GNS RAJOURI

One area of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir was given limited autonomy in 2009 and hailed as a successful model for the disputed region – but many residents say there hasn't been enough change. Baba Jan, a 30-something political activist from Gilgit Baltistan in northeast Kashmir, was jailed by Pakistani police in mid-September for inciting unrest, considered terrorism. From jail, where he was imprisoned along with about 50 other political workers, Mr. Jan claims the real reason for his detention and indefinite extension has to do with his politics: Jan’s Labor Party actively demands greater autonomy and a referendum on independence for Gilgit-Baltistan, which lies in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan doesn’t want that. “We want our assembly to decide whether to join China, Pakistan, or India – but I’d prefer independence,” says Jan.  “Why join a country that uses terrorism in the name of Islam? No human rights, no political rights and no free judges. No one wants t...

GNS R S Pura , Dec 4: Former Chief Minister and patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today regretted that instead of addressing aspirations of the people, the present regime headed by National Conference has  been brazenly indulged into gimmicks for its survival. Addressing an impressive public meeting in which prominent leader and former Chairman of R S Pura Municipal Committee Bhushan Lal Dogra joined PDP along with hundreds of his supporters, Mr Sayeed pointed out that during the last three years this regime has eroded and undermined all prestigious democratic institutions be it Assembly, local bodies or Panchayati Raj Institutions Pointing towards decision of the state government to postpone civic bodies elections without any reasons, he reminded the gathering that it was during the PDP led regime that elections of civic bodies were held after a gap of more than two decades. “Civic bodies elections were scheduled to be held in the month of Februa...

GNS JAMMU RAJOURI , Dec 3: An Indian Reserve Police Force (IRPF) Constable driver died in a mysterious shootout at the official quarter of his Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) at Sainik Colony, today. Police, however, said that the cop committed suicide by shooting himself after snatching service rifle of his colleague at the residence of DySP IRP 11th Battalion Daljit Singh in Sainik Colony while the family alleged of him being shot dead by his Company Commander in presence of the said DySP under the influence of liquor. People including the family members and relatives of the deceased, who was scheduled to marry on December 11, staged noisy protest at Gujjar Mandi and later blocked Abdullah Bridge in Rajouri for hours, this evening. IRP Constable Shahid Mehboob Bhat (number 550), son of Haji Abdul Qayoom Bhat, resident of Ward number 8, Rajouri deputed as a driver with DySP Daljit Singh died in a mysterious shootout at the residence of latter. Police said that ...