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VOL 2 <strong>ISSUE</strong> 5 AUGUST 2017<br />
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INDIA & PAKISTAN<br />
“Separation Is A Wound Which Can`t Heal up Except<br />
Those Who Gives The Wound”
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Cover Story<br />
Opinion<br />
Opinion<br />
Focus<br />
Personaltiy<br />
Kashmir Panorama<br />
Development<br />
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RUNDOWN<br />
THE STATE OF THE STATE<br />
102 health institutions functioning in Bandipora<br />
INDIA<br />
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PAKISTAN<br />
Murder of Humanity in Kashmir<br />
NIGHT FLIGHT<br />
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THE STATE OF THE STATE<br />
“'Faiz' kyā jāniye yaar kis aas par muntazir haiñ ki lāaegā koī ?habar<br />
Mai-kashoñ par huā mohtasib mehrbāñ, dil-figāroñ pe qātil ko pyaar aa gayā”<br />
E<br />
D<br />
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R<br />
I<br />
A<br />
L<br />
hen accountability (ehtisab) is understood as a performance<br />
audit as well besides a fiscal one will the mohtasib be seen to<br />
Wperform his or her job of ehtisab. In other words, there is a need<br />
to have another watchdog to watch this watchdog. An examination of the<br />
demographic of public thronging the secretariat suggests that there is a<br />
pretty large number of people from the moffusil towns and even remote<br />
villages that seek redress at Srinagar for matters that should have been<br />
addressed at the village level or at the most by district administrations. On<br />
paper governance is decentralized to a certain extent, but is it so on ground?<br />
Ideally only about ten percent of the cases related to governance should<br />
have to make its way to the state secretariat, and only policy matters should<br />
need the direct attention of the Chief Minister. But we seem to have an<br />
inverted pyramid as far as the state is concerned. The situation at the<br />
national level is no better. The hands-on, pro-active approach by Prime<br />
Minister Modi in running the affairs of the government does not square up<br />
with his much asserted 'maximum governance, minimum government'<br />
promise, unless he understands government to mean bureaucracy.<br />
Sometimes it is difficult to decide who actually is the Minister of External<br />
Affairs of the country, Modi himself or Mrs. Sushma Swaraj? Likewise, is<br />
Arun Jaitley the Finance Minister or the Defence Minister when he is not<br />
the chief spokesman of the government, a role he has assigned to his own<br />
self? The government at the centre seems to be made up of just about half a<br />
dozen of ministers, who are beginning to look more and more like members<br />
of the Roman senate. The other ministers seem to have become superbureaucrats.<br />
In our own state, the case is not much different. Civil<br />
administration seems to be concentrated in the hands of just a handful of<br />
people, not all being elected representatives of people or government<br />
appointees. These people decide on much that is supposed to be<br />
government with all its wings, organs and departmental structure. What a<br />
district magistrate is empowered to decide gets decided elsewhere. How a<br />
Chief Minister ought to lead the government, or the Prime Minister lead the<br />
nation appears, sometimes, confusing to people at large. It is hoped that,<br />
henceforth, there is clarity on several issue that worry the people of this<br />
land, on issues that are emotive or induce insecurity among sections of<br />
people, or trends that appear to cause an amount of unease or doubt in the<br />
general population.<br />
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102 health institutions functioning in Bandipora<br />
Info.<br />
Rs 56.65 crore infrastructure coming up at 32 health institutions in the district<br />
ealth is wealth. Nobody can provided health care facilities in the district.<br />
challenge or compromise 1714 major and 19448 minor surgeries<br />
Hthis commonly used Maxim. conducted during the same period, besides<br />
It is peerless. There is no alternative which 4066 deliveries. These health institutions<br />
can be used as health. A poor peasant with also conducted 250076 lab tests, 1066<br />
good health is happier than a rich person USGs, 31813 X-Rays and 9122 ECG's<br />
with poor health. The health sector is prime during the same period in the district.<br />
concern of every individual, household, Revenue of over rupees one Crore has<br />
society and the more of the state. Strenuous been generated as ticket/lab test and other<br />
efforts are underway to make this sector fee which was incurred in full on various<br />
more effective and sustainable. The components to improve the health care<br />
present dispensation headed by Chief facilities in the district.<br />
Minister has kept this sector on its top<br />
The present Government puts<br />
priority, with its main aim to extend health concerted efforts to upgrade the health<br />
care facilities to the rural and far-flung scenario of the district by improving facilities<br />
areas.<br />
in existing health institutions and extending<br />
District Bandipora, which is situated the network of health institutions to cover<br />
rural and far flung areas.<br />
Presently, 32 health institutions<br />
costing Rs 56.65 crore are under execution<br />
in all the three Assembly Constituencies of<br />
the district viz. Gurez, Bandipora and<br />
Sonawari. The construction programme is<br />
being carried out by R&B department,<br />
Jammu and Kashmir Projects construction<br />
Corporation and Jammu and Kashmir<br />
at a distance of about 60 KMs from the Housing Board. Over Rs. 51.78 crore have<br />
capital city Srinagar, with a population of been spent on the execution of these<br />
392232 (census 2011) has a network of 102 projects till March 2017 while as Rs. 72.54<br />
health institutions to provide best possible lakh are being incurred during current<br />
Medicare facility to the people as per the financial year. These projects include<br />
present day requirements. This include: District Hospital Bandipora which is coming<br />
one District Hospital, three Community up at a cost of Rs. 24.33 crore. The Hospital<br />
Health Centres, 27 Primary Health Centres is at final stage of completion with Rs.24.25<br />
