Aryans 33rd Job Fest witnessed record 100 Companies in a single day

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Over 400 candidates out of more than 2500 got shortlisted by over 100 companies at Aryans 33rd Job Fest

 

Srinagar 26th February

 

Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh today created a new history in the field of placements where more than 100 companies and over 2500 students from different parts of North India came to participate in 33rd Aryans Job Fest at Aryans Campus.

 

Honda was the prominent company which pulled maximum crowd towards itself. Heavy rush was also witnessed in the companies like Cogniter Technologies Pvt Ltd, Platinum Infosys, Volkswagen, Indus Bank, Dinker, Hyundai, SEBIZ, ABEERTECH, The perfection, TMC shipping, Indusland, GM Plaza, Genpact, Rayon, Frisklancer, Gurudev, Shaljon, Bani Mil Producer etc. The maximum package offered was upto 9 lacs per annum.

 

On this occasion Sh. Dharam Pal Gupta, IAS, Director Technical Education, Punjab congratulated team Aryans and said that placement is the backbone of any educational institution without which no campus can satisfy the dreams of its students and hopes of their parents.

 

The fest witnessed 60% of the jobseekers of fresher level, 25% at mid management and 10% at senior level out of which More than 400 candidates including Engineering, Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Hotel Management, Commerce etc got shortlisted by the companies.

 

Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges congratulated the candidates and said that apart from providing good quality education it’s the responsibility of the every institution to build and develop job skills in its students so they can be placed in good companies with good packages.

 

Ms Sheenu Rana, TPO, Aryans Group said thatapart from Chandigarh, students from Chitkara University, LPU, Shri Guru Granth Sahib University, IT Bhadal, Doaba college, GJIMT, ITI Patiala, GZS Bathinda, AS collage khanna, GNIC Hoshiarpur, YSC Barnala, Adesh Group, Indo Global college, Shri Sai college Pathankot, VIT Rohtak, Jind Polytechnic College, Govt Polytechnic Sirsa, West College Rohtak, GRIMT Yamunanagar, IMS Gaziabad, KSVIRA college Bijnor UP participated in this one daylong event.

 

Recruiters and participants were enthusiastic about the response to the fest. Talking to the team Aryans participants said “This event provides fair opportunities to both experienced candidates and freshers and give us a fair chance to know our abilities. We get to see so many competitors at one place.”

 

Quality Private Hospitals Needed in Kashmir

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Healthcare as we all know is   the basic sector of every society. Kashmir with its population of more than 6 million has always not had that bright health sector. As it is a known fact that Public Health care has made good strides in our part of the world but yet it has to failed the needs of populace.

Pertinently, the lack of quality Private Hospital too has worsened the problems of Kashmiri people with the result they have to rush outside state  immediately especially to quality Private healthcare facilities in Delhi and Mumbai, but all this comes not only at expensive treatment costs their but also costly travel and staying costs there.

The Indian health system includes public and private hospitals as well as specialized Ayurvedic hospitals. All major cities and medium-sized urban centres have private hospitals that provide an excellent standard of care  but in the Valley of Kashmir we do not have much private hospitals.

 

Ghulam MUHAMMAD, A commoner states -“We do not have much quality Private hospitals in Kashmir. The existing ones have failed to meet the desires expectations. We need to set a quality Private hospital chain so as to lessen the pain of masses.”

The realities urge on entrepreneurs of Kashmir to divert their financial resources to set a quality hospitals in Kashmir and all the stakeholders should come forward.

 

Drying Paradise

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February is behaving like June in Kashmir Climatic Pattern Vise and it seems environmental Degradation and global warming aftermath  has started to cast its shadows on picturesque  Kashmir Valley.

According to climatic officials, Kashmir witnessed the hottest day in February in 76 years as the mercury rose to 20.6 degrees Celsius in Srinagar on 23rd February more than 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year.

 

Many are concerned that when in February we used to witness  snow but on contrary we  are seeing the  sprouting of plants and blooming of some flower varieties — signs of spring in Kashmir — have started at least one month ahead of the natural process due to the early favorable temperature.

