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Day: February 7, 2019

  • Jan concerned over plight of people in snow bound areas Loran, Saujiyan PHCs worst affected with NHM strike

    Jan concerned over plight of people in snow bound areas Loran, Saujiyan PHCs worst affected with NHM strike

     

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    Poonch Feb 07 :– National conference here has expressed strong concern over the plight of masses living in snow bound areas of Poonch asking administration to come up for their immediate help.

    A team of national conference headed by provincial president of youth wing, Ajaz Jan visited several snow bound villages of Mandi tehsil on Thursday.

    In his statement, Ajaz Jan said that due to ongoing strike of national health missing employees, the healthcare system has come to a standstill with primary health centres of Loran and Saujiyan wearing deserted look and work almost coming to a standstill.

    He said that health department should arrange alternate staff for both these hospitals located in areas which are cut off from district headquarter from last 24 hours.

    He also said that district administration should immediate depute field machinery to conduct loss assessment of poor villagers and highlighted damage to rh house of one Javaid Bhatt from Poonch Saujiyan and to the cattle shed of a family in Mandi wherein three cattles died.

    He also said that snow clearance operations should be expedite alleging Border Roads Organization (BRO GREFF) for not carrying out snow clearance operation on Saujiyan road at adequate pace.

    He also said that entire Saujiyan and Loran areas are under power crisis and steps should be taken to ensure restoration of power supply at the earliest.

    Later, team of national conference also visited the house and expressed sympathies with the family of deceased Harbans Singh resident of Mandi who died due to illness.

    Prominent those who accompanied are Abdul Ahad Bhatt, Javid Garista, Mubashar Banday, Abdul Ahad Chack, Khalid Kirmani, Rustam Foji and others

  • بائیلہ میں بجلی شارٹ سے دکان میں لگی آگ ،لاکھوں کا ہوا نقصان سرپنچ بائیلہ کی انتظامیہ سے موقع دیکھ کر معاوضہ واگزار کرنے کی اپیل پونچھ//تحصیل

    بائیلہ میں بجلی شارٹ سے دکان میں لگی آگ ،لاکھوں کا ہوا نقصان سرپنچ بائیلہ کی انتظامیہ سے موقع دیکھ کر معاوضہ واگزار کرنے کی اپیل پونچھ//تحصیل

    پونچھ//تحصیل منڈی کے گاؤں بائیلہ میں گزشتہ شب شبیر احمد ولد احمد دین ساکنہ بائیلہ کی دکان میں اچانک آگ لگنے سے لاکھوں کا سامان جل کر راکھ ہوگیا ہے۔اس حوالے سے بائیلہ کے سرپنچ عبدالرزاق نے تحصیل و ضلع انتظامیہ سے اپیل کی کہ وہ موقع پر پہنچ کر نقصان کا جائیزہ لیں۔اور شبیر احمد کے حق میں معاوضہ واگزار کریں۔وہیں شبیر احمد نے ذرائع کے ساتھ بات کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ گزشتہ شب نامعلوم وجوہات کی کی بنا پر دکان سے اچانگ آگ رونما ہوئی جس سے دکان میں موجود سامان دیکھتے ہی دیکھتے راکھ میں تبدیل ہوگیا۔ان کا کہنا ہے کہ ہوسکتا ہے بجلی شارٹ سے آگ لگی ہو۔انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ فائیر سروس کی سہولیات اگر مئیسر ہوتی تو ناقابل تلافی نقصان نہ ہوتا۔تاہم اس حوالے سے تھانہ منڈی میں رپورٹ درج کروا دی گئی ہے۔شبیر احمد نے ضلع انتظامیہ سے اپیل کی کہ اس نقصان کا معاوضہ واگزار کیا جائے۔انہوں نے کہا کہ دکان ہم لکڑی کا کام کرتے ہیں کھڑکیاں اور دروازے تیار کر کے دکان میں رکھے تھے۔اس کے علاوہ بجلی کا سامان بھی برائے فروخت تھا۔جو جل کر راکھ میں تبدیل ہوگیا۔

  • Authorities have failed to give coordinated response to vagaries of weather: Farooq Abdullah

    Authorities have failed to give coordinated response to vagaries of weather: Farooq Abdullah

    Srinagar Feb 07 :-National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday decried the incumbent governor administration for its alleged sloppy response to the exigencies arising after recent snowfall in the valley.
    Dr Farooq, who represents the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, alleged, that the Governor administration has miserably failed to give a coordinated and effective response to the vagaries of weather this winter. “People are facing problems due to non clearance of snow from roads. The arterials and other interior roads are yet to be cleared of snow,” he alleged.
    He said that sluggishness and ineptitude that has crept in the state administration is taking its toll on day to day lives of people. “I have been receiving complaints that many farmers who have suffered huge losses to their crops due to the vagaries of weather during the ongoing winter season haven’t been compensated,” he said.