and 71 sub-centres. These health crore expenditure up to march 2017.<br />
institutions are administratively looked after<br />
The 100 bedded Hospital is located<br />
by three Medical Blocks.<br />
near famous Nishat Park in Bandipora Town<br />
There is strength of 820 medical and and shall be equipped with all high end<br />
Para-medical staff in the district which facilities. The projects which are almost<br />
includes 21 specialists, 52 medical officers. near completion include Community Health<br />
During past fifteen months 809027 outdoor Centre, Ajas; Sub Centre Hakabara,<br />
and 29776 indoor patients have been Asham, Gundiboon, Vijpara , Chandanheer<br />
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and Markundal with commutative at early identification and early intervention<br />
expenditure of Rupees2.50 crore. Primary for children from birth to 18 years to cover<br />
Health Centre (PHC) Trigam, NTPHC defects of birth , deficiencies , diseases and<br />
Nowgam, PHC Amchikundal Baharabad, development delays including disability.<br />
additional accommodation for PHC Hajin, During the year 2016-17, 57538<br />
Allopathic dispensary at Burnai Tulial are beneficiaries of 0-18 years have been<br />
also progressing at an estimated cost of Rs. screened while as 6098 children found<br />
1.76 crore, Rs.1.81 crore, Rs. 93.92 lacs, positive for identified health conditions and<br />
Rs.1.64 crore and Rs. 1.67 crore reoffered to Community Health Centres/<br />
respectivel To provide better diagnostic tertiary care institutions. During last<br />
facilities in the existing health institutions of financial year Rs. 8.41 core have been<br />
the district, 11 machinery equipment incurred on various programmes of<br />
including Multi- Channel ECG and Labour National Health Mission including<br />
Room Delivery Electric Bed costing Rs. 36 Baseflexipool, Immunization, NRHM<br />
lac have been installed during the current Additionalities and pulse polio, JSY, JSSK<br />
year. The district has a fleet of 48 and other heads.<br />
ambulances / vehicles available in all the 3 Indian System of Medicine (ISM) is also<br />
blocks of Hajin, Gurez and Bandipora.<br />
playing an important role in extending<br />
National Health Mission, earlier health care facilities in the district. The<br />
known as National Rural Health Mission is system is administratively controlled by<br />
also playing a vital role in extension and District Nodal Officer ISM. During the year<br />
improving of Health care facilities in the 2016-17, 123184 patients have been<br />
district. The key strategies of the mission provided health care facilities under AYUSH<br />
includes establishment of the District health .As many as 24 outdoor camps have been<br />
societies, Rogi kalyan samities (RKS), organized in the district ,in which 9783<br />
Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition patients have been treated while as 65<br />
Committees, engagement of ASHA workers school health and hygiene camps have also<br />
, establishment of Baby Care Corners and been organized in which 1909 school<br />
other related activities, aiming at to involve children have been treated.<br />
society for better Improvement of health<br />
The efforts put in place by the<br />
sector.<br />
Government for further development of the<br />
Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY) is the health sector in the district is not the end<br />
safe motherhood intervention with the point , but is a continuous process as there<br />
objective of maternal and neonatal mortality is always scope for further improvement of<br />
by promoting institutional deliveries among the sector.<br />
poor pregnant women. During last financial<br />
Meanwhile imprudent plans and<br />
year 4367 mothers have been given fumbling governance has left the ongoing<br />
incentive under JSY for institutional and construction of multi- corore project of<br />
home deliveries in both rural and urban district Hospital Bandipora in limbo. The<br />
areas, while as ASHA workers have been construction of hospital was first started in<br />
given incentive for 5464 cases under the 2003,and then minister of state Mr. Usman<br />
said scheme.<br />
Majid laid foundation stone of it at Nusoo<br />
Under Janani Shishu Suraksha which was later changed aimed political<br />
Karyakram( JSSK) thousands of pregnant interests of local representatives.<br />
women have been provided free Medicare<br />
After over sixteen years of work with<br />
facilities including drugs and diagnostic<br />
an additional expenditure, the multi-corore<br />
facilities , besides free referral transport.<br />
project of hospital Construction is far from<br />
Under Immunization programme, 4137<br />
being complete.<br />
BCG, 3267 LPV III and 6802 Measles doses<br />
have been administered during the year while patients as well as medicos are<br />
2016-17. Another important scheme suffering in a packed Health Centre like un-<br />
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya karyakram officially declared 'district hospital.<br />
(RBSK) of National Health Mission is aiming<br />
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INDIA & PAKISTAN<br />
“Separation Is A Wound Which Can`t Heal up Except<br />
Those Who Gives The Wound”<br />
By: Historian Willams<br />
A Divided Movement<br />
n July 1914, Gandhi left South Africa<br />
to return to India. He supported the In 1931,<br />
IBritish war effort in World War I but a f t e r B r i t i s h<br />
remained critical of colonial authorities for authorities made<br />
measures he felt were unjust. In 1919, Gandhi s o m e<br />
launched an organized campaign of passive c o n c e s s i o n s ,<br />
resistance in response to Parliament's Gandhi again<br />
passage of the Rowlett Acts, which gave called off the<br />
colonial authorities emergency powers to r e s i s t a n c e<br />
suppress subversive activities. He backed off movement and<br />
after violence broke out–including the a g r e e d t o<br />
massacre by British-led soldiers of some 400 r e p r e s e n t t h e<br />
Indians attending a meeting at Amritsar–but Congress Party at<br />
only temporarily, and by 1920 he was the most the Round Table<br />
visible figure in the movement for Indian C o n f e r e n c e i n<br />
independence.<br />
London. Meanwhile,<br />
As part of his nonviolent non- some of his party<br />
cooperation campaign for home rule, Gandhi colleagues–particular<br />
