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Showing posts with label Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Failed to Represent Aspirations of Kashmiris: Sheikh Yaqoob

Islamabad: Announcing its unconditional support to Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jammu Kashmir Peoples League Chairman, Sheikh Mohd Yaqoob Thursday said that Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference has failed to represent the aspirations of oppressed Kashmiri people.

“Jammu Kashmir Peoples League which held deliberations over the prevailing political scenario of Kashmir in past several weeks has now decided to support veteran Pro-Freedom leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s forum for its pro-people and pro-freedom policies,” Sheikh Yaqoob said in an issued statement.

He said that during the course of deliberations it was found that only Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s forum is respecting and following the 1993 Hurriyat constitution for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute.

“Distressed with the way Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat forum worked in past few years and sidelined the constitution, we earlier quitted the forum and now the party has decided to support Hurriyat (G),” he said, adding it is the reason that dozens of constituents from last three years have quit the group.
Sheikh Yaqoob said that all those persons who still sneak into the cozy corridors of Mirwaiz-Group are “cheaters” and will be given no space in the party fold.

“One man claiming to be representatives of JKPL is actually among those who have sold the sacrifices and mission of martyrs and are on the parole of Indian intelligence agencies,” he said.

Taking a dig on Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference, Yaqoob said that the forum miserably failed in representing the aspirations of oppressed Kashmiris.

“Kashmiris have sacrificed their precious lives for the freedom struggle and they will not allow any body to enter into secret deals to sell the sacrifices of martyrs for comforts and power,” he said.

He said that Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat conference should come clear on the martyrdom of Sheikh Abdul Aziz and should tell the nation why they failed to reveal the identity of those involved in his martyrdom.

“Leaders in Mirwaiz Hurriyat conference know the people who were actively involved in the conspiracy which was hatched in New Delhi against the Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz and under which he was martyred. We want to know what happened to internal probe which was assured and why it failed to reveal identity of involved persons who claim to be representatives of Kashmiris,” Sheikh Yaqoob said.

Sheikh Yaqoob asked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to reveal the truth before the oppressed Kashmiri nation.

He said that after the martyrdom of Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a worker of Peoples league was tasked to crush the party and party’s mission. He said that worker later under the patronage of Indian intelligence and few Hurriyat leaders hijacked the party and divided the party into number of groups.

“This man who is on intelligence parole asked our party men to refrain from carrying out political activities which forced them to join other pro-freedom groups,” he said, however added now all the party leaders, activists, colleagues and friends of Sheikh Abdul Aziz have joined hands to defeat Indian intelligence and their collaborators.

Sheikh Yaqoob said that the fresh structure of the party will be announced very soon and urged activists to strength the party at gross root level.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Why after years of criminal silence you are now breaking the ice : By Firdous Syed

Srinagar, Jan 8: Pro-freedom and pro-India divide apart, present Kashmiri political scenario is immersed in filth. The political class in Kashmir on the whole has stooped to an unimaginable low. The so called pro-freedom leadership has crossed all the limits of decency, Mr. Firdous Syed, in an article in Greater Kashmir (8/1/2011)

After maintaining a criminal silence for decades, Professor Abdul Ghani Butt has urged intellectuals to speak truth. “We should speak out who killed Abdul Ahad Wani, Mirwaiz Umar's and Bilal Gani Lone's father”. It is too late in the day to comment on the pangs of conscience of ‘wise’ professor as better late than never? Too little and too little, it will have hardly any affect on the appalling political conditions. There is always a motive behind a politician’s move. He never acts aimlessly.Prof. Ghani is an astute politician, why he raked up a controversy at this juncture? And after remaining silent all these years, why he suddenly has decided to go public?  The self professed moderate leaders were in near hibernation all these months of mayhem and unrest. It seems now they have closed their ranks and joined a cause to pin down and destroy for ever their worst political enemy? Has anyone smelt the blood: Syed Ali Geealni in spite of unprecedented public support has once again miserably failed to prove his mettle and carry forward the movement in a meaningful manner?

Even if the motives are sincere: truth should come out. People in all probability will suspect the intentions of the leaders asking the questions, particularly when the political skills moreover integrity of the moderates is suspected by the masses. Moreover what has been asked is almost known to the public. People may not speak openly but they know who killed Abdul Ahad Wani, Mirwaiz Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone? It is also known, why these leaders or almost all politicians and other intellectuals got killed. Furthermore, the ever enthusiastic attitude of police administration to put Pakistan in a dock has very nearly destroyed the possibility of an objective debate. Particularly when Yasin Malik true to his whimsical style has already declared: “90 percent intellectuals work on the ‘government aid”. In such a dreadful environment of suspicion hardly anybody will stick his neck out and speak the truth?    

Truth is sacrosanct, it has to prevail. Had we not been cowards or hypocrites, whosoever killed Mirwaiz Farooq in 1990 should have the courage to own the killing. If late Mirwiaz as some sections still believe was anti movement, Mazar-e-Shudha should not have been his final resting place. Traitors and martyrs cannot share the same space. Not only this, it also gave rise to a culture of indiscriminate killings. Since militant organizations were not under obligation to publicly own their acts, they started bumping off their opponents at will. It took no time for the Mujahid’s to become merciless killers. Some innocents were even killed on the flimsy grounds just to settle the personnel scores. And then usual champions of religion enacted Sharia courts, deciding the fate of innocents these kangaroo courts began hanging people from the trees. Mirwaiz Farooq for that matter all other innocent civilian didn’t deserve to be killed ruthlessly. Mirwaiz  in real sense was a politician, like traditional politicians he too had his weaknesses as well as strengths. From my own experience I can safely vouch that he feared for his life. Few days before his death, Gulam Qadir Hagroo a senior peoples League activist wanted me to meet Mirwaiz, for some reasons meeting could not take place. The purpose of the meeting was to put Mirwaiz at ease--militants had nothing personal against him. I am not sure whether our meeting would have put Mirwiaiz’s anxieties at rest. Dozens of militant organizations and many more splinter groups were freely operating.

