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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kashmiri youth who was facing detention under PSA cracks NEET
Zubair-ul-Islam Bhat, a youth from Kupwara who recently cracked the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examination, was once under close observation by the J&K police and identified for detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA), which allows detention without trial for two years. J&K Peoples Conference (JK) president Sajad Lone said on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) that he had intervened with the police to prevent his booking under the PSA, a law used against local youths for separatist writing or behaviour. 'A year back Zuber was all set to be booked under the PSA. The dossier was ready. His family approached me. He is a couple of years older than my children. I don't know what happened. But I was convinced that Zubair had to be saved. I was convinced that Zubair is special and can deliver academically and move on to have an excellent career. I believed that Zubair deserves a chance,' Mr. Lone said. Police relented Mr. Bhat belongs to a small village, Khumriyal, in Kupwara. Mr. Lone admitted that the police were reluctant initially. 'I approached the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara, who I have to say was very apprehensive. I volunteered to personally guarantee his conduct. We talked so many times over the phone and the conversation would end with disagreements... I got a call from the SSP that he too is convinced that Zubair needs to be given a chance,' Mr. Lone recalled. Mr. Lone described Mr. Bhat's trajectory as one that emerged from the 'depths of despair a year back.' 'Zuber has bounced back and will soon embark on a career in medicine,' the JKPC leader said. He said Bhat's story was 'a story of triumph of love and compassion.' 'Maybe there is a message in this story. I hope our decision makers understand that message,' he said. Mr. Lone congratulated J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. 'Without the consent of the top officials, this would never have been possible. Victory in Kashmir lies in love and compassion. Let us all rejoice in Zubair's success. It is a victory of the concepts of love and compassion,' Mr. Lone added.
NDTV
23-04-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"Multifaceted Terror Attack, Hit Economic Lifeline": J&K MLA Sajjad Lone
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) MLA Sajad Lone told NDTV the terrorists who killed 26 tourists at Pahalgam launched a "multifaceted attack" to drag the region back to the dark days before special status was scrapped. Mr Lone said the people of Kashmir came out on the streets to reject terror in huge numbers, and they have crossed their threshold. "They are going to be resilient enough not to get threatened or cowed down by these cowards," Mr Lone told NDTV. He said a lot of common people spoke to him, but there was "a deafening silence". "You can see that as if this place is mourning. There is mourning in the air and it's from the core of the heart. They're mourning the loss of their friends, their tourists, their guests... Very rarely I've seen such a show of unanimity and unconditionally, unambiguously. There are no conditions attached. Everybody is condemning it," Mr Lone told NDTV. He pointed out that apart from the painful loss of civilians, the local people will also get hurt in many ways as the terror attack was meant to finish their economic lifeline. "I feel very odd talking about other things when people have died, somebody has lost a father, somebody has lost a husband, somebody has lost a son. But you have to understand that in this killing, this is a multifaceted terror attack. Of course, the most vicious part of it is to kill these innocent people who were tourists who had come here to have a good time," Mr Lone said. "And equally vicious, and a facet of this terror attack is to destroy and hit at, assault the economic lifeline of Kashmir, which is tourism. [They] smear our identity of hospitality, culture of hospitality with an indelible dark mark, a dark milestone. We have a culture of hospitality, which dates to more than 100 years," the MLA said. "These villains have come and uprooted everything for us, societally, socially, we don't know. We can't explain to the whole world it's not us. It was a soil that was used by outsiders. And tourism is an economic lifeline. They've hit at it and they know it hurts. They basically want Kashmiris to be out on the roads, be beggars and be tools for exploitation. So, as I said, it's multifaceted. In the short term, we see that they kill these innocent people. And in the longer term, it is the economic lifeline that they are struck at," Mr Lone said. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is meeting today to discuss a response to the Pahalgam terror attack, sources said. The CCS on Security is the highest decision-making body for appointing heads of national security agencies as well. The meeting included top leaders, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who were part of the committee. Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Indian Air Force Chief Marshal AP Singh, and other officials to discuss the security situation in the region. "The meeting discussed all issues related to the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The issue is expected to be discussed in further detail in the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting, likely to be held today," a source told news agency ANI.
