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SATURDAY, August 08, 2015 22, Shawwal, 1436 AH 28 th Year of publication Published from Srinagar | Jammu Regd. No. JK NP-6/SKGPO-2012-2014 Vol: 28 No. 218 Pages: 18 Rs. 5.00 epaper.GreaterKashmir.com GreaterKashmir.com, GreaterKashmir.net See Ask Naeem...on Pg-10 See No Cabinet...on Pg-10 See India likely to...on Pg-10 See Land allotted at ...on Pg-10 See Over 500 minor...on Pg-10 See Pulwama on...on Pg-10 See Jahangir...on Pg-10 UA.ad Over 500 minors detained in Kashmir since 2009, data reveals Land allotted at `1 per-year- per-kanal, Centre fails to fund NIFT in Kashmir Amid AIIMS row, fashion technology institute awaits financial assistance for 6 years; Local entrepreneurs angry MUKEET AKMALI Srinagar, Aug 7: While few days of strike in Jammu forced the Government of India to establish ‘AIIMS-like facilities’ in the winter capital of J&K too, it has failed to allocate funds to the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) set-up in the Valley six years back. The GOI sanctioned the NIFT in Kashmir in 2009 at an estimated cost of Rs 188 crore. Of this, 90 percent was to be paid by the Centre and the rest 10 percent by the State. The state government, according to docu- ments, was further asked to allocate land for the project which was subsequently identified at the Industrial Estate Ompora and handed over to the Union Ministry of Textiles on lease for 90 years at the annual Asks Speakers to not send nominations to Islamabad for now MUDDASIR ALI Srinagar, Aug 7: India has decided to boycott the upcoming conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) being hosted by Pakistan in case Jammu and Kash- mir isn’t invited to the program, official sources said Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Speaker Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan, at New Delhi on Friday in which Speak- ers of all State Assemblies partici- pated. J&K was represented by the Speaker Kavinder Gupta. While Pakistan has invited Mahajan and Speakers of other Indian States to the conference, it has excluded J&K citing ‘disputed nature of the State according to UN resolutions.’ Mahajan had summoned the Speakers to take a call on India’s participation in the meeting. “The meeting decided that entire India will boycott the conference if J&K is not invited,” said a senior Lok Sabha official, who attended the meeting. However the official said it would only be a “conditional boycott” as a “window of hope is still left”. “All the State Assemblies have backed the decision to boycott the Islamabad conference on the issue (of J&K),” PTI quoted Mahajan as saying, soon after the meeting. 53 Commonwealth countries including India and Pakistan con- stitute the London-based CPA which holds its meetings annually. The member base of the CPA, which has commitment towards developing, promoting and sup- porting parliamentarians to identi- fy benchmarks of good governance and implement enduring values of Commonwealth, consists of heads of Parliaments of member coun- tries and constitutional heads of their respective State legislatures (state branches). Jahangir Iqbal Ganai designated as Senior Advocate India likely to ‘boycott’ CPA conference if JK Speaker not invited Pulwama on boil over militant’s killing Dozens injured in clashes; 2 youth sustain bullet injuries; 11 persons hit with pellets; Encounter ends as 2 militants give slip to forces after overnight gunfight; Residential house razed to ground with IEDs SHOWKAT DAR Kakpora (Pulwama), Aug 7: Scores of protest- ers were injured, some of them critically, in massive clashes in south Kash- mir’s Pulwama district on Friday against killing of a local militant in a gun-bat- tle yesterday. Two persons sustained bullet injuries and were rushed to a Sri- nagar hospital in a critical condition, reports said. Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in Kakpora where one militant— Talib Hussain Shah, 23—died in a fierce gun-battle with No Cabinet meeting held since May Not much business pending, says Minister UMER MAQBOOL Srinagar, Aug 7: Decision making in J&K as come to a halt for now as the State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed hasn’t met for the past two and a half months. While the incumbent regime held cabinet meet- ings in Jammu regularly after the government forma- tion in March, the Cabinet has met only once in Kash- mir after the Durbar opened here in May. Official sources told Greater Kashmir that after May 18—when PDP-BJP government held its first cabinet meeting in Sri- nagar—no such meeting has been convened since. “During this period, only three urgent proposals including the new recruit- ment policy and appointment of PSC chairman and mem- bers were cleared through circulation,” they said. According to sources, several proposals and post- ings of top officers including three Additional Director Generals of Police are pend- ing due to non-convening of the cabinet. “Senior IPS officers like SK Mishra, Navin Aggar- wal , L Mohanty , Viplav Kumar and Uttam Chand are without a posting,” they disclosed. Cabinet spokesman and Education Minister Naeem Akther said there is “not much business pending” with the government to con- vene the cabinet. Asked whether there are differences between coali- tion partners over holding the cabinet, he said: “There is nothing like that.” Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh said the cabinet would meet shortly. “The cabinet is likely to Police ‘refuses’ to give reports to 5 Srinagar children lodged in Juvenile Home SHABIR IBN YUSUF Srinagar, Aug 7: There seems to be no end to arrest of minors by police in Kash- mir, with fresh reports indicating that few minors lodged at Juvenile Home here are not able to bail themselves out “due to the refusal of cops to provide them the necessary reports.” According to offi- cial sources, few minors detained from Srinagar in the past one week on charges of stone-throwing have been lodged at the Juvenile Home at Harvan here. “They are eagerly waiting to be bailed out, but are not able to do so because police is not giving them the requite reports which they can produce before a court,” they said. Five minors, identified as Mozin Yaqoob from Nowhat- ta, Bilal Ahmad Makdoomi from Gojwara, Arban Hussain from Nowhatta, Muhammad Danish from Rainawari and Sameer Muabark from Dalgate, were shifted by police to Juvenile Home a week ago, the sourc- es disclosed. An official at the Juvenile Home admitted these five minors were lodged there. “Once their parents get the bail orders, we will hand over their wards to them,” the official said. However, parents of these children said police did not give them reports so that they could obtain a bail from court. “Our applications are lying in police stations of Nowhatta and Rainawari,” they said. According to data avail- able with officials at Juve- nile Home, 506 minors have been detained there on charges of stone-throwing since 2009 and later released. Officials however have no record of detention of minors before the Home was set-up. “Before the Juvenile Home was set up, minors were detained and lodged in respective police stations and later released,” an offi- cial said. The Juvenile Home is highly fortified. Besides strong fencing, the building is surrounded with concer- tina wire. The Home is being man- aged by the Social Welfare Department but is no differ- ent from a jail, said a minor who was lodged there until recently. People carry the body of Talib Hussain Shah in Pulwama on Friday. GK photo Srinagar, July 7: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has desig- nated Advocate General Jahangir Iqbal Ganai as Senior Advocate. “In exercise of the powers vested under section 16(2) of the Advo- Ask Naeem Akhter to resign: Akbar Lone to CM Srinagar, Aug 7: Senior National Conference leader and former min- ister Muham- mad Akbar Lone Friday said the Chief Minister CMYK
