GNS SRINAGAR JULY 23 : Renowned journalist and spokesperson of Jammu & Kashmir Young Journalists Association (JKYJA)today bereaved after the sad demise of his grandfather Mr. Ali Muhammad Mir. In this regard a condolence meeting of Jammu & Kashmir Young Journalists Association (JKYJA) held today at Lal Chowk where all the members including its president Mr. Ajaz War expressed profound sorrow and grief over the demise of said person. Meanwhile Editor-in-Chief Only Kashmir Bilal Bashir Bhat called Rameez Makhdoomi over phone and expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...
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