  • 8 Policemen Among 10 Go Missing As Avalanche In Jawaharlal Tannal

    8 Policemen Among 10 Go Missing As Avalanche In Jawaharlal Tannal

    SRINAGAR ;Eight policemen and two civilians have gone missing after a snow avalanche struck a post at Jawahar Tunnel along the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday evening.

    Separately, one person was killed and another is missing while two persons were rescued after an avalanche struck Kokernag area of southern Anantnag district.

    Sources told said that a massive snow avalanche hit the police post at Jawahar Tunnel in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and eight cops were among ten persons who were buried under it while as many had a miraculous escape.

    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kulgam, Harmeet Singh told GNS that 20 persons, 18 of them policemen were present at the police post. “Ten persons, 8 of them policemen are believed to be trapped under the avalanche police post at Jawahar tunnel while as many are safe,” he said

    Director General of Police said as per the information received, there was a snow avalanche in the area. A rescue operation has been launched to trace the missing, he told.

    He said that two persons are from fire and emergency department, two cops (dog handlers who handle crime cases), two civilians (accused in some case), four cops are reported to have been trapped under the avalanche.

    Following the information, the local police, CRPF and SDRF launched a rescue operation to trace the missing.

    Meanwhile, one person was killed while two others were rescued and one more is still trapped after an avalanche struck Sunbradi area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening.

    Reports reaching said that the avalanche hit a residential house at Sunbradi, resulting in the on spot death of a person whose body was recovered while as two more persons were rescued by the local volunteers and police.

    According to reports, one person is still trapped under the snow and efforts are on to retrieve him.

    Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Mohammad Younis Malim told GNS that the avalanche hit the residential house of Bashir Ahmad Qureshi son of Noor Mohammad Qureshi at Sunbradi in which one person died.

    He said two persons were rescued and have been hospitalised while as one is still missing. The rescue operation is on to find him, he said. The DC identified the deceased as Bashir Ahmad.

    Meanwhile, an official said that a rooftop of a mosque was damaged after it collapsed due to snowfall at Khamoh, Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

    The official said that at Heewan area of Boniyar, Baramulla, one house of Wahab Najar also got damaged after it collapsed due to snowfall. A cowshed of Haleema Begium at Khas Dajan Boniyar also collapsed and suffered damage, he said.

    The official further said that one boat ‘Meenar’ of Mushtaq Raga son of Mohammad Sultan was also damaged after it collapsed at Chinar Bagh in Dalgate, Srinagar.

  • Russia plans to invest USD 14 bn in Pakistan’s energy sector

    Russia plans to invest USD 14 bn in Pakistan’s energy sector

    (Press Trust of India)
    Islamabad | Feb 07 :-Cash-strapped Pakistan is set to receive an integrated Russian investment package of USD 14 billion for the country’s energy sector, including offshore gas pipeline and underground storage projects, a media report said Thursday.

    A Russian delegation headed by Gazprom Management Committee Deputy Chairman Vitaly A Markelov pledged to make the investment during a recent visit to Pakistan, the Express Tribune reported.

    The Russian companies would build a gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore to transport imported gas for meeting the needs of the Punjab province.
    Out of the USD14 billion, Russians would invest around USD 10 billion in an offshore gas pipeline project, USD 2.5 billion in the North-South pipeline project and the remaining on building underground storages in Pakistan, the report said.
    Pakistan and Russian state-run entities on Wednesday signed inter corporate agreement to conduct a feasibility study of the USD10-billion offshore pipeline project.
    The planned massive Russian investment in Pakistan is coming at a time when bilateral relations between Moscow and Islamabad were warming up.
    Pakistan’s ties with Russia have moved past the bitter Cold War hostilities and the chill in the US-Pakistan relations has further pushed the country towards Russia and China.
    Under this project, Russian company, Gazprom, will conduct feasibility steady to build offshore pipeline from Iran to Pakistan, according to the report.

    Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum Division, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, appreciated the expanding trajectory of bilateral relations between Russia and Pakistan and welcomed Gazprom’s interest in off-shore gas pipeline project and termed it a manifestation of multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.
    The pipeline construction is expected to be completed in three to four years.
    Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS) Managing Director Mobin Saulat and Markelov signed the agreement.
    Under the deal, Russia will export 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to one billion cubic feet per day gas to meet the growing demand of gas following industrialisation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
    A feasibility study would be conducted by Gazprom at its own cost with no financial implications on Pakistan.
    Russia holds huge gas deposits in Iran and has offered Pakistan and India gas exports by laying an offshore pipeline that will pass through the strategic Gwadar Port on the Arabian sea.
    Russia has been a big gas exporter to the European Union countries and Turkey since long and despite US anger, the European bloc has continued to make imports to meet its domestic needs.
    Moscow receives gas from Turkmenistan and then exports it to EU states. It has got and managed gas deposits in Iran as well and is looking to gain foothold in the Pakistani market, the report said.
    Certain economic benefits such as transit fee would accrue to Pakistan if the project is implemented, the report said.
    Pakistan will import some 500 million to 1 billion cubic feet of gas from Russia daily, which would be transported through sea link, the agreement says.
    The pipeline would follow an integrated approach including other ancillary projects such as underground gas storage, desalination and other power projects.
    Moreover, the project would bring Pakistan on the world map as the transit country for offshore gas pipelines, the report said.

  • Romi Sharma, a writer, artist and social worker, has become the brand ambassador for people in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK)

    Romi Sharma, a writer, artist and social worker, has become the brand ambassador for people in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK)

    DDC Rajouri M Aijaz Asad distributing Cheques to Handicaps persons in Rajouri
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    Romi Sharma, 42, a writer, artist and social worker, has become the brand ambassador for people in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as her social media effort to reach out to displaced families of 1947 is gaining overwhelming support from people from both sides of the Line of Control.

    A native of Poonch and presently in New Delhi, Romi took to uploading her stories and poems on the social media last year when one of her poems in Poonchi language found an earnest reader in PoJK who circulated it far and wide.

    “It was only my love for language and connect with people of my region that made me upload a poem in Poonchi language on Facebook. It was read by some persons across the LoC and appreciations started pouring in my inbox,” Romi said, adding, “It became an instant hit among people in PoJK from Poonch origin”.

    Khan Sharafat Arif Kakazai, a former staff officer of late Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, Prime Minister of PoJK, who contacted her on social media, christened his daughter’s name after Romi. He wrote in Poonchi, “Maray ghara vich kuri paida hoi aj ma us na naam Roomi rakhya. Allah tusey ta tusain nay saray (A daughter is born in my family today whom I have named as Roomi after you. God bless you.)

    Besides, a large number of people from Poonch scattered in PoJK have joined Romi’s community page on Facebook and are exchanging views and old rituals of people that used to be commonly shared before the Partition.

    “So far, I have been successful in reuniting nine families in the Poonch region,” Romi said. The writer said that her endeavour was also inviting hate messages from fundamentalists. “My page and community link (Romi Sharma Poonchi-Apna Poonchi Parivaar) also carries some hate messages where people from the other side threatened me to stop and even called me a person from the Intelligence Bureau on some mission,” she added.

    Romi said she was undeterred by such threats and had a strong support of people from both sides to carry on the work undertaken by her. “My only motto is to reunite families who were separated in 1947 irrespective of religion, caste or creed,” she said.

  • MVD distributes crash helmets in Rajouri.

    MVD distributes crash helmets in Rajouri.

    Rajouri,Feb 07 :-Motorvehicles department on Thursday distributed crash helmets among drivers of two wheeler vehicles in Rajouri.

    During a surprise traffic checking naka laid in Gujjar Mandi, officials from motor vehicles department including inspector Ranjeev Bhasin alongwith deputy superintendent of police, headquarters, Govind Rattan and civil society member Parbodh Jasyal intercepted several two wheeler drivers who were not wearing helmets.