 

As a matter of fact, all  these abnormal changes in Climate patterns has become a source of concern for environmentalists who see it as an effect of climate change. Many expert voices state that part of Climate Change and Global Warming, the two 21st century issues are already posing grave threat to the human civilization in terms of abnormal climate patterns. Kashmir which has already been declared environmentally fragile zone and can be most delicate area to these threats given its predominant reliance on agriculture, natural resources and forestry. The grave scenario with reference of climate has hit us hard at a time when in Kashmir the overall paradigms are already not looking good.

Sheikh Sameer, A researcher states -“A mechanism suggested for tackling climate change and warming has been the idea of using “Carbon Sinks” to soak up carbon dioxide. To aid in this, reforestation, or planting of new forests, have been suggested. This is a popular strategy for the logging industry and nations with large forests interests. While there may be some potential in this solution, it cannot be effective on its own. This is because it legitimizes continued destruction of old-growth and pristine forests which are rich ecosystems and have an established biodiversity base (albeit shrinking now) that naturally maintain the environment (at no cost!). Creating new forest areas would require the creation of entire ecosystems. It is also criticized for being a quick fix that does not tackle the root causes effectively and does not lead to, or promote actual emissions reduction.

In Kashmir we are being impacted by these global factors and also local factors like we destroying our forest wealth and water bodies has worsened the climatic and environmental position of ours. We need to wake up from the slumber and protect our natural resources especially environment than only we can effectively tackle these problems.”

Experts have maintained that large scale havoc caused to water-bodies and wetlands on one hand and to glaciers and forests on the otherside is compounding the environmental problems and giving rise to abnormal climatic patterns in Kashmir. With the threat of another floods looming large in Kashmir valley this season the biggest question, that is talk of town is that how Valley of Kashmir was  literally converted last year into a flood zone with even normal rains that too in month of March which is a no-flood month.  . Pertinently, the answer does not seem simple as the overall environmental scenario is quiet awful as Valley of Kashmir has  lost several precious environmental resources. Over the past few decades, Kashmir  lost a majority of wetlands and lakes. The phenomenon of deforestation has increased. Illegal encroachments have worsened the matters.

 

When one used to witness snowflakes and harsh cold in Chilai Kalan in Kashmir that has now got replaced by bright sunshine and all these are seen adverse impacts of global warming and environmental degradation on the Valley of Kashmir.

Kashmir Environment Facing Onslaught

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Environment is the most essential part of our sustenance. Kashmir valley is known world over for its natural beauty and pristine environment .Lush green gold in form of forests consist of wide variety of plant species like pine, cedar and Chinar, world famous water bodies like Dal and Wullar Lake, globally known wetlands, lofty mountains, eye catching glaciers have been symbols of kashmir’s huge environmental heritage. But since past few decades constantly a death blow is being lent to these great environmental resources of Kashmir on account of human greed and official apathy. Worrying statistics clearly prove this point.

 

. The last 2-3 decades have seen destruction of forests in almost every country, except for a few exceptions, mostly in the continent of Europe. Now, there are two kinds of countries: one, that have successfully reversed the trend of deforestation, and, second, that live with the sorry reality of declining forest cover. Dejectedly, we belong to the second category. The impact of deforestation is visible in urban areas too. Besides the rapidly increasing number of hotels and residential places around some of the lakes, silt washed from the mountains during the rains is described as the main reason for shrinking of the lakes. An effective forest cover would have prevented this.

All this environmental degradation has resulted in causing havoc to our nature and giving rise to abnormal climate patterns.
As a matter of fact, we had a forest cover of 21,000 sq. km. in 1930, which went down to 13,000 sq. km. in 1980. It is estimated that we lost another 15 to 20 per cent during the previous 20 years. The declining forest cover has also meant increase in man-animal conflict. Hearing news about man-wild animal conflict has become a usual  affair in our part of the world.

