Syed Ali Geelani News
With the intensification of terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has intensified action against pro-Pakistan elements. The government on Saturday sacked the grandson of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani from his government job on charges of promoting terrorist activities.
Video clips posted by the J&K Police have shown that the body of Geelani was given proper ablution, was wrapped in white shroud and lowered into the grave amid recitation of verses from the holy Quran.
He died at the age of 91, after prolonged illness
Geelani, 90, who has been under house arrest since August 2019, reportedly distanced himself from All party Hurriyat Conference citing rebellion against leadership by cadres as one of the reasons.
Former Norway prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik had on Friday met senior separatist leaders in Srinagar.
Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday has resigned as the chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.
Three separatist leaders on Sunday urged the people of Kashmir to launch a "mass agitation" if the Supreme Court delivered a verdict in favour of pleas seeking the repeal of Article 35A and said any effort to "tinker with" a state subject law will create "a Palestine- like situation".
Senior Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday said the NIA raids would not deter them and they would court arrest at the headquarters of the anti-terror agency on September 9.
Hurriyat leadership has called for a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday.
Srinagar District Magistrate Farooq Ahmad Lone said restrictions under section 144 CrPc were imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven police stations -- Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Ram Munshibagh.
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed restrictions in parts of the city on Friday to scuttle separatist-called protests.
The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Sunday to prevent separatist-called protests.
Clashes broke out on Monday between the security forces and stone pelters at several places in the Kashmir Valley after Eid prayers.
Muslims from all walks of life started making a beeline to Eidgahs (prayer ground) or mosques for offering Eid prayers as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting of Ramazan.
A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front said Yasin Malik was arrested from his residence in Maisuma area.
A separatist-sponsored march in memory of a militant leader killed by security forces was foiled on Tuesday in the Kashmir Valley.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain under house arrest inside his uptown Hyderpora residence.
The central government on Thursday ruled out to hold any talks with separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir in near future, saying that its priority is to improve the situation in the Valley first.
Army-run schools in Valley indoctrinating kids, alleges separatist leader Geelani; Govt slams remark
Union minister Jitender Singh said, "The Kashmiri youth should ask them (separatists), if jihad is so important then why doesn't he (Geelani) tell his own children to leave studies."
Police on Thursday arrested separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik here after they tried to stage a protest.
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