stressed the importance of economic ly Mohammed Ali<br />
independence for India. He particularly Jinnah, a leading<br />
advocated the manufacture of khaddar, or voice for India's Muslim<br />
homespun cloth, in order to replace imported m i n o r i t y – g r e w<br />
textiles from Britain. Gandhi's eloquence and frustrated with Gandhi's<br />
embrace of an ascetic lifestyle based on methods, and what they<br />
prayer, fasting and meditation earned him the saw as a lack of concrete<br />
reverence of his followers, who called him gains. Arrested upon his<br />
Mahatma (Sanskrit for “the great-souled one”). return by a newly aggressive<br />
Invested with all the authority of the Indian colonial government, Gandhi<br />
National Congress (INC or Congress Party), began a series of hunger<br />
Gandhi turned the independence movement strikes in protest of the<br />
into a massive organization, leading boycotts treatment of India's so-called<br />
of British manufacturers and institutions “untouchables” (the poorer<br />
representing British influence in India, classes), whom he renamed<br />
including legislatures and schools.<br />
Harijans, or “children of God.”<br />
After sporadic violence broke out, The fasting caused uproar<br />
Gandhi announced the end of the resistance among his followers and resulted<br />
movement, to the dismay of his followers. in swift reforms by the Hindu<br />
British authorities arrested Gandhi in March community and the government.<br />
1922 and tried him for sedition; he was I n 1 9 3 4 , G a n d h i<br />
sentenced to six years in prison but was announced his retirement<br />
released in 1924 after undergoing an from politics in, as well as his<br />
operation for appendicitis. He refrained from r e s i g n a t i o n f r o m t h e Congre<br />
active participation in politics for the next ss Party, in order to concentrate his efforts on<br />
several years, but in 1930 launched a new civil working within rural communities. Drawn back<br />
disobedience campaign against the colonial into the political fray by the outbreak of World<br />
government's tax on salt, which greatly War II, Gandhi again took control of the INC,<br />
affected Indian's poorest citizens.<br />
demanding a British withdrawal from India in<br />
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eturn for Indian cooperation with the war<br />
effort. Instead, British forces imprisoned the<br />
entire Congress leadership, bringing Anglo-<br />
Indian relations to a new low point.<br />
Partition:<br />
After the Labor Party took power in<br />
Britain in 1947, negotiations over Indian home<br />
rule began between the British, the Congress<br />
Party and the Muslim League (now led by<br />
Jinnah). Later that year, Britain granted India<br />
its independence but split the country into two<br />
dominions: India and Pakistan. Gandhi<br />
strongly opposed Partition, but he agreed to it<br />
in hopes that after independence Hindus and<br />
Muslims could achieve peace internally. Amid<br />
the massive riots that followed Partition,<br />
Gandhi urged Hindus and Muslims to live<br />
peacefully together, and undertook a hunger<br />
strike until riots in Calcutta ceased.<br />
On July 17, 1944, Gandhi wrote a letter to<br />
Jinnah and requested to meet him. Jinnah,<br />
with the approval of the Muslim League,<br />
agreed to meet Gandhi in Bombay. The Talks<br />
lasted from September 19, 1944 to September<br />
24, 1944. Jinnah presented the stance of the<br />
Muslim League while Gandhi told him that he<br />
had called upon him in a personal capacity.<br />
The stressed nutshell of the Gandhi's talk was<br />
that a separate homeland for the Muslims was<br />
“nothing but a ruin for the whole of India”. Mr.<br />
Gandhi said, “If, however, Pakistan had to be<br />
conceded, the areas in which the Muslims are<br />
in an absolute majority should be demarcated<br />
by a Commission approved by both the<br />
Congress and the Muslim League. The wishes<br />
of the people of these areas will be obtained<br />
through Referendum. These areas shall form<br />
a separate state as soon as possible after<br />
India is free from foreign domination. There<br />
shall be a treaty of separation which should<br />
also provide for the efficient and satisfactory<br />
administration of foreign affairs, defense,<br />
internal communication, custom and the like<br />
which must necessarily continue to be the<br />
matters of common interest between the<br />
contracting countries”.<br />
Jinnah explained the Muslim stance<br />
that the Muslims were a nation according to<br />
any definition of nation with a distinctive<br />
outlook of life and on life and that they were a<br />
nation of 100 million. He also clarified that the<br />
separation of a Muslim state was in favor of not<br />
only Muslims but it would also benefit the rest<br />
of India. The talks ended in smoke because<br />
Jinnah did not agree with<br />
Gandhi that the whole of the<br />
power should be transferred<br />
to the Congress after attaining<br />
independence from the British<br />
Raj and then Congress<br />
w o u l d g r a n t<br />
freedom to the<br />
Muslims.<br />
Death of Gandhi<br />
I n J a n u a r y<br />
1948, Gandhi<br />
carried out yet<br />
another fast,<br />
this time to<br />
bring about<br />
peace in the<br />
city of Delhi.<br />
On January<br />
30, 12 days<br />
after that fast<br />
ended, Gandhi<br />
was on his way to<br />
an evening prayer<br />
meeting in Delhi<br />
when he was shot to<br />
death by Nathuram<br />
Godse, a Hindu<br />
fanatic enraged by<br />
Mahatma's efforts<br />
to negotiate with<br />
Jinnah and other<br />
Muslims. The next<br />
day, roughly 1 million<br />
people followed the<br />
p r o c e s s i o n a s<br />
Gandhi's body was<br />
c a r r i e d i n s t a t e<br />
through the streets of<br />
t h e c i t y a n d<br />
cremated on the<br />
banks of the holy<br />
Jumna River.<br />
The conflict in Kashmir is rooted in the painful<br />
birth of India and Pakistan.<br />
Britain relinquished its control of the Indian<br />
subcontinent in 1947, splitting it into a<br />
predominantly Hindu India and a Muslim<br />
Pakistan.<br />
Inputs: A+E Networks/History.com<br />
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Murder of Humanity in Kashmir<br />
he bloodbath continues in the valley of<br />
Reshis and Sufi's , makes anybody to<br />
