WEDNESDAY, March 09, 2016 29, Jamadi-ul-Awwal, 1437 AH 29th Year of publication

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KHALID GUL

Islamabad (Anantnag), Mar 8: Two youth were injured on Tuesday after Army opened fire on civilians in Aishmuqam area of this South Kashmir district, witnesses said.

The firing took place at around 8:30 am in Tantray Mohalla area near Jamia Masjid Ashmuqam. The injured were identified as Javaid Ajmad Wani, 23, and Aamir Ahmad Sheikh, 21.

Wani received a bullet in his neck and was referred to SK

Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura Srinagar in a critical condition while Sheikh—who was hit by a bullet in arm—is being treated at District Hospital Anantnag, a police official said.

Local residents accused the Army of resorting to unpro-voked firing on people who had assembled in Jamia Masjid

(central mosque) premises to “give shape to a new Intiza-mia (organizing) committee of the Masjid.” However, police claimed that the Army was con-ducting a search operation to nab suspected militants in the area—a claim refuted by locals as a “blatant lie.”

Fighting terrorism moral obligation for Pak, says Sharif

Islamabad ‘sharing intelligence with India on militant attacks’Islamabad, Mar 8: Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed that it had shared intelligence with India on possible militant strikes in Gujarat ahead of Maha Shivratri festival.

"Sharing of intelligence among various nations of the world is a routine practice and this happens around the world. However, this time it was somehow leaked to media. But this showed Pakistan's commitment to fight terrorism," Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said in response to a question on whether Pakistan had provided intelligence to India on impending militant strikes.

‘Kashmir shouldn’t be pre-condition for Indo-Pak talks’Islamabad, Mar 8: Settling the Kashmir issue should not be a pre-condition for holding talks between India and Pakistan, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday as he asked the two nations not to allow non-state actors and other pressure groups to derail the peace process.

He also asked Pakistan to speed up the investigation into the January 2 Pathankot attack which India has blamed on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group.

"Settling the Kashmir issue should not be a precondition for starting the dialogue pro-cess," Hammond, who is here on a day-long visit, said during a joint press conference with Pakistan Premier's advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz.

PDP pushing JK under direct RSS rule: Rana

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 8: The Peoples Democratic Party facilitated direct RSS rule in Jammu and Kashmir by showing indecisiveness in forming the government, senior National Confer-ence leader Devender Rana said on Tuesday.

“There is every appre-hension of the BJP-led gov-ernment appointing any RSS Pracharak as Governor of the State to trample the special identity of the State,” he said, addressing senior party functionaries at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here.

Citing “unhealthy demo-cratic practices unleashed by BJP-appointed Gover-nors in various states of India,” Rana said: “The political uncertainty may lead to a situation where the current well-meaning, impartial and highly deco-rated and accomplished incumbent in the Raj Bhavan may be replaced by a person owing allegiance to Nagpur and Jhande-walla.”

Islamabad, Mar 8: Paki-stan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said the country was fighting ter-rorism as part of a "moral obligation" to eliminate the scourge from the country, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber killed 17 people in the restive northwestern region.

Sharif stated this in a meeting with visiting British Secretary of State Philip Hammond who called on him.

New Delhi initiates process to set-up AIIMS in Kashmir

Vohra to discuss Panchayat poll preparations with political partiesCEO briefs SAC on preparations

Govt orders implementation of Advertisement Policy-2016Jammu, Mar 8: The Gov-ernment has ordered imple-mentation of the Advertise-ment Policy-2016, which was approved by the State Administrative Council (SAC) in its meeting on 3 March 2016.

“In supersession of the Advertisement Policy issued vide Government Order No: 43-ID of 1996 dated 26-07-1996, read with Government Order No: 06-ID of 2001 dated: 17-04-2001, sanction is hereby accorded to the implemen-tation of the Advertisement Policy-2016,” states the order issued by B B Vyas, Finan-cial Commissioner Informa-tion Department.

The Advertisement Policy-2016 will be available on the official website of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations http://www.jkdirinf.in/.

ABID BASHIR/ TARIQ NAQASH

Srinagar/Muzaffarabad, Mar 8: The pro-freedom camp in Kashmir Tuesday strongly reacted to the ban imposed by the Pakistan administered Kashmir government on books written by pro-independence writers, terming it as “highly undemocratic.”

Ashmuqam: 2 youth injured as Army opens fire on protestersDC orders magisterial inquiry; Police says soldiers ‘came under stone-pelting during search operation’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 8: Chief Elec-toral Officer Shantmanu on Tuesday briefed Governor N N Vohra and members of the State Administrative Council about the status of preparations for conduct of Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies elections in J&K. “Discussions were held with the CEO about the schedule of elections to all Urban Local Bodies in the coming months. The CEO informed that the prepara-tions are well on course for

conducting free and fair Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) elections in the State and that the electoral roll will be finalized before 31st March, 2016,” an official spokesman said.

High-level team inspects Awantipora site, expresses satisfaction

ZEHRU NISSA

Srinagar, Mar 8: Setting the ball rolling for establish-ment of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kashmir, a high-level team from the Government of India on Tuesday visited Awanti-pora in South Kashmir to inspect the proposed site for the healthcare institute.

The six-member team headed by Joint Secretary Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) Sunil Sharma reached Awa-ntipora this morning and took stock of the proposed

site. Sources said the team “expressed satisfaction over the location.”

Sources said the AIIMS in Kashmir would be a 1000-bedded hospital with 300 super-specialty beds. It would be set-up in a phased

manner, starting with a Medical College having an intake capacity of 100 stu-dents. The Medical College will be augmented with a Nursing College with intake capacity of 60 students.

Separatists aghast over ban on pro-independence books in PaK

60Intake capacity of

its Nursing College

Rs 2000 crCost of project

1000Total bed capacity

100 Intake capacity for its Medical College

300 Super-specialty beds

2018: Scheduled date of start of OPD, other basic departments

1773 kanal: Total land area

Location: Awantipora (Pulwama)

Map of Jammu and Kashmir State by Muhammad Saeed Asad

Kashmir and Partition of India by Dr Shabir Choudhry

‘Masla Kashmir-Talkh Haqaiq’ by Dr Shabir Choudhry

‘Srinagar Jail Se Farar Ki Kahani’ by Maqbool Bhat

THE BOOKS BANNED INCLUDE:

‘Main Koan Hoon’ by Maqbool Bhat

‘Kashmir Salateen Ke Ehad Main’ by Mohibullah Hassan

Maqbool Bhat-the life and struggle by Shams Rehman

‘Masla Jammu Wa Kashmir’ by Prof Muhammad Arif Khan

‘Kashmir Tareekh Ke Aaine Main’ by Prof Muhammad Arif Khan

‘Mirpur Par Jab Qayamat Toot Padi’ by Bal K Gupta

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Mar 8: The Cen-tral Reserve Police Force has raised objections to operation of night flights at the Srinagar “Internation-al” Airport, citing “security concerns.”

Sources said the Force raised the objections during a review meeting of the state officials with a team from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), at Jammu recently.

A high-level team of the DGCA held a meeting with the state administration, including the security agen-cies, to assess the facilities

for night flight operations at Srinagar Airport

Sources told Greater Kashmir that all the other stakeholders involved—including the Indian Air Force—have given their nod to the night flights.

CRPF ‘objects’ to night flights at Srinagar AirportDGCA to take final call ‘soon’

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Army opened fired in self-defense after they came under stone-pelting during a cordon and search operation in the area. Many soldiers sustained injuries in the stone-pelting incident—Abdul Jabbar, SSP Anantnag

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