Srinagar, Oct (PTI) The Moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference today accused the Centre of being non-serious about resolving Kashmir issue in accordance to the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. "Government of India is engaged in non-serious acts aimed at delaying a solution to the long pending Kashmir issue. The appointment of interlocutors a year ago was part of this policy," Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told a Friday congregation at historic Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar. He said Kashmiris are engaged in a prolonged struggle for their rights and are determined to continue this movement to its logical conclusion. He expressed satisfaction over the voices being raised for resolution of Kashmir issue within the civil society of the country. Dismissing the report of the three-member team of central interlocutors, the Mirwaiz said, "We have seen many such people in the past...from K C Pant to N N Vohra to Wajahat Habibullah and the latest team."
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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