understand that in troubled state of TJammu and Kashmir Humanity have<br />
taken a long holiday here , on contrary, murder<br />
of humanity is now a reality on the road shows.<br />
Islam is universal in outlook and speaks for<br />
humanity as a whole. It has no chosen race or<br />
people, nor does it give preferences to anyone<br />
except in terms of virtue and uprightness of<br />
character.<br />
Islam endeavors to set up cooperation<br />
and close knitted society in which people enjoy<br />
equal rights, and their duties are tied to each<br />
other by the bounds of love, respect, and<br />
cooperation.The incidents happening in<br />
Kashmir needs global condemnation and keen<br />
attention for amelioration. The doing of good<br />
and forbidding of evil is one of the most<br />
important principles of faith and ensures the<br />
healthy progress of a society. In the modern<br />
world, the media plays an important role in<br />
influencing the life structure of the society.<br />
Therefore, it is highly important to put the right<br />
people in its in-charge.<br />
Where are so called Civil Society<br />
members, Intellectuals, religious organisations,<br />
Islamic Clerics, responsible Citizens, Social<br />
Activists, Human Rights Defenders and so on ?<br />
Do not you people can raise your voice high<br />
against the loss of precious human lives. Cannot<br />
you people preach the masses and take an<br />
initiative towards peace and development.<br />
Evey matter needs peaceful atmosphere and<br />
holistic discussion to find a solution. Bullet,<br />
Violence and terrorism will lead us towards<br />
annihilation. We are losing our young<br />
generation to the gun.<br />
We have lost 11 individuals, Kashmiris<br />
and humans from last 24 hours. Encounters ,<br />
Civil Killings, Hartals, stone pelting, burning of<br />
Karar Hashmi<br />
Institutions, ambush, and so on have become<br />
mouth piece of everybody living in the state of<br />
Jammu and Kashmir. It is true that Violence is<br />
met with the violence only but result of all this<br />
frenzy mess is that we are hastly moving<br />
towards the Civil war in the valley in which<br />
brother will kill his own brother without<br />
knowing the logic of execution such sinful<br />
act.Whether a police man, Army men or a<br />
Militant is killed in the Kashmir, it is worth<br />
condemnable and murder of the humanity. From<br />
last two days dozens of Mothers have lost their<br />
kiths and kins and it is she who knows the actual<br />
pain and anguish. Mere condemnation,<br />
statements and bandh calls cannot silent the gun<br />
culture, violence and terrorism in the State of<br />
J&K. We have collectively found a peaceful way<br />
and get the things diplomatically done and<br />
executed.<br />
The Indian leadership and Pakistan must<br />
come forward to find a peaceful way as per<br />
wishes of the Kashmiris in finding a lasting<br />
solution for the betterment of humanity in<br />
keeping view the present Scenario into<br />
consideration<br />
Courtesy: Kashmir Pen<br />
The writer is a social and RTI Activist, Head Al<br />
Mehdi (a.s) Welfare Foundation at present Studying in Jamia<br />
Al Mustafa International University Qom Iran<br />
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NIGHT FLIGHT<br />
(The more the cost is passed on, the higher it becomes – but pay someone must)<br />
Shantiveer Kaul<br />
Certain things have an afterlife. And<br />
certain a life after. It is in the latter<br />
category that leaves or flower petals<br />
pressed in the pages of books and certain books<br />
themselves fall. In early seventies of the<br />
century gone by when Sartre and Camus had<br />
already been deconstructed, in a manner of<br />
speaking, in our mind's eye – suddenly Andre<br />
Gide, who was their senior, began to fascinate<br />
us. In our trilingual minds pace, where Urdu<br />
and Kashmiri occupied equal salience and<br />
Iqbal, Ghalib, Faiz and Manto were discussed<br />
as animatedly as Akhtar, Nadim, Kamil and<br />
Rahi, there was something awe-inspiring<br />
about the authors from shores afar who came to<br />
us enveloped in the heady smell of some exotic<br />
paper crackling like fresh currency notes<br />
directly off the shelves of Kashmir Book Shop.<br />
A visit to the bookshop was a rarely missed<br />
ritual and a new arrival would cause feverish<br />
excitement and the news of that arrival would<br />
go around a group of people very quickly<br />
indeed. So, it was the time when we would be<br />
discussing the ideas of Ayn Rand in the<br />
University Campus that an old French writer<br />
made an appearance on the<br />
bookshelves of Kashmir Book<br />
Shop. Antoine de Saint-Exupery<br />
had written the book 'Night Flight'<br />
in 1931 and it had shortly become an<br />
i n t e r n a t i o n a l b e s t s e l l e r .<br />
Incidentally, Gide wrote the<br />
foreword to its first edition. In 1932<br />
it was translated into English by<br />
Stuart Gilbert and the next year –<br />
1933 – turned into a movie starring<br />
Clark Gable. It was recreated in an<br />
Italian opera in 1940 and continued<br />
to be printed in modest numbers for<br />
many years in editions in French,<br />
English and several other languages<br />
it was translated into. The book had enjoyed a<br />
fair run of success and almost completed its<br />
life cycle without being classified as a classic.<br />
However, it appeared that in the early 70s the<br />
book, Gilbert's translation of it in particular,<br />
got another lease of life internationally and<br />
also in Kashmir. Suddenly it became de<br />
rigueur to read or appear to have read it.<br />
The book is about the night flight of an<br />
mail carrying aircraft of Patagonia Mail which<br />
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its owner forces the pilot to undertake during a<br />
thunderstorm. Now, in 1930s there were no<br />
flight instruments and facilities either on board<br />
or on ground and night flying was akin to a<br />
game of Russian roulette with the odds heavily<br />
stacked against the pilot. If a thunderstorm is<br />
thrown into the mix, one can see the kind of<br />
stage Saint-Exupery has set in this novel. The<br />
owner is in radio contact with the pilot as the<br />
situation becomes progressively more<br />
dangerous for the flight and then the radio<br />
contact is lost. It is here that the book ends. A<br />