Mirwaiz Farooq’s death was a big jolt. It raises many questions. For that matter all the high profile killings of persons like Abdul Ahad Wani, Abdul Ahad Guru, Gulam Qadir Wani and Abdul Ghani Lone have given birth, to many new controversies? If Mirwaiz Farooq, Abdul Ahad Wani, Abdul Ahad Guru, and Abdul Ghani Lone were killed on the orders of ISI, why Mirwaiz, Yasin and Bilal Lone still considers Pakistan to be a friend? And if Hizab-ul-Mujahideen is the real culprit, how come killers and killed could co-exist all these years. How was it possible for Mirwaiz Umar, Yasin and Bilal to work together with Geelani?  It is a very bizarre situation wherein both killers and the victims are double-faced? Killers in order to cover-up their crime are  compelled to hide behind a veil of secrecy. Why the self appointed political heirs of the killed knowing well the faces behind the veil  failed so far to unmask the assassins of Abdul Ahad Wani, Abdul Ahad Guru, Gulam Qadir Wani and Abdul Ghani Lone and numerous other innocents?     

It is not easy to answer all these questions. The truth is buried deep under the mystery. Rather than revealing the truth after uncovering the upper layer, the whole affair gets messier. Let us for a while accept that Mirwaiz Farooq was killed on the orders of a militant commander, shall we assume that the high command of that outfit after due deliberations ordered the killing? Stretching further the imagination, shall this also be concluded that assassination was carried out on the direct instructions of ISI?  Perhaps Mirwaiz’s murder was a rogue act of a splinter group believing in holier-than-thou attitude, not an organizational operation. In such an unpredictability and uncertainty, no concrete conclusions can be drawn.

Most of the civilian killings, (other than the killed by Indian forces) some indeed were ordered from the top and even from across the border, are individual acts or carried due to the local considerations by the junior commanders.  Innocent bloodshed is the main reason for the failure of the militant movement. It destroyed the moral basis and removed the distinction of a suppressed and a suppressor, ultimately leading to the erosion of overwhelming public support. Had APHC leaders been the free agents, they could have taken a courageous stand against the innocent killing when it mattered, it could have put brakes on the wanton killings and not allowed the movement to go astray. Crying wolf after two decades will only muddy the waters and fuel the raging fires of distrust and acrimony in the society.

Is it not an irony, if Mirwaiz could have escaped the death until the formation of APHC, he would have become the founder Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference? Ideological neatness is not the high point of this movement. Here a killer can be portrayed as messiah and a patriot as a traitor. It simply depends on the configuration of the time and political expediency.  More than the mercenary culture of the APHC leader’s, ideological bankruptcy of the present movement is the real reason for the doom.  Nationalists here are not true nationalists and people claiming to be the champions of the religion are the most horrible and ideologically barren. Respective ideological positions are subject to convenience rather based upon any conviction, the main reason for the prevailing ideological confusion. But if we are convinced that leaders are mercenaries, why do we expect them to be the torch bearers of any ideology.
Writer can be reached at: firdoussyed@yahoo.com


Saturday, November 27, 2010

Syed Ali Shah Gilani's nexus between Hurriyat and Lashkar's Abu Furqaan

S. Asif/Mohammad Shafi
Srinagar, Nov 27: The Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, SM Sahai, today said that 60 odd Government employees were arrested among the total 135 identified who took part in the recent protests.

“Some seven employees were detained under PSA,” Sahai said. He said that police had sent recommendations about them to their respective departments. “We hope that disciplinary action will be taken against them," Sahai said while addressing a press conference at Police Control Room here.

He said timber smugglers and criminals had also taken advantage of the recent unrest as police was focused on maintaining the law and order. He said the six months of unrest were not spontaneous but were masterminded by Lashker-e-Toiba militant outfit.

“The investigations reveal that agitation was increasingly a thoughtful plan carried out by Lashkar,” Sahai said. “We have exposed a module in Batamaloo area involved in the incidents of lobbying grenades. Its members were also notorious stone throwers.”

The IG said 18 grenades were recovered from the possession of four youth. During the course of investigation, he said the detained youth revealed that the module was formed by one Sajad Ahmad alias Shamas, a Lashker militant located in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district.

Similarly, he said there is nexus between Hurriyat and Lashkar. “Recently we arrested Tehsil saddar of  Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Rohama, Ghulam Muhammad Tantray of  Syed Ali Shah Gilanai  who is a resident of Behrampora Rafiabad,” IG said. “His telephonic conversation with Lashkar commander Abu Furqaan reveals that he was linked to the outfit. Both of them stayed together for a day and mooted plans to increase and organize the agitation. So it shows how there are links between militants and separatists.” Furqaan was also involved in killing of top Sr. leader  Sheikh Aziz.

Sahai said as the stone pelting has receded, the militant activity has increased. “They want to keep the cycle going,” he said.

Sahai said Pakistani establishment has still kept intact militant training infrastructure on their soil. Sahai said that revelations made by detained Lashkar militant Saleem Rehmani indicate the role of Pakistani agencies in aiding militancy in the Valley.

Rehmani alias Abu Saad, police said, was arrested recently by police from Panzan area in Budgam district.