JNU Row

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The  prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University students protest against  the 2013 hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has turned into a big row and  generated outrage after it was publicised in the mainstream media. The students, allegedly seen shouting slogans supporting Afzal Guru and Kashmiri separatism triggered the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s student wing, who wrote to the Vice Chancellor that such marches should not be held on campus.

This prompted fierce protests from students and teachers in the university. JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on Friday on charges of sedition. The university also barred eight students — whom they didn’t name — from academic activities pending an inquiry into the events.

The violence on journalists and students by some lawyers has give rise to another controversy .

Voices are expressing their angst over the issue. Bilal Bhat, a Delhi based kashmiri journalist and activist. He is the chairman of JK youth civil society. While talking to News Kashmir he states -“To disrupt the the democratic atmosphere of JNU which is known for freedom of speech and expression . in last three years there was a significant rise of involvement  of kashmiri students who by and large feel alienated in their own country.JNU gave them a soothing shoulder to raise their voice . Many kashmiri students were seen active in terms of running the campus union raising various issues concerning the country. Agencies became apprehensive and hatched a conspiracy to malign the union .”

Reflecting on the issue eminent journalist of India Seema Mustafa wrote -“Have you ever bothered to ask why a particular kind of love for the motherland, professed for instance, by the lawyers as they beat up students and journalists at the Patiala court, is always expressed through vitriol and violence? And why suddenly India is no bigger than Pakistan in her democracy and her vibrancy, and how suddenly debate and dissent—even by young students—becomes a threat to the nation.”

On the otherhand, while leading  AIP’s solidarity march with JNU students MLA Langate Engineer Rashid stated that India has lost moral ground to abuse Pakistan.  Er Rasheed said that people of J&K are thankful to all those saner voices especially the youth who are raising voice in favor of Kashmiris at JNU, Calcutta and other places. Er Rasheed stated, “Congress and BJP are trying to score the political points with regard to this uprising in the educated class of India but need to understand that the uprising is not for Congress or against BJP but the Indian youth has started feeling pain of Kashmiris. The sedition charges on Mr. S.A.R Geelani are unacceptable and illogical and just an attempt to please a very small section of rightest forces and a section of biased media.” Er Rasheed added that GoI has not been able to curb the voice of Kashmiris despite using all shameless measures and sooner or later it will have to resolve Kashmir. He said, “The protests being carried out in prestigious universities are being attended by students and scholars of all most of all states without caring for caste, creed and religion. As such New Delhi has lost the argument of blaming Pakistan in interfering into internal affairs of India. Er Rasheed said that despite the fact that national media has always been biased and harsh towards Kashmiris, every Kashmiri deems it his duty to condemn the assault by ultra-nationalist lawyers on senior journalists in Delhi and added that world community should know if these so called protectors of law, can mishandle and abuse those who have similar views as of them about Kashmir, what would they do with those who differ with them in their ideology and views.

Undoubtedly, JNU for the moment is generating heated politics over the issue.

Government formation suspense

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People in the pain and conflict hit state of Jammu and Kashmir are waiting desperately for elected government to takeover so as to end the governor rule in the state. Overwhelming majority of masses believe that their problems could receive a due attention only when there is elected setup in place. Worryingly enough, the already politically sensitive and countless problem hit state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed many long sells of governor rule which has weakened the democratic paradigm and dashed hopes . Masses have felt the hard brunt of these long spells of governor rule as developmental picture has been

Breaking the ice in this regard BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav met Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday, in the first attempt to iron out differences between the two parties and pave the way for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under Governor’s rule since January 9.

 

Mr. Madhav arrived here by a special flight in the evening, headed for Ms. Mufti’s ‘Fair View’ residence on Gupkar Road and held a closed-door meeting that lasted one hour. No other leader was present, sources said.After the meeting, Mr. Madhav avoided the media and rushed to the Srinagar airport for his return flight. The meeting once again failed to yield a decision on government formation.

As a result, suspense on the government formation remains.