major concern of the novel is whether 'karma'<br />
(the imperative of action that defines life) is<br />
more important than life itself.<br />
Having read the book in 1972 or<br />
thereabouts, I did not remember all this – the<br />
plot and the background of the writer and the<br />
book. There was a vague memory of a speech<br />
by a character that had stayed, in some form,<br />
with me. And the other day it haunted me to the<br />
extent that I had to get hold of a copy of the<br />
book and re-read it after forty years. And there<br />
was that speech again – "We don't ask to be<br />
eternal. What we ask is not to see acts and<br />
objects abruptly lose their meaning. The void<br />
surrounding us then suddenly yawns on every<br />
side." It was then that the answer to the<br />
question: “Why do some books have a 'life<br />
after'?” hit me. Some books, like some events<br />
and some people, have certain truths within<br />
them which make us revisit them across time.<br />
It is not like clothes or hairstyles, that tend to<br />
get repeated in a cyclical manner. The truths in<br />
these books, or events, or people – are<br />
immutable. And these are the kinds of truths<br />
that define civilization.<br />
"We don't ask to be eternal. What we<br />
ask is not to see acts and objects abruptly lose<br />
their meaning. The void surrounding us then<br />
suddenly yawns on every side" Who is doing<br />
what 'karma' in Kashmir and what will the<br />
result of that be, for the result will certainly be<br />
there. The more the cost is passed on, the<br />
higher it becomes – but pay someone must. In<br />
the unfortunate situation Kashmir finds itself<br />
in, it has become easy for everyone to blame<br />
everyone else except himself or herself. But at<br />
the end of the day the bereaved are all<br />
Kashmiris, all of them - wherever they are.<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
(A slightly different version of this article<br />
appeared in a Srinagar based daily in 2013.)<br />
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I<br />
ARTICLE 35 A<br />
“It is an article that empowers<br />
the J&K state`s Legislature to<br />
define “permanent residents”<br />
of state and provide special<br />
rights and privilege to those<br />
permanent residents”<br />
M<br />
Historical and Legal Facts<br />
Order, 1954 - issued by the President of India, "in<br />
exercise of the powers conferred by" clause (1) of<br />
Article 370 of the Constitution, with the concurrence<br />
of the Government of the State of Jammu and<br />
Kashmir. The 1927 hereditary State Subject Order<br />
granted to the state subjects the right to government<br />
office and the right to land use and ownership, which<br />
were not available to non-state subjects.<br />
Insertion of article 35 A into Indian constitution:<br />
Following the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to<br />
the Indian Union on 26 October 1947, The Maharaja<br />
ceded control over defence, external affairs and<br />
communications (the 'ceded subjects') to the<br />
Government of India. The Article 370 of the<br />
Constitution of India and the concomitant<br />
Constitutional Order of 1950 formalized this<br />
relationship. Discussions for furthering the<br />
relationship between the State and the Union<br />
continued, culminating in the 1952 Delhi Agreement,<br />
whereby the governments of the State and the Union<br />
agreed that Indian citizenship would be extended to<br />
all the residents of the state but the state would be<br />
empowered to legislate over the rights and privileges<br />
of the state subjects, who would now be called<br />
permanent residents. Following the adoption of the<br />
provisions of the Delhi Agreement by the Constituent<br />
Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, the President of<br />
India issued The Constitution (Application to Jammu<br />
and Kashmir) Order, 1954, through which Indian<br />
citizenship was extended to the residents of the state,<br />
and simultaneously the Article 35A was inserted into<br />
the Indian constitution enabling the State legislature<br />
to define the privileges of the permanent residents<br />
any Pandits leaders and reformist especially<br />
Jai LalKilam , ShankerLalKoul , Jia Lal Jalali started<br />
agitation against for securing rights of state subject<br />
the outcome of which was that Persian language was<br />
removed and replaced by Urdu language in the reign<br />
of Maharaja Pratab Sngh.This had negative impact<br />
on pundit community who were not acquainted with<br />
new language fully were thrown out by Maharaja<br />
Pratap Singh. An influx of Urdu knowing Punjabi<br />
Muslim from India came to Kashmir and Maharaja<br />
recruited them. This created bitterness among Pandits<br />
and they started opposing the recruitment of Indian<br />
in Kashmir courts and British residency supported<br />
them as well. The result of this agitation was creation<br />
of state subject definition committee soon after the<br />
accession of Maharaja Hari Singh after 1926 CA.The<br />
new definition arrived at the committee was accepted<br />
by new Maharaja Hari Singh in 1927.So there after<br />
none from India after that period was appointed in<br />
any state job in Jammu and Kashmir if he or she<br />
doesn't own hereditary state subject document. It is<br />
to mentioned here that any one domiciled in state of Text of Article 35 A:<br />
Jammu and Kashmir prior to death of RanbirSingh The Constitution (Application to Jammu and<br />
(1880) was given the state subject . Kashmir) Order, 1954.<br />
What is article 35A?<br />
"Saving of laws with respect to permanent residents<br />
Article 35A of the Indian Constitution is an article and their rights. — Notwithstanding anything<br />
that empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's contained in this Constitution, no existing law in<br />
legislature to define “permanent residents” of the force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and no law<br />
state and provide special rights and privileges to hereafter enacted by the Legislature of the State:<br />
those permanent residents. It is added to the<br />
(a) defining the classes of persons who are, or shall<br />
Constitution through a Presidential Order, i.e., The be, permanent residents of the State of Jammu and<br />
Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Kashmir; or<br />
