GNS Jammu Feb 16:- A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Syed Asgar Ali, MLC in which is a serious concern was felt over the callous attitude of the Government towards the snow bound hilly areas of Districts Doda and Kishtwar. People of the far flung area like Marwah, Dachhan, Bhalessa, Thathri, Chinta, Marmat, Desa etc. are facing lot of difficulties for non-avaiability of essential commodities like Medicines, Ration, Cooking Gas, Kerosene Oil etc. as link roads connected these villages to Kishtwar, Bhaderwah and Doda towns have totally been disturpted. There is also acute shortage of drinking water and electricity. It was urged upon the Government to take immediate remedial measures and these essential commodities be sent there through air and also link roads be got repaired on emergent basis so that the people of the far flung areas be able to get essential commodities particularly Medicines from near about towns. It was also stressed upon the Government that 1-2 months ration be supply free of cost to the people of the far flung and hilly areas as it is most essential for the survival of the people of the area. Similar measures are required be taken for Mahore and Gool Gulab Garh areas. The meeting wa s attended by Sheikh Mujib Ali, District President Doda, Attulaha Khan, Riyaz Zargar, Talib Hussain Bhat, Abdul Rehman Kashmiri , Vishal Mahajan, Adv. Imtiyaz Ahmed Mir, Riyaz Zargar Nishat, Youdhvir Singh, Abdul Majid Mir, Bashir Ahmed Qazi, Mohd Yaseen Shah, Sheikh Abdul Latif, Yougal Mahajan and many 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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