Hurriyat

Governor Satya Pal Malik accused leaders of the Hurriyat, mainstream parties and religious preachers of inciting children of ordinary Kashmiris to become fodder for terrorism by inciting them in the name of Allah and Jannat (paradise). read more

Appealing to people, particularly the youth, the separatist leader asked them to be “ready for a long and tough struggle”. read more

On the question of talks with Hurriyat, the governor said that’s for the Government of India to take a call. read more

Contending that situation in Jammu and Kashmir is changing, Governor Satya Pal Malik had on June 22 said that separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders were ready for talks with the Centre. read more

The Kashmiri Pandit agreed to form a committee, comprising members of the separatist Hurriyat, civil society, displaced Pandits and those from the community who continued living in the Valley, to coordinate the process of the return following its meeting... read more

Mehbooba Mufti said facilitating a dialogue between the Centre and other stakeholders in the state was the underlying purpose of her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party. read more

The Enforcement Directorate in a statement said that its probe had also been able to directly establish that the Pakistan high commission was one channel of funding for Kashmiri separatists. read more

Mirwaiz had cited security reasons for skipping the earlier two summons sent by the NIA. The first summon was served to him in March and was asked to appear before the NIA officials on March 11. read more

It was also decided that the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad would also not attend Pakistan National Day event there, Kumar added read more

Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Naseem Geelani, the son of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Gilani, on Monday skipped a summons by the National Investigation Agency citing security reasons, their lawyer said. read more

The NIA on Saturday summoned Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Naseem Geelani, son of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, to Delhi on Monday for questioning in connection with a terror funding case. read more

The Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), banned by the government for five years, was responsible for the creation of the state’s biggest terror group Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). read more

Foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua lodged a protest with Indian high commissioner Ajay Bisaria over the summoning of Pakistan’s high commissioner Sohail Mahmood, foreign office spokesperson Muhammad Faisal said at a weekly briefing read more

Referring to past engagements between Pakistani officials and Hurriyat leaders in the state, Mehbooba said it was in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA regime that meetings between separatists and Pakistani officials were facilitated. read more

India reacted strongly on Tuesday to Pakistan’s outreach to Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in an attempt to highlight the Kashmir issue. read more