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(b) conferring on such permanent residents any can't be amended for Jammu and Kashmir.It's worth<br />
special rights and privileges or imposing upon other to mention here that As of September 2016, there<br />
persons any restrictions as respects—<br />
have been 101 amendments to the Constitution of<br />
(i) employment under the State Government; India since it was first enacted in 1950.<br />
(ii) acquisition of immovable property in the State; Special provision for other states of India:—<br />
(iii) settlement in the State; or<br />
There are 11 states till now with special provisions<br />
(iv) right to scholarships and such other forms of aid<br />
1. Maharashtra, 2. Gujarat, 3. Nagaland, 4. Assam, 5.<br />
as the State Government may provide,<br />
Manipur, 6. Sikkim, 7. Mizoram,<br />
shall be void on the ground that it is inconsistent<br />
8. Arunachal Pradesh, 9. Goa10. Andhra Pradesh, 11.<br />
with or takes away or abridges any rights conferred<br />
Telangana,<br />
on the other citizens of India by any provision of this<br />
Article 371 ? Special Provisions for Maharashtra &<br />
part."<br />
Gujrat<br />
In his statement to the Lok Sabha on the Delhi<br />
President is authorised to provide that Governor of<br />
agreement, Nehru said:<br />
Maharashtra & Gujrat would have special<br />
The question of citizenship arose obviously. Full<br />
responsibilities for:<br />
citizenship applies there. But our friends from<br />
Establishment of separate development boards for<br />
Kashmir were very apprehensive about one or two<br />
Vidarbha, Marathwada& rest of Maharashtra +<br />
matters. For a long time past, in the Maharaja's time,<br />
Kutchh& rest of Gujrat<br />
there had been laws there preventing any outsider,<br />
A report on working of these boards will be placed<br />
that is, any person from outside Kashmir, from<br />
each year before state legislative assembly:<br />
acquiring or holding land in Kashmir. If I mention it,<br />
Equitable allocation of funds for developmental<br />
in the old days the Maharaja was very much afraid of<br />
expenditure over the mentioned areas :<br />
a large number of Englishmen coming and settling<br />
Equitable arrangements providing adequate facilities<br />
down there, because the climate is delectable, and<br />
for technical education, vocational training &<br />
acquiring property. So although most of their rights<br />
adequate opportunities for employment in state<br />
were taken away from the Maharaja under the British<br />
services.<br />
rule, the Maharaja stuck to this that nobody from<br />
outside should acquire land there. And that<br />
Article 371 – A? Special Provisions for Nagaland<br />
continues. So the present Government of Kashmir is Act of parliament relating to following matters<br />
very anxious to preserve that right because they are would not apply to Nagaland unless state assembly<br />
afraid, and I think rightly afraid, that Kashmir would so decides:<br />
be overrun by people whose sole qualification might Religious & social practices of Nagas:<br />
be the possession of too much money and nothing Nagas customary law & procedure:<br />
else, who might buy up, and get the delectable Administration of civil or criminal justice involving<br />
places. Now they want to vary the old Maharaja's decisions according to Naga customary law<br />
laws to liberalise it, but nevertheless to have checks Ownership & transfer of land & its resources.<br />
on the acquisition of lands by persons from outside. Special responsibility of governor with respect to<br />
However, we agree that this should be cleared up. law & order in the state (after consulting COMs, but<br />
The old state's subjects definition gave certain his decision will be final) regarding internal<br />
privileges regarding this acquisition of land, the disturbances occurring in Naga Hills mainly in<br />
services, and other minor things, I think, State Tuesang area (Special responsibility ceases if<br />
scholarships and the rest.<br />
President directs so) Governor has to ensure that<br />
So, we agreed and noted this down: 'The State money provided by the GOI out of consolidated fund<br />
legislature shall have power to define and regulate of India for any specific purpose, is included in the<br />
the rights and privileges of the permanent residents demand for grant relating to that specific purpose<br />
of the State, more especially in regard to the<br />
only, not any other. A regional council for Tuensang<br />
acquisition of immovable property, appointments to district, consisting of 35 members should be formed<br />
services and like matters. Till then the existing State & governor in his discretion shall make all the rules<br />
law should apply.<br />
& terms regarding this council . For a period of<br />
Article 35A is beyond challenge:<br />
10 years, from formation of state of Nagaland or for<br />
The BJP, RSS and their affiliate groups are opposed further period as specified by Governor, on<br />
to Article 35A. : -In July 2015, an RSS-backed thinkprovisions<br />
would be operative for Tuensang district:<br />
recommendations of regional council, following<br />
tank called the Jammu & Kashmir Study Centre first<br />
came up with the idea to challenge Article 35A in the Administration of Tuensang district shall be carried<br />
Supreme Court. A petition was filed in the Delhi on by the governor .<br />
High Court against the Article. Later, it was also Governor in his discretion shall arrange for equitable<br />
challenged in the Supreme Court. Mass appeal by distribution of money, b/w Tuensang district & Rest<br />
RSS to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir of Nagaland, provided by center.There shall be a<br />
by invoking the sentiments that constitution of India minister for Tuensang affairs in state COMs final<br />
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decision on all matters relating to Tuensang district Act of parliament relating to following matters<br />
shall be made by governor in his<br />
would not apply to Mizoram unless state assembly<br />
discretion.Members in Nagaland assembly from so decides:<br />
the Tuensang district are not elected directly by the Religious & social practices of Mizo<br />
people but by regional council.<br />
Mizo customary law & procedure<br />
Article 371 – B ? Special Provisions for Assam<br />
