JKLF pays tributes to Malik Maqbool

Vice Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front , Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat in a statement has paid glowing tributes to Malik Mohammad Maqbool on his 19th Martyrdom .
Malik Maqbool participated in every aspect of freedom struggle with spirit of selflessness and did not believe in aggressive or vicious politics, Bhat said, adding that he was not a political bandit or who believed in political chauvinism but a man of sincerity knowing resistance politics at all dimensions and worked for importunate idea of Independence and freedom of Kashmir.
Vice Chairman JKLF reiterated that Kashmir resistance has entered into a crucial and decisive phase –were the pro-freedom leaders have to demonstrate prudence, wisdom and collective approach .
Bashir Ahmad Bhat maintained that the mission of the martyrs will be taken to the logical end come what may .
He also expressed concern over the stepped up Human Rights Violations in Kashmir and urged world HR bodies like ICRC, Asia Watch, Amnesty International and other organizations to use their well offices to pressurize India for the HR violations in Kashmir .
Meanwhile District President JKLF Islamabad Mohammad Ishaq Ganie has also paid rich tributes to Malik Mohammad Maqbool.

Kashmir not a border dispute: JKLF

Srinagar 17: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has asked India and Pakistan to accept Kashmiris as the principal party to the dispute and include Kashmiri leadership in talks and decision making vis-à-vis the longstanding issue.“Kashmir is neither the so called integral part of India nor the jugular vein of Pakistan. India and Pakistan should not think of Kashmir as a border dispute. It is a disputed territory whose real owners are only Kashmiris and it is ultimately their future which is at stake,” JKLF vice chairman Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat said in a statement issued here.Bhat said Kashmiris have had to bear the brunt of hostility between the two countries with lakhs of Kashmirs sacrificing their lives for the solution of Kashmir issue. Referring to the stalemate in the talks between the two countries, he said, “Unfortunately all the hopes of peace amongst Kashmiris and the people of India and Pakistan have been dashed once again. The fact remains that peace in the subcontinent will remain a distant dream unless Kashmir dispute is resolved. It is imperative that India and Pakistan also consider the interests of Kashmiri people

GOVT HAS WAGED WAR AGAINST CIVILIANS: JKLF

Srinagar, July 12: Strongly condemning the killing and arrest of youth by the police and CRPF troopers across the Valley, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front vice-chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat on Monday alleged it seemed that the government had waged an organized war against civilian population in Valley. “The police and CRPF troopers are indiscriminately arresting innocent teenagers in the length and breadth of Kashmir,” said Bhat addressing a party working committee members. “The ongoing freedom struggle in Jammu Kashmir is not a law and order problem but a matter of the freedom of a nation. Lakhs of people have till date offered the supreme sacrifices of their life for the cause of freedom of their homeland and they will continue to offer these till they achieve the complete goal of freedom. Those terming it (freedom struggle) law and order problem are vainly trying to throw dust into the eyes of world community,” Bhat Bhat strongly condemned the arrest and continued detention of Front chairman Muhammad Yaseen Malik and other pro-freedom leaders including the Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, terming it as undemocratic measure to gag the popular voice of people. Expressing anger and anguish over the killing of innocent youth in different areas of Valley by the armed forces, Bhat said such barbarous acts and repressive tactics by the forces could not break the resolve and determination of people to continue their struggle for independent Kashmir. Paying rich tributes to the martyrs of July 13, 1931, the Front vice- chairman said these martyrs had added a golden chapter to the history of Kashmir with their sacred blood. Bhat said, “Kashmir is a political issue which can only be resolved by acknowledging Kashmiris as real masters of state and principal party to the issue and ensuing their practical participation in talks to solve it.”

Desecration of the shrine exposes the government:Bhat

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), accused police and other security agencies of “desecrating” the shrine.
“The desecration of the shrine exposes the government which has crossed all limits,” Bashir Ahmad Bhat, vice-chairman of JKLF, said.

