GNS JAMMU, NOV ;J&K National Conference leaders today paid rich tributes
to Bashir Ahmed Lone former Member J&K Legislative Council and senior party
leader who passed away this morning at his native place in Rajouri. In a
condolence meeting held at the party headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan the
party leaders prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to the
bereaved to family to bear this irreparable loss. Those who were present in the
condolence meeting included Rattan Lal Gupta Provincial President, Kr. Rachpal
Singh, Vice Chairman Advisory Board for Development of Kissans, Peer Mushtaq
Ahmed Bukhari, Vice Chairman Advisory Board for Development of Pahari Speaking
people, Mohammad Aslam Goni, Advisor to President J&K National Conference,
Bimla Luthra, MLA, Vijay Lakshmi Dutta, Provincial President Women Wing, Chander
Mohan Sharma, Arshad Choudhary, Rajesh Bakshi, District President Jammu URBAN
Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Jugal Mahajan, Ayub Malik, Surinder Singh Bunty, Pardeep
Bali, Abdul Gani Tali, Bashir Ahmed Khatana, Surinder Singh Jamwal, Sain Dass,
Vivek Gupta, Bahadur Lal, Iqbal Wani, Rashida Begum, Dilshad Begum, Veena
Oberai, Satya Jamwal, Ashwani Abrol, Parvinder Singh, Rachpal Singh, Ravinder
Sharma, Dalbir Singh, Sucha Singh, Ashwani Abrol, Ashwani Charak, Sucha
Singh,Rakesh Chib and others.
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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