow us to function," he told ucanews.com ((The report  first appeared in ucanews.com.)


Hazelnut plant

It is the second most expensive nut and needs cold and hilly terrain with a few days of sub-zero temperature. Therefore, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir make the best choice in India. It takes three to five years for hazelnut plants to grow and yield fruit.
Hazenut cultivation in India : Hazel Nut Plantation : The Hazelnut plant propgation centre  near loc Kupwarda of around 13000 trees are planted in Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre's R&D Centre near Sonamarg in North Kashmir . Initial planting began in 1998 and the trees are now well established and producing quality nuts for the worldwide marketplace. More than 30,000 plants are ready for plantation.
More details:
JK Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre
"Ginkgo House", Azizabad, Pampore PPR JK 192121
Ph: 09858986794/01933-223705
e-mail: jkmpic@gmail.com
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