J A M M U   &   K A S H M I R

Sub-judge dismissed  
SRINAGAR, Aug 31 — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has dismissed a sub-judge from service following an inquiry which found him guilty of numerous charges.

Lone’s son to marry Amanullah’s daughter 
JAMMU, Aug 31 — The pre-Partition era’s memory will be relived when Sajjad Ahmed Lone, son of senior Hurriyat Conference leader Abdul Gani Lone, ties the nuptial knot with the daughter of the JKLF supremo, Mr Amanullah Khan.

J&K transfers three CEs  
SRINAGAR, Aug 31 — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred three Chief Engineers and a Joint Commissioner in the Power Development Department.

Sub-judge dismissed 

SRINAGAR, Aug 31 (UNI) — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has dismissed a sub-judge from service following an inquiry which found him guilty of numerous charges.

The Governor accepted the recommendations of the high court and ordered removal of Mr Atri, the then sub-judge (CJM), Leh, currently suspended, from service with immediate effect, he added.

Lone’s son to marry Amanullah’s daughter 
From M.L. Kak 
Tribune News Service

JAMMU, Aug 31 — The pre-Partition era’s memory will be relived when Sajjad Ahmed Lone, son of senior Hurriyat Conference leader Abdul Gani Lone, ties the nuptial knot with the daughter of the JKLF supremo, Mr Amanullah Khan.

Before the Partition of India, Gilgit was part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Amanullah Khan belongs to Gilgit. Prior to that a number of Kashmiris would marry women from Gilgit. The Partition severed ties between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and those living in Gilgit.

Now a Kashmiri has revived the memory of those days by deciding to marry a girl belonging to Gilgit. Though Mr Amanullah Khan’s daughter has not seen much of her homeland, for all practical purposes he is the citizen of Gilgit.

Mr Amanullah Khan has been in the limelight for the past over two decades with his one-point agenda of securing independence for undivided Jammu and Kashmir. This has brought him into conflict with successive governments in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad.

In the Kashmir valley, the JKLF chief, Mohamad Yasin Malik, is a staunch opponent of Mr Amanullah Khan and being a member of the Hurriyat Conference, the former has been close to Mr Abdul Gani Lone. Both of them are votaries for Kashmir’s “azadi” and in the recent elections for the post of Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, Mr Malik had voted for Mr Lone who lost to Prof Abdul Gani Bhat.

Reports said that Sajjad had started business in Delhi. Following differences with his partners, he shifted to Dubai. From Dubai he visited Pakistan where he met Mr Amanullah Khan’s daughter.

Mrs Abdul Gani Lone has already left for Pakistan for the engagement ceremony. Mr Abdul Gani Lone could not travel to Pakistan since his passport has been impounded by the Government of India.

J&K transfers three CEs 

SRINAGAR, Aug 31(UNI) — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred three Chief Engineers and a Joint Commissioner in the Power Development Department.

An official spokesman said the state Cabinet, which met last evening with acting Chief Minister and Housing and Urban Development Minister Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah in the Chair, approved the transfer of Mr H S Gupta, Joint Commissioner Power, as Chief Engineer, System and Operation Wing, Jammu.

He said Mr H S Raina, Chief Engineer System and Operation Jammu, had been transferred and posted as Chief Engineer Maintenance and Rural Electrification Jammu. Qazi Mohammad Saeed Chief Engineer (Generation) in the Power Development Corporation had been transferred as Chief Engineer Maintenance and Rural Electrification Kashmir and Mr Noor-ud-Din Baqal would replace Mr Saeed.

He said the Cabinet also approved the induction of 50 officers into the Kashmir Administrative Service.

He said it was for the first time that the induction had been made into the KAS under the technical quota.