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No. JKNP-5/SKGPO-2015-2017 Vol: 30 No. 229 Pages: 20 Rs. 5.00 epaper.GreaterKashmir.com GreaterKashmir.com, GreaterKashmir.net, GreaterKashmir.news * T&C apply Finance* Available CPCB approved Warrenty 2 Yrs/5000hrs* 7.5kva-500kva 979 792 7459 959 609 8718 SATURDAY, August 19, 2017 26, Zul Qaadah, 1438 30 th Year of publication Sinha-led delegation meets Governor, CM BJP distances itself from J&K ministers’ Delhi visit Will go by SC verdict, PDP free to do whatever it wants to: Koul ABID BASHIR Srinagar, Aug 18: The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday told New Delhi that killing those who pick up arms won’t solve any problems, even as he asserted that entire Jammu and Kashmir “yearns for Kashmir resolution to put an end to uncertainty they are facing.” Addressing a Friday con- gregation at Jamia Masjid in Downtown Srinagar after remaining under house arrest for the past eight weeks, Mirwaiz said “young educated boys are being killed every day and some people think that once all of them are killed, the Kashmir problem will be over.” “Those who think like this forget that these boys took up arms as a reaction to repression and for the resolution of the (Kashmir) dispute,” he said. Without referring to anyone in particular, Mir- waiz said “while you may kill one militant, ten more will stand up. So, killing them will not kill the sentiment as is evident from funeral prayers of militants.” Omar seeks special legislature session before Aug 29 Srinagar, Aug 18: National Con- ference working president Omar Abdullah on Friday sought a spe- cial session of the state legislature before August 29 to “frame an appropriate response to counter the narrative” on Article 35-A. The issue is of vital importance for people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh as abrogation of Article 35-A will have serious rami- fications, Omar said in a statement here. Entire J&K yearns for Kashmir resolution, says Mirwaiz Tells New Delhi that killing those who pick up arms won’t solve any problems The resolution of Kashmir issue can always be reached at provided there is a willingness to accept facts, compassion, humanity and mutual respect among the parties involved Srinagar, Aug 18: A del- egation led by former union minister Yashwant Sinha met Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan here on Friday. The delegation comprises Sushobha Barve, executive director of Centre for Dia- logue and Reconciliation (CDR), air vice marshal (retired) Kapil Kak and Bharat Bhushan, former editor and senior journalist. A Raj Bhavan spokesman said Sinha and his team are visiting Kashmir to “talk to leaders of various parties and groups about issues facing J&K.” Scientists identify potential drug to treat breast cancer Houston, Aug 18: Scien- tists, including an Indian- American researcher, have identified a molecule that can help treat breast cancer, giving hope to patients who have become resistant to traditional therapies. The first-in-class mole- cule shuts down oestrogen- sensitive breast cancer in a new way, researchers said. First-in-class drugs are those that work by a unique mechanism - in this case a molecule that targets CM hoodwinking people, says J&K Congress chief ‘She has lost control over alliance partner BJP’ Srinagar, Aug 18: J&K Con- gress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Friday accused RSS and BJP of being hell bent upon chang- ing the demography of the state and claimed that Peoples Democratic Party has failed to defend the Article 35-A. MUDDASIR ALI Srinagar, Aug 18: Ques- tioning the state govern- ment’s move to go public on Article 35-A and turn it into a “political issue,” senior Peo- ples Democratic Party leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Friday said the party should have dealt with the issue and Article 370 as per the agenda of alliance (AoA) that would have made it binding on the BJP to defend the state’s spe- cial position. “It (Article 35-A) should have been dealt with in the agenda of alliance just as in the Common Minimum Program (between the erst- while PDP-Congress gov- ernment) where we had taken decisions that POTA (prevention of terrorism Act) and task force should go and army crackdown should stop and within days those decisions were imple- mented…because the docu- ment was signed by Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Arjun Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni (on part of Congress) and Mufti Sahab, Mehbooba Ji and me (on part of PDP),” Baig told Greater Kashmir in an exclusive interview. Baig questions PDP for ‘going public’ on Article 35-A INTERVIEW ‘I haven’t seen Agenda of Alliance and whether it was signed by anybody. If there is such a document, our government should produce it in court’ SHABIR IBN YUSUF Srinagar, Aug 18: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday dis- tanced itself from the visit of a group of J&K ministers to New Delhi for mobilising sup- port on protection of Article 35-A, saying its ally PDP is “free to do anything but we will go by the Supreme Court decision on the maer.” “We will only stand with the decision of Supreme Court on Article 35-A,” Ashok Kaul, BJP’s state general sec- retary (Organisation) told Greater Kashmir. That deci- sion will be supreme for us, he said. Child care allowance for women with disabilities doubled New Delhi, Aug 18: The government of India has doubled to Rs 3,000 per month the child care allow- ance for women employees with disabilities. At present, the allow- ance of Rs 1,500 per month is given to differently- abled female employees for taking care of their newborn child. "Women with disabili- ties shall be paid Rs 3,000 per month as special allow- ance for child care. The Threat to Kashmir's Existence Read Exclusive Article By Noted Legal Luminary AG Noorani On Article 35-A on Page No 11 See Baig questions...on Pg-12 See Omar seeks...on Pg-12 See Scientists...on Pg-12 See BJP distances...on Pg-12 See Sinha-led...on Pg-12 See Child care...on Pg-12 See CM hoodwinking..on Pg-12 Lucknow, Aug 18: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that by 2022, a solution would be found to the Kashmir problem as also other problems like terrorism, naxalism and North East insurgency. “There are a lot of problems—ter- rorism, naxalism, Kashmir problem. Much is not needed to be said about these problems. But I can assure you this much that by 2022, we have pledged to create a 'new India'...So a solution will be found to all these problems before 2022. We want to assure the countrymen on this,” he said. Singh was addressing a pro- gramme here titled 'Sankalp se Siddhi—New India Movement (2017- 2022) Naye Bharat kaa nirmaan'. Solution to Kashmir problem before 2022: Rajnath See Entire J&K...on Pg-12 See Solution to Kashmir...on Pg-12 Pathribal case Supreme Court notice to Centre, Army, CBI Victim families seek trial of accused soldiers in open court MUDDASIR ALI Srinagar, Aug 18: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to govern- ment of India, army and central bureau of investiga- tion on a petition filed by family members of victims of Pathribal fake encounter in Kashmir, seeking trial of See Supreme Court...on Pg-12 CMYK