    All these drivers were presented crash helmets.

    They were also made aware about the benefits of crash helmets and were asked to wear the same while driving the two wheelers.

  • Highest institution of JK becoming a joke: PDP hits out at GovernorDon’t act as agent of any political political party, uphold sanctity of your post’

    Highest institution of JK becoming a joke: PDP hits out at GovernorDon’t act as agent of any political political party, uphold sanctity of your post’

    Srinagar Feb 7 2019S:-enior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mohammad Sartaj Madani has expressed serious concern over the remarks made by the Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik, terming it worrisome that the “highest institution of the state is now becoming a mere joke.”

    Madni said that it is regrettable that since the day Governor Malik assumed office in the state, he goes to every TV channel and every newspaper and apparently without verifying facts, makes general comments.

    “Governor’s post is constitutional and has its own dignity and it is expected from a governor that he or she performs impartially without fear and favour. However, what we are seeing in Jammu and Kashmir for the past few months is a clear bias shown by the Raj Bhavan,” said Madni, in a statement.
    The PDP leader added that going by the previous statements of Governor Malik it seems that he is grudging the people of Kashmir even having a house and according to him anybody who is owning a two-storey house in Kashmir has to be a thief.
    “The height is that now the Governor is making political statements and trying to lure people towards a particular political party. Such actions will lead the state towards an anarchy,” Madni said.
    He maintained further the instead of interfering unnecessarily in politics, Governor Malik should concentrate on providing basic amenities to the people who at present have been left in lurch with dearth of water and electricity taking toll in entire Kashmir Valley. “If he keeps indulging himself in these theatrics, time is near when the credibility of this highest post will get eroded and the Raj Bhavan will become a joke for people of the state as well as of the country,” Madni said.
    He added that it has been the prime agenda of the PDP that the muscular approach will not take the state anywhere as this has been tried for many decades and hasn’t yielded any positive outcome.
    Madni that it is unfortunate that some people still believe in the efficacy of these methods and are trying to repeat the old mistakes which will be meaningless and will prove counter productive. “Instead of turning the entire state into a theatre of war, there is a need to shun the repressive methods being employed against the people of Kashmir with death and violence becoming rampant with each passing day,” Madni said.
    The PDP leader added that in order to get the state out of the vicious cycle of violence, PDP has been demanding a comprehensive dialogue process with all stake holders including Hurriyat, Pakistan and militant leadership.
    “It is must for the success of a result oriented dialogue that all the parties are invited on the table and a lasting solution to the decades old dispute is made possible. PDP was founded with this sole objective to make strenuous efforts for the Kashmir resolution and make peace permanent in the violence infested state,” said Madni.

  • Dr Shahnaz Ganai hails inauguration of jalandhar-amargarh power project

    Dr Shahnaz Ganai hails inauguration of jalandhar-amargarh power project

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    Poonch.former MLC doctor Shahnaz Ganai has welcomed the inauguration of Jalandhar amargarh power projectby the Honorable Prime m
    Minister during the recent visit to j&k state. Interacting with the media here she said that no doubt such power projects are pillars of development and they play a vital role in the development of area where they are built. She told that through this project the shortfalls of power in the valley be compensated. She said that Jalandhar Amargarh project is inaugurated at Baramulla and its supply lines are through different districts. sambha is one of the district which is benefited and Being given grade as well as line in and line out (lilo) facility we are pir panjal region is totally neglected. she showed her grave concern over neglecting whole pir panjal region by the government. laminating on callous approach she said that authority is have use the land of pir panjal reason for supply lines of this project but the region has completely been deprived of the grid and lilo facility which is very unfortunate. she apprised that issue regarding consideration was raised many a times in a state legislative council,state government administrative secretary,then State Power minister and also stand discussed by the delegation of pir panjal legislators with the honorable prime minister some two years back at New Delhi. where’s after the assurance in the council and the delegation by the honorable prime minister has been done in this regard so far and now the project has started former council members said that this clearly shows the step motherly treatment by the government with this region. She has a field that HE the governor of the state to review this demand of pir panjal public and write to Central Government for provision of grid and lilo facility in this region as the same will cause no effect on the production of power supply to this project. she said that We once again appeal the Honorable Prime minister to fulfill his promise with the delegation of legislators of pir panjal to benefit the neglected public of this region..