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GNS Srinagar, May 06 :  Peoples Democratic party (PDP) expressed deep shock and grief over the demise of Mufti Shariefudin Son of Mufti Mohammed Abdullah, the nephew of PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed who breathed his last yesterday night at Jammu and was laid to rest today afternoon at his ancestral graveyard at Babamohalla Bijbehara. The Fatehkhawani of the late soul will be held on Monday 7 th  May 2012. PDP leaders today visited the residence of Mufti’s at Bijbehara to participate in the Nimazi-Jinazah of the late Mufti and express their condolences with the bereaved family. Among other leaders who visited  the residence of  Mufti’s include Ab Rehman Veeri MLA, Mohd Sartaj Madni MLA, Sofi Ab Gaffar MLA, Tariq Hameed Karra ,Peerzada Mansoor MLA ,Ab Haq Khan MLA, M Khali Bandh MLA, Syed Bashart Bukhari MLA, Chief Spokesperson Naeem Akhtar, , Mohd Ashraf Mir MLC, Ab Hameed Kosheen, Peer Mohd Hussain, Nazir Ahmed Laway, Yasir Reshi , Saifudin Bhat including all Zonal presidents

                                         GNS Rafiabad May  06 : Former minister and member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil has stressed upon the chief minister Omar Abdullah to immediately empower elected Sarpanches and Panches failing which real purpose of holding elections to Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir will become ineffective. He said that if Sarpanches and Panches are not empowered, they will get exploited by those elements who had all along been trying to create an uncertainty in the state and defame government for their vested interests. Addressing a well attended public meeting at Chitloora Rafiabad, Gani Vakil appreciated chief minister Omar Abdullah led coalition government for holding elections to Panchayats and described the same as a path breaking achievement in decentralizing powers. Elections to Panchayats, he said were aimed at empowering people at grass root level and have a good governance in place. He said that Congress had all along been empowering people at gra

                       Shortage of Doctors in J&K By Tahir MUshtaq GNS JAMMU, May 06: While Jammu and Kashmir is facing acute shortage of doctors to run its health institutions, government has helped in emigration of 16 highly qualified medical professionals to Saudi Arabia through J&K State Overseas Employment Corporation Limited.  Official data says that the corporation which was established to explore employment opportunities for local youth in foreign countries has mostly helped highly trained and qualified professionals to immigrate to other countries. Officials said that corporation has emerged as a major avenue for the professionals to leave state for better opportunities out J&K.  Member of Legislative Assembly, Hakim Muhammad Yasin, who had also raised the issue in Legislative Assembly said that government has just provided data of doctors, what about other professionals. “Rather than helping skilled and non-skilled people to avail the benefit, it is