Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement leader and JNU student activist Shehla Rashid Shora wished good health to Hurriyat (G) Supreme and JRL leader, Syed Ali Geelani.
She said that Geelani has sacrificed a lot for the people of Jammu & Kashmir, especially with regard to safeguarding the special status of the state.
She said that, “there have been several attempts to weaken the special status of the state, and usurp the land rights and other safeguards available to the state subjects of Jammu and Kashmir.
“It is leaders like Geelani sahab who have remained vigilant and led the people of the state under such circumstances. We pray for his long life and recognize his contributions.”
She added that, “while we have fundamental differences as parties, one cannot deny the sacrifices and contributions made by the veteran leader. If it weren’t for the resistance movement led by Geelani Sahab and others, our generation would not have been aware of our rights.”
Soz urges ASI to declare NC founder Sheikh Abdullah’s Soura residence as a heritage site
Srinagar, May 1, CNS: Former union minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz on Wednesday urged the Archaeological Survey of India to declare the residence of National Conference founder Late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah in Soura Srinagar as a heritage site.
“I have taken up the issue with the Director General, Archaeological Survey of India Usha Sharma and urged her to declare the premises (residence) of late Sheikh Sahab as a heritage site,” Soz said after he returned from the site in Soura.
He said that the prominent personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Gaffar Khan, Abdul Samad Khan Uchakzai, Maulana Azad, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Mian Amiruddin, Mohammad Din Taseer, Sheikh Sadiq Hassan and others have also visited Sheikh Abdullah’s residence.
He said that Pakistan’s emissary Sheikh Sadiq Hassan had met Sheikh Abdullah and Gulam Ahmad Ashai to discuss Kashmir’s future at this house.
Soz said that it was a great privilege for him to have met Late Sheikh Abdullah near the Chinar Tree along with Sahibzada Hassan Shah, (the then Principal M.A.M College, Jammu) and Prof. G.N. Sidiqi in 1966.(CNS)
