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October 17, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Panthers Party seeks CM from Jammu Gujjars seek representation
in new J-K Govt 4 Pak infiltrators, jawan among 13 killed Two hurt in
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Dowry cases rising in J&K
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Panthers Party seeks CM from Jammu Jammu, October 16 Addressing the demonstrators, Mr Khan asked Jammuites and aggrived Kashmiris to stand by the Panthers Party leadership to held in the formation of a corruption-free, secular and democratic government which could give a healing touch to the people of the state who had become target of Pak-sponsored militancy. PTI adds: The activists today also took out a procession protesting against the People Democratic Party chief Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s “denial of opportunity” to a leader from Jammu for the post of Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir. The PDP chief was practising communal and sectarian politics by demanding that the chief minister should compulsorily be from the Kashmir valley, Mr Khan told the protestors. He also appealed to the Governor to form a “national government” in the state headed by their party supremo Bhim Singh if the major parties continued to delay government formation in the state. |
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Gujjars seek representation
in new J-K Govt Jammu, October 16 “We ask the political parties to give due representation to Gujjars and Bakerwals in the new government in J and K,” Jammu and Kashmir Gujjar Parishad president Shamser Hakla Poonch told reporters here today. Poonch claimed that the strength of both communities added up to 25 lakhs and, therefore, they should not be ignored while forming the new ministry. “The community is absolutely backward from economic, social, political and educational point of view. Therefore, it rightfully deserves proportional representation in the new ministerial council,” he said.
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4 Pak infiltrators, jawan among 13 killed Srinagar, October 16 An official spokesman said four Pakistani infiltrators were killed immediately after they sneaked into this side from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in Keran sector last evening. Three AK rifles, 11 magazines, 300 rounds and 12 hand grenades were recovered from the slain militants. Security forces also gunned down a militant at the Barwan Watsar forest in the frontier district of Kupwara early this morning. One AK rifle, three magazines, 40 rounds and one wireless set were recovered near the site of the encounter. Security forces gunned down one militant each at Domipora and Damhal Hanjipora in the South Kashmir district of Anantnag last night. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants. Three militants were killed in yet another encounter at Marah in Surankote late last night. Three AK rifles, nine magazines, one wireless set and seven grenades were recovered from the slain militants. A security jawan lost his life and another was wounded when militants attacked a road-opening party at Kundal Khadi village in Banihal area last night. The militants later managed to
escape, he said. Militants entered the house of one Imtiyaz Ahand and shot dead his mother at Rajpora Doda. Imtiyaz was also injured in the shootout, he said. Security forces averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerful improvised explosive device planted by militants at Vijhar in Baramulla district last evening.
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Two hurt in Pak shelling Jammu, October 16 Intense firing was also reported in the Sabzian, Jangard, Kerni, Krishnagati, Choki Chowra, Noushera, Jallas, Laam, Balakote and Bendhar areas of Rajouri and Poonch sectors and Central Siachen, Dras and Batalik area of the Kargil sector. One aged person, Azamat-ullah, was injured in the Sabzian area in the shelling while another youth was injured in firing at the Kanachak area of the Jammu sector. Incidents of firing was also reported this morning from the Poonch and Rajouri sectors they said adding that the Indian forces were retaliating firmly.
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Dowry cases rising in J&K Srinagar, October 16 ‘’After militancy which left them scathed the new-found affluence in the valley has led to surfacing of dowry problems which are now rampant’’, according to Dr Girija
Dhar, Chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Women’s Commission here. Expressing concern over the increase in dowry problems, Dr Dhar said at presently it was more of an urban phenomenon but was slowly bringing into its fold the middle classes and the rural areas. ‘’It is for the first time that we are getting cases of bride burning also,’’ Dr Dhar, a gynaecologist, said. Attributing it to increasing affluence and consumerism, she said, ‘’vulgar consumerist displays’’ were on the rise affecting the psyche of people who desire more and seeking to gain it through dowry. This further led to behavioral aberrations. Women in Kashmir, she said, had suffered most during the militancy. Apart from constantly enduring hardships when their husbands joined the ranks of militants, they were forever under pressure and forced to play different roles when from the same family some joined the ranks of militants and some were in the security forces. Such women had to undergo tremendous pressure having to bear the brunt both from the militants and from the security forces. When the men failed in their missions they took it out on the
women, leading to rise in the cases of rape and harassment. Besides, during the long years of militancy, their education was totally disrupted. Under the militants diktat schools were
burnt, girls were confined indoors and fear loomed large. Citing instances of resilience, Dr Dhar said when the girl schools were burnt down by militants their education suffered but they refused to give up. Soon after, private schools in mohallas came up through which they continued their education. Those schools have now burgeoned into major private institutions providing neighbourhood education. A common sight all over Kashmir now-a-days is of smartly clad school and college girls with heads covered moving fearlessly. But there was also a time when these girls living under the shadow of gun resisted acid attacks and all other forms of harassment. Compared to those times, women’s condition now has definitely improved, said Dr Dhar. Stating that they have progressed a lot, Dr Dhar regretted that they had still not got their due share. ‘’In many spheres they have reached the top jobs but still they have a long road ahead”. Dr Dhar, who heads the first State Women’s Commission set up just two years ago, felt that women as a group were disadvantaged in the state as most were bound by the Muslim personal law. The law as such was not bad but its interpretation by conservatives is what made it regressive.
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