Waiting for Ms. Mufti

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People in the pain and conflict hit state of Jammu and Kashmir are waiting desperately for elected government to takeover so as to end the governor rule in the state. Overwhelming majority of masses believe that their problems could receive a due attention only when there is elected setup in place.
Worryingly enough, the already politically sensitive and countless problem hit state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed many long sells of governor rule which has weakened the democratic paradigm and dashed hopes . Masses have felt the hard brunt of these long spells of governor rule as developmental picture has been hurt.
Gulzar Ahmad,a commoner states -“We have been waiting for the government now since many weeks. These often long spells of Governor rule does not augur good for us as we want solution of our grave problems and only elected government has an effective answer to our grievances.
A mechanism should be decided so that we do not have to wait for long intervals of time for the elected setup. We already know that we are far behind in the developmental spectrum and often spells of Governor rule have not proved much effective .We are hopeful that soon the government would be formed in our state and our miseries and sufferings would be thus receive heed.”
Experts have clearly pointed that often governor rule weakens democratic setup and already fragile mainstream of state. The recent moves by Pakistan to make Gilgit Baltistan (part of erstwhile J&K) it’s 5th state is an eye opener in this regard. While Kashmiri pro freedom groups openly challenged it and wrote rebellious letters to Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharief, no mainstream party could speak about it because it is believed that they have lost that moral high ground to speak for the undivided state of Jammu and Kashmir that existed before the tribal invasion of October 1947 and the subsequent landing of the Indian Army in Kashmir.
Faizan Bhat, Eminent columnist states – “It is an open secret that Kashmir is facing worst problems on every front since decades. The issue of poor governance has been one major issue. Whenever the Governor rule is imposed the crisis related to governance further sinks. People depend upon elected representative for their genuine problems. We have seen lot of mess being created on account of long spells of Governor Rule. The concerned parties should brainstorm and form an effective government that focuses on governance and does not harp on raising communal temperatures. Masses on ground are facing thousand problems for which an effective government should soon come into action.”
The J&K has remained to be ruled like this Governor rule from March 1977, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2008, and for 51 days in the present coalition from 9 January 2015 and again this time.

Be it from the perspective of providing effective governance to masses so as to solve their burning issues or to strengthening the democratic fabric the people are eagerly awaiting for Mehbooba Mufti to make a move and form a strong government that can lead the state to some sought of hope. With even the flood hit masses yet to be rehabilitated the wait is ever so desperate .

Abolishing Capital Punishment

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India is witnessing since quiet long time now heated debate on the validity of Capital Punishment in changing circumstances. India retains capital punishment for a number of serious offences. The Supreme Court of India has allowed the death penalty to be carried out in 5 instances since 1995, while a total of 26 executions have taken place in India since 1991.
Pertinent to mention here that in December 2007, India voted against a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. In November 2012, India again upheld its stance on capital punishment by voting against the UN General Assembly draft resolution seeking to ban death penalty
On the otherhand, On 31 August 2015, the Law Commission of India submitted a report to the government which recommended the abolition of capital punishment for all crimes in India, excepting the crime of waging war against the nation or for terrorism-related offences. The report cited several factors to justify abolishing the death penalty, including its abolition by 140 other nations, its arbitrary and flawed application and its lack of any proven deterring effect on criminals.

Those who oppose death sentence have time and again stated that India should join the bulk of countries that have abolished death penalty. It should surely absorb the feeling behind the increasing support by the comity of nations to the UN’s campaign for a moratorium on the practice and its abolition. Since 2007, more and more countries are jumping to the other side. Punishment by death, as the campaigners argue is against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a “premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state.”
Nevertheless, one finds growing support for abolishing death sentence in India.

