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Thursday,
August 21, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Geelani retires, replaced by
Sehrai 6 militants among 10 killed in J&K Man, daughter washed away in flash
floods Dy CM seeks people’s
cooperation for peace
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Geelani retires, replaced by
Sehrai Jammu, August 20 Syed Ali Shah Geelani, after having fallen out with the All Party Hurriyat Conference leadership over the issue of non-expulsion of the People’s Conference from the 26-party conglomerate, had failed to persuade the Jamaat leadership to come out of the amalgam. Consequently, he requested the Jamait-e-Islami Amir, Mr Nazir Ahmed Kashani, to allow him to retire from the parent organisation of which he had been a founder. The matter was discussed by members of the Majlis-e Shoura, who accepted Mr Geelani’s demand. Two other senior party leaders, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Sheikh Ghulam Hassan, also had made a plea for retirement, which was accepted by the Shoura. It is not yet known if the Jamaat leadership has agreed to the request of Mr Geelani that, after his retirement, he may be allowed to float a new party parallel to the APHC. Since Mr Sehrai, who was released recently, was a trusted man of Mr Geelani, indications are that he may be sent as representative of the Jamait-e-Islami in the executive committee of the APHC. The APHC leadership has again deferred the meeting of its executive committee and the General Council, as it awaits nomination of the Jamaat representative in the conglomerate. The APHC chairman, Molvi Abbas Ansari, told this correspondent: “We have postponed these two meetings to allow sufficient time to the Jamait-e-Islami to send a replacement of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who has opted out of the conglomerate in protest against his demand for the expulsion of the People’s Conference being rejected by the Hurriyat leaders.” He said: “Though the Jamait-e-Islami has not disclosed its cards, indications are that it will continue to remain under the APHC umbrella.” |
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6 militants among 10 killed in J&K Srinagar, August 20 Three militants, including self-styled battalion commander of al-Badr outfit Umeer Pathan of Pakistan, were killed in separate encounters with the security forces at Badi-Jehlan and Arah forests in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district, the spokesman said. Three AK assault rifles, nine magazines and four hand grenades were recovered from the slain militants, he said. The spokesman said two more militants, one of them a Pakistani, were killed by the security forces in an encounter at Pathushahi village in Kupwara district. In another encounter, police personnel posted at Kidwah in Udhampur district killed wanted militant Arshad Ahmad in a shootout last night. A security jawan was killed and another injured when the militants opened fire on a security patrol at the Beri forest in Poonch district last night. A civilian, Nazir Ahmad Gutref, who was injured in a blast at Bandipora on August 13, succumbed to his injuries in hospital in Baramula district last night. The body of an unidentified person was recovered by the police from Naristan in the Tral area of Pulwama district. Meanwhile, the Maisuma locality and its adjoining areas in the heart of Srinagar observed a shutdown today as groups of youths indulged in stone-pelting and burning of tyres on the roads in protest against the alleged arrest of Ashiq Ahmad Pohloo who went missing on Monday. His family alleged that he was picked up by some unidentified security personnel. The BSF averted a major tragedy when it defused a 5 kg IED in south Kashmir, while elsewhere in the valley the security forces seized large quantities of arms and explosives overnight. Troops detected the powerful IED planted by the militants near Sheerabad Tral in south Kashmir this morning during a routine patrol, a BSF spokesman said. —
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Man, daughter washed away in flash floods Jammu, August 20 Jai Kumar and his daughter Manju Devi (14) were crossing the river when they were washed away. The police has registered a case and search for the two was on till the last report came in. Meanwhile, reports from Chandigarh say that many places in the northern region were lashed by rain since yesterday, with Nadaun in Himachal Pradesh receiving the heaviest rainfall at 146 mm. The Meteorological Centre at Chandigarh said the city and its surrounding areas had received 1.6 mm of rain till this morning. In Haryana, Kalka (39 mm), Naraingarh (13 mm) and Jagadhri (14 mm) were lashed by showers, while the Nangal Dam area in Punjab was lashed by heavy showers (70.6 mm). Srinagar (5.4 mm) and Jammu (3.8 mm) also received rain. Most of Himachal Pradesh was lashed by heavy showers. Sujanpur Thira (38 mm), Guler (70.5 mm), Dhundi (26 mm), Nagrota Surein (62 mm), Gamrur (81.2 mm), Kasol (16.4 mm), Sundernagar (19.1 mm) and Shimla (1.4 mm) were among other places to receive rain. The Meterological Centre has forecast rain at many places in Himachal Pradesh and at few places in Punjab and Haryana during the next two days. — UNI, PTI |
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Dy CM seeks people’s cooperation for peace Srinagar, August 20 Addressing a public meeting organised to observe the 59th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Raithan, a remote and backward village of Budgam district today, Mr Sharma said after the formation of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, there had been a perceptible change in the situation and people had shown a keen interest in the development of the state. He said as a result of improvement in the situation, the valley witnessed heavy influx of tourists while a record 1.50 lakh pilgrims visited the holy shrine of Amarnath cave this year. Mr Sharma paid rich tributes to late Rajiv Gandhi and described him as the architect of modern India. He said Rajiv Gandhi was a visionary and had a desire to take the country to the new heights of progress and prosperity. He said the best tribute to the leader would be to follow his path of socialism, secularism and strengthen the roots of democracy. —
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