Let’s not criticize the choice of interlocutors

The appointment of interlocutors by the Central Government is the  beginning of a process that is bound to take time. We must not expect quick results. Some people have welcomed the appointment while many have expressed their reservations. It is quite obvious that interlocutors may not be acceptable More

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First priority?

This refers to the news “Jobs for youth my first priority: Omar” (GK Oct 15). At a time when the chief minister should concentrate on restoration of law and order in Kashmir, he is focussing on irrelevant issues. People of Kashmir are on the streets for the past five months. They are not demanding jobs More

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High time

This refers to the announcement of fresh 10 day protest calendar by the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani. It is high time that Geelani withdraws the calendar and urges people to do their routine work. Why is Geelani ignoring the fact that people are suffering. Poor people have nothing More

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Target students

If anyone has suffered the most in the past two months, it is the poor people and students. Young kids have been made the target of politics by the state government and the Hurriyat Conference. Nobody is bothered about their fate, their future. Students are all set to appear in the Board and University More

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Jamia siege

This refers to the news “Mirwaiz condemns Jamia Masjid siege.” Every Friday the state government announces curfew in Old city and bars people from offering the congregational Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid. Government of Jammu and Kashmir has no right to stop people from entering a Masjid More

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Protest calendar

This refers to the news titled 'Hurriyat (G) issues 10 day protest calendar'. On one side the veteran leader had  raised the concern that he doesn’t want the academic session of students to go waste, but on the other, he has yet again issued a tough calendar. This has been done when the More

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Painful news

This refers to the news “Don’t kill me, I have daughters.” I really felt sad on reading it. Police and paramilitary forces have left no stone unturned in killing or disabling the people of Kashmir. So far 111 people have lost their lives in action by police and CRPF. The past five months have witnessed More

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One more

This refers to the news “CM wants one more interlocutor.” I fail to understand why the state government has sought more man on the panel when the separatist leaders have already rejected the initiative. Interlocutors have been announced in the past as well, but they have failed to break the years old More

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Only destruction

This refers to the news “Delhi forcing us to intensify agitation: Geelani.” The Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, perhaps has expectations from New Delhi that they would address the Kashmir issue. If Geelani thinks that India is serious in addressing the Kashmir issue, then he is wrong More

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