Kashmir I am Calling

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Shahzad Hamdani

When the People of Kashmir were getting ready to participate in the Death Anniversary of Maqbool Bhat who was hanged by the Indian Authorities on 11th Feb, 1984, something uncalled and unexpected happened just two days before the death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat; something which no kashmiri had ever thought of in deep corners of his mind; something which was enough to set Kashmir once again on fire. For me it was moreover an early “mourning” rather than morning. It was on 09th Feb-2013 at 7:00 A.M when I received a call from my friend. He said, “security forces have cordoned almost every street of Kashmir. Something has happened,there are people who are saying that Afzal Guru has been executed. Just move out and see what is happening.”

I turned on the Television but the cable network was down. I moved out of my home, and all I could feel was a complete silence on the street. A complete seize on Kashmir by security forces, no one was being allowed to move out of their homes.

There was something grooming in the air; I could see some elders sitting in the narrow kochas, murmuring silently; some women were begging to God for mercy and few children peeping out from their windows. This was the scene which was enough to take one’s breath away. Suddenly a girl came out screaming, “Yes,  He has been hanged. They have hanged Afzal Guru; Ya Allah this was not done.”

For a moment I was completely taken aback. Did they really hang him? How could they do it?

This is what I could say at that point of time, but the rulers of so called democracy had taken yet another Son, the same way and in the same month. In a few span of time men and women started pouring out of their homes. Young men and women burst into tears; while elders giving them comfort. I heard an elder person almost in his eighties saying, “This was all in destiny. We too want to cry for mercy but Maqbool Bhat took all the tears”. Within a short span of time the narrow kocha was not enough, the way the number started gaining; all heading towards the main road with anger all visible on their faces; and they started; “Hum Kya chahate Azaadi; Tum Kitnay Afzal maro gai, Har ghar sai Afzal niklay ga”

I got inside the car and started to move towards the News office. All the way I couldn’t help myself to stop from crying. This was completely uncalled and inhuman, Afzal Guru was an innocent but there was no point of discussion left. How much I could think about it, the same was not going to change the bitter truth. Alas! the so called Indian Democracy had once again set this himaliyan region on Fire; Kashmir was about to witness the Maqbool Bhat of 2013.

 All the way to my office, I could hear “Slogans of Azadi” once again on the streets; last time I heard of it in 2010 and first time in the year 1998. That single year which still haunts by mind; still pinched me for it was that year when we Kashmiris almost though that freedom was at the doorsteps.

I still remember that one single vacation break, I had just moved to the seventh standard with the lingering fear of the “Board Exams” in heart. Yet there was a quite unease in the class; something new was in the air; something that had nothing to do with the graft of school learning nor anything to do with girls. It was in the first month of the winter vacation I heard the word “Azadi”. In our teenage craziness I and a couple of my friends even sketched the new flag of that yet to be born nation. As each day passed and the people marched we believed that freedom was here.

Just the same way, our elders used to debate of what was about to come, we the desperate teenagers waited in the narrow kochas of our land to see a Mujahid; those selfless men who would make us free. It was a winter of hope that never survived the spring of killing and eventual betrayal. For with spring came the burning, killing and rape of Kashmir at the hands of Forces. Soon, hope was replaced with fear. And as fear grew we retreated into our homes almost wishing to be left alone.

Today I ask myself. Has anything changed; the answer being a ‘Big No’.

Today, for many people across the Globe and Particularly in India, Kashmir is now seen through the eyes of honeymooners who visit Kashmir and spend their pleasant days, or a Kashmiri boatman selling shawls by the banks of Dal Lake or those tourists who spend their vacations in Gulmarg and Pahalgam.

They see Kashmir blessed with the landscape across the forest and the whiteness of a fresh layered snow in Gulmarg. They see Kashmir from the eyes of Suleiman peaks, stretching wide across the Dallake; sitting near the Hazratbal Shrine.

But in all these years, I still see Kashmir through the eyes of a Mother, watching towards the door, murmuring and recalling what took the peace from her home; waiting for her lost son; knowing he is dead.She counts her own life and then curse herself. I still see Kashmir from the eyes of a Girl; she calls herself a ‘Victim of conflict’. I still see Kashmir from the eyes of an old man; sitting near a graveyard and recalling those countless deaths; deaths which are still going on with young men ready to sacrifice of the just cause of freedom.