Pro-freedom decry arrests

A delegations of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Wednesday visited the families of slain youth in Batamaloo area of Srinagar and south Kashmir’s Islamabad district to express solidarity with the bereaved families, a statement of JKLF issued here said.“The manner in which the three youth at Islamabad were killed by CRPF troops and police in a local’s house shows that they and those who support troops and police are terrorists,” the statement quoted JKLF vice chairman Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat as saying.Bhat also ridiculed the demand of All Party Meet convened by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and also the CM’s statement that civilian killings in police and CRPF firing be probed. “Tufail’s cold blooded murder, Rafiq Bangroo’s death due to ruthless CRPF beating, killing of a 9-year-old boy in Delina and the killings at Batamaloo, Maisuma and Islamabad are before all of us. No one has been punished in the case of Machil fake encounter or killings of Inayat, Zahid or Wamiq Farooq. Whenever any killings takes place, government stages a drama of ordering inquiries and probes. The fact is that nothing comes out of them,” Bhat said.Bhat also condemned the arrest of hundreds of youth across the Valley and detention of JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik and other pro-freedom leaders.

People facing crisis: JKLF

SRINAGAR, (SANA): The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has expressed serious concern over the continuous imposition of curfew in the Valley.
“People are facing serious economic and food crisis due to continuous curfew. It has given rise to the shortage of medicines and other essential commodities in the Valley,” the vice-chairman of the JKLF, Bashir Ahmed Bhat said in a statement.
He alleged that the police and CRPF troopers were barging into the residential houses beating the inmates, including women and children, ransacking their household belongings and breaking their doors and windows.
Bhat strongly condemned the use of indiscriminate forces by the forces at Trehgram in Kupwara district, the birth place of JKLF founder Shaheed Muhammad Maqbool Bhat.

JKLF condemns imposition of curfew

Srinagar, July 1: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front today condemned curfew and killings in Kashmir saying such ‘autocratic’ approach won’t subdue the people of Kashmir.The JKLF welcomed Yatris and accused some Delhi-based news channels and political parties of trying to project Kashmiris as anti-Yatra. In a press statement issued here, the JKLF condemned continuous detention of its Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik. The JKLF Vice-Chairman, Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat said on one hand large number of people were being taken into custody on the other some selective channels and political parties were vitiating atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir by trying to project Kashmiris as anti-Yatra. Reminding of 2008, he said that JKLF volunteers established relief camps for Yatris. “Kashmiris believe in religious coexistence. When Kashmiris were facing bullets, they remembered their hospitality and were serving food to Yatris during economic blockade,” he said. He said India and its forces have “unleashed reign of terror” in Kashmir. “They have formally announced war against people of Kashmir. Everyone in Kashmir is insecure,” he said. He accused Chief Minister of giving a clean chit to the forces. “Has he not seen that Rafique Bangroo was beaten to death? Has he not seen books near the body of Tufail Matoo when he was shot at,” Bhat added.

JKLF condemns Malik’s continued detention

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has strongly condemned the arrest and continued detention of its chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik.
Malik was arrested the other morning from his residence here and continues to be under policy custody, a JKLF spokesman said in a statement.
He said that no one has been allowed to meet Malik since he was picked up.
“On the one hand, the police and other armed forces have transformed the whole Valley into a battlefield and, on the other the rulers are trying to put a cover on its failures and repressive measures by putting forth new interpretations and justifying innocent killings by the armed forces. While the fact remains that the bloodshed in Jammu Kashmir will not stop till its complete demilitarization,” the spokesman quoted JKLF vice-chairman, Bashir Ahmed Bhat as saying.
Bashir Ahmad Bhat paid glowing tributes to the recently martyred youth including Tufail Ahmad, Rafiq Bangroo, Javid Malla, Shakeel Ahmad Ganai, Firdous Ahmad Khan, Bilal Ahmad, Tajamul Ahmad and Tariq Ahmad.
He has expressed solidarity with their families and prayed for the speedy recovery of scores of persons injured in the firing incidents.