Administration of civil or criminal justice<br />
President may provide for the constitution &<br />
involving decisions according to Mizo customary<br />
functions, a committee of Legislative assembly of law<br />
the state, consisting of members of that assembly Ownership & transfer of land & its resources<br />
elected from the tribal area of Assam<br />
Article 371 H ? Special provisions for Arunachal<br />
President can also direct that the governor shall<br />
Pradesh<br />
have special responsibility to secure proper Legislative assembly shall not be less than 30<br />
functioning of that committee.<br />
members<br />
Article 371 – C ? Special Provisions for Manipur Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, on directions of<br />
President may provide for the constitution &<br />
President, shall have special responsibility for law<br />
functions, a committee of Legislative assembly of & order in state (May consult with COMs but his<br />
the state, consisting of members of that assembly decision will be final)<br />
elected from the hill areas of Manipur.<br />
Article 371 – I ? Special provisions for Goa<br />
President can also direct that the governor shall Legislative assembly shall not be less than 30<br />
have special responsibility to secure proper<br />
members<br />
functioning of that committee<br />
Art 371-d will be applicable to both successor<br />
Governor should submit an annual report to the<br />
states of Andhra Pradesh post bifurcation and<br />
President regarding the administration of Hill areas provisions have been made in Andhra Pradesh<br />
Article 371– D ? Special Provisions for Andhra<br />
(Reorganisation) Act, 2014 for the same to amend<br />
Pradesh.<br />
Constitution accordingly.<br />
President is empowered to provide equitable<br />
Recently development:Dr.CharuWaliKhann, the<br />
opportunities & facilities for people belonging to petitioner is a Kashmiri Pandit woman who had<br />
different parts of the state in matter of public<br />
married outside caste and settled outside the State<br />
employment & education.<br />
of Jammu & Kashmir.<br />
For above purpose, President may require the state<br />
She has challenged the notification dated April 20,<br />
government to organize civil posts in local cadre<br />
1927 issued by the Maharaja Bahadur of Kashmir,<br />
for different parts of the state & also provide for<br />
which takes away the right of a wife or widow<br />
direct recruitment to posts in local cadre (or in any<br />
otherwise available to them as state subject unless<br />
such educational institution)<br />
she resides in State and does not leave the state for<br />
President may provide for establishment of an<br />
permanent residence outside the State.<br />
administrative tribunal in state to deal with certain<br />
Scrapping of this article means:<br />
disputes, relating to appointment, allotment or<br />
“If the constitutional provision (Article 35A) is<br />
promotion to civil posts in state.<br />
scrapped, J&K will lose all the special privileges<br />
Only SC is to exercise jurisdiction over such<br />
including the state subject law, right to property,<br />
tribunal which means they are outside the purview<br />
right to employment, and right to settlement. These<br />
of HC (President may abolish the tribunals if he<br />
privileges will no longer be then restricted to<br />
thinks it is not necessary)<br />
permanent residents of the state as is the position<br />
Article 371 – E? Special Provisions for Sikkim<br />
today, but will be availed by the citizens of India as<br />
Legislative assembly shall not less than 30<br />
well,”<br />
members + 1 seat from the state in Lok Sabha & 1<br />
“Jammu and Kashmir will thus become like any<br />
in parliamentary constituency<br />
other state where people from any part of India<br />
For the purpose of protecting the rights & interest<br />
will have all these rights.”<br />
of different sections of Sikkim population, ****************************<br />
Parliament is empowered to provide number of<br />
(The writer is a student on science of conflict<br />
seats in Sikkim administrative assembly for the<br />
resolution and disputes and can be reached at:<br />
people belonging to such sections<br />
zainlala69@yahoo.com)<br />
Governor in his discretion (On direction of<br />
Courtesy Kashmir Monitor<br />
President) have special responsibility for peace &<br />
equitable arrangement for socio- economic<br />
development of different sections of Sikkim<br />
Article 371 G ? Special Provisions for Mizoram<br />
Legislative assembly shall not be less than 40<br />
members<br />
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A Noble Soul Who Fought For<br />
Welfare Of Humankind<br />
Zakiri, who was instrumental in<br />
establishing IKMT, opened a<br />
network of schools across the<br />
region for modern education<br />
of Kargil children<br />
<strong>JK</strong> Panorma<br />
S<br />
heikh Muhammad Hussain<br />
Zakiri, a top religious and social<br />
icon of Kargil, who<br />
revolutionized this remote and<br />
impoverished region in the<br />
midst of Himalayas, died in<br />
peace at his home last year<br />
on July 28.Thousands of<br />
people joined his funeral<br />
prayers. A relentless fighter,<br />
Sheikh Zakiri remained active<br />
in the public life of Kargil, a key<br />
strategic town in the Ladakh region<br />
of Kashmir. Zakiri was deeply influenced<br />
by Islamic Revolution of Iran and its founder<br />
Imam Roohullah Khomeini. During the Islamic<br />
Revolution in Iran he fully realized the guiding<br />
spirit of the revolution which is to revive the true<br />
and real Islam that is the Seerah of the Holy<br />
Prophet (S.A.W.) and the Infallible Ahlul Bayt<br />
(A.S.) and in order to defend the teachings and<br />
ideals of the great personality of the present<br />
era Hazrat Imam Khomeini (R.A.).<br />
In1989 Zakiri with his fallowers<br />
founded an Islamic orginization name it<br />
Imam Khumaini Memorail Trust (IKMT),<br />
which played a key role, not only in<br />
educational and social sectors, but gave a<br />
new direction and meaning to politics of<br />
this most neglected region of the state.<br />
By the time Imam Khumaini Memorial<br />
Trust (IKMT) had developed a large<br />
following because of his strenuous<br />
efforts for community welfare. He was<br />
heading Anjuman-e-Moeen-ul-Islam<br />
“Zakiri was deeply influenced by Islamic<br />