These endless stories of hope and despair leave behind a lesson for the upcoming.  A lesson for those who have compromised on their inner conscience, yet close their eyes to see the dreams of freedom. Such people should remember that freedom is the most basic of all human rights, and yet throughout history many individuals and nations have had to struggle to be free.
There are a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that is based on struggle, something that pushes us to tougher roads and it is that point of our life one need to understand that the battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honour. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

So, it is much necessary to stay on the march; to be on the journey and to work for peace and freedom wherever we are at all times. Being dedicated to the cause of freedom; and those who profess to favour freedom, and yet deprecate struggle, are men who want crops without ploughing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle.

Still, the memories of 2008 and 2010 is unfinished; soon time will gear up towards another Indian sponsered election; and soon the men who by birth right have been ordained as leaders of Kashmir will be on the move; VOTE or DON’T…..Kashmir I am Calling.

Hanged Heroes

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In the unfortunate land of Kashmir, tragedies and traumas have defined life in Kashmir over the past three decades of violent political conflict.
Pertinently, February is the month of particular pain in Kashmir when two humans from this misfortune hit land were hanged.

More than Thirty years ago on 11 February 1984 one of the stalwart of Kashmir’s pro-freedom movement Muhammad Maqbool Bhat was hanged in the Tihar jail and after 29 years in 2013 the history had repeated itself again when Afzal Guru the main accused in the 13 December, 2001 Indian Parliament Attack Case was sent to gallows in Tihar Jail on 9th February 2013 in utmost secrecy and concealed manner by the Indian State, for a crime in which there was circumstantial evidence against him. It is also a depressing reality that hanging of Afzal Guru lead to outbreak of massive protests in Kashmir which lead to death of several youth. The mature opinion on ground is that issues of political nature should be solved amicably in a civilized manner and mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat should be handed back to people of Kashmir .
What is ironical to note according to many sane voices is that some 430 years back Yousuf Shah Chak the last independent ruler of Kashmir was allegedly is buried in Biswak prison near Nalanda in Bihar after captured by Akbar regime in deceitful manner and according to many historians he was poisoned to death.

With the executions of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal many believe and openly state that Kashmiris have every time got a new hero and a new martyr to look after as icons, who have kept the feeling of alienation continuous.
NASIR khuehami, a journalist states -“Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat hangings have cast a painful memory on the browbeaten nation of Kashmir. The entire process surrounding these hangings has been put to great questions and thus controversy raised on overall trials. Hanging Afzal Guru out of turn was a great blow to hopes of people of Kashmir. These hangings at a larger level have also defined the injustice against nation of Kashmir. India as a democracy should leave rigidity and act as mature democracy to heal the wounds of Kashmiri people.9 and 11 February have become undoubtedly the pain evoking days for people of Kashmir.”
RAMEEZ Bhat, A scholar while talking to News Kashmir states -” The hanging of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat are a blot on the democratic credentials of India. Even keeping their mortal remains imprisoned is a matter of grave concern. Even the humane voices within India have protested the process of these hangings .Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat are without doubt being viewed as heroes among the masses .As soon as 9 February and 11 February Date arrives the bitter memories are reviewed and anger is generated. Indian State should show democratic maturity and rectify the mistake and handover the mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat to people of Kashmir.”
Many human rights defenders have also opined more often than not that when most countries of the globe are against the implementation of the capital punishment why Indian State is carrying them out and what message it wants to give? .Many had written and answered this development that they believe that The judiciary is becoming a hand maiden of the political executive and is fast losing its independent character with the result that Justice is becoming a casualty. Whether be it the execution of Afzal Guru or Life sentences awarded to Kashmiri convicts the judiciary is being used as a tool against the political opponents and dissidents is a strong opinion held by many.
Undoubtedly, in Kashmir the pulse is that Maqbool and Afzal are hanged heroes.
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