Revolution of Iran… he fully realized guiding<br />
spirit of the revolution which is to revive the true<br />
and real Islam that is the Seerah of the Holy<br />
Prophet (S.A.W.)”<br />
“Zakiri was a combatant scholar who sincerely<br />
struggled all his life for the cause of truth”<br />
“Zakiri was deeply influenced by Islamic<br />
Revolution of Iran… he fully realized guiding<br />
spirit of the revolution which is to revive the true<br />
and real Islam that is the Seerah of the Holy<br />
Prophet (S.A.W.)”<br />
“Zakiri was a combatant scholar who sincerely<br />
struggled all his life for the cause of truth”<br />
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formed by him in 1973.This organization,<br />
through its vast network, was imparting<br />
religious education to youth besides<br />
advocating issues related to women and<br />
their rights in this deeply conservative<br />
society. He also opened a network of<br />
schools across the region for modern<br />
education of Kargil children. IKMT under<br />
his command became a decisive player<br />
in local politics, though he himself<br />
shunned the lure of power politics and<br />
Photos IKMT<br />
eked his living by working in farms. Zakri adopted a simple living and adhered to the<br />
principles of Iran's revolution and inculcated them among his disciples. Despite his<br />
influence he remained down to earth personality, a reason he earned love and respect<br />
among the masses. He always stressed on purity of soul which reflects the true<br />
teachings of Islam and guides to moderation which is must in this age where everyone<br />
seems to be in race of getting more and more. He kept<br />
himself away from greed of this materialistic world and<br />
remained sharply focused on welfare of humankind to<br />
gain pleasure of The Almighty Allah.<br />
His established IKMT-backed candidates not only<br />
reached state assembly but to parliament as well thus<br />
breaking the myth of Ladakh being a monopoly of a<br />
particular religious order. Zakiri faced challenges not only<br />
from within by the conservative clergy but also from the<br />
established political parties of the state all his life. He<br />
however successfully thwarted their attempts to split the<br />
community for their vested political interests. Zakiri was<br />
heard urging people to remain united and steadfast and<br />
work for the overall development of Kargil. Zakiri was a<br />
combatant scholar who sincerely struggled all his life for<br />
the cause of truth. Later, he along with a group of like<br />
minded Ulema and revolutionary youth of Kagil, made<br />
outstanding efforts with selfless courage and sacrifice till<br />
the last<br />
breath of<br />
his life.<br />
Zakiri, would be remembered for long<br />
not only for spreading the message of<br />
humanism, love, peace and brotherhood<br />
but also for his contribution in the socioeconomic<br />
and educational emancipation<br />
of the people of Kargil.<br />
Display @ Iran<br />
Besides this, Sheikh Hussain Zakiri was<br />
a prominent poet and scholarly person<br />
having published many books and poetic<br />
collections.<br />
Mutahary Public School Kargil<br />
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photos info<br />
Shikara festival<br />
P.News/INFO<br />
s<br />
‘Tourists should visit Kashmir to<br />
taste its unmatched hospitality<br />
hikara is the identity of Kashmir;<br />
tourists feel incomplete journey to valley<br />
without Shikara ride<br />
To promote tourism and attract more<br />
tourists to Kashmir valley, the Shikara Festival<br />
was organized by Department of Tourism last<br />
month. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr<br />
Farooq Ahmad Lone, Director Tourism,<br />
Mehmood Ahmad, Deputy<br />
Director Tourism, Peerzada<br />
Zahoor Ahmad besides<br />
local and non-local tourists<br />
took a Shikara ride at<br />
Santoor Ghat SKICC on the<br />
banks of Dal Lake up to Zabarwan park. During<br />
the festival various events, including Shikara<br />
Race, Dragon Boat Race and Canoe Polo Match<br />
besides cultural programmes depicting<br />
traditional heritage and culture of Kashmir<br />
would be presented.<br />
Director Tourism said that department<br />
is making concerted efforts to boost tourism<br />
industry and promote J&K as an all time tourist<br />
destination. He said tourism department has<br />
held number of awareness cum attraction<br />
programmes across the country to showcase the<br />
state as a unique tourism product to bring<br />
maximum visitors to Kashmir. He said<br />
department is organizing several events for the<br />
promotion of tourism industry and hoped such<br />
initiative will definitely send a positive<br />
Tourism Story Quotes:<br />
“We will take along the message of peace and love from Kashmir”<br />
“Water transport will give fillip to the tourism industry besides extend<br />
means of transport to general masses and help in decongesting city<br />
traffic”<br />
message to the people living outside the state to<br />
attract them towards J&K.<br />
On the side lines of the function, tourists<br />
expressed their views and said that they feel<br />
highly excited to visit tourist destinations of<br />
Kashmir and said that they will take along the<br />
message of peace and love to their respective<br />
states about J&K. They also appealed people<br />
living across the globe to visit Kashmir and<br />
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taste the unmatched beauty and hospitality here. and autumn on the waters of the lake. “There's<br />
On the occasion, various mesmerizing cultural something really magical about listening to<br />
programmes and traditional Bandpathar were music and talks especially on running waters<br />
presented.<br />
and it's wonderful to remember that and to make<br />
On the hand the Dal Lake hosted its first the effort to organize it,” he said.<br />
ever 'Culture of Cruise', a weeekly cultural There is a dire need to revive the water transport<br />
programme organised by the Jammu and to give fillip to the tourism industry besides<br />
Kashmir government aimed to bring artists extending means of transport to general masses<br />
from various fields on one stage. The innovative which will decongest the traffic in the city. “It<br />
programme series brings writers, performance will also generate employment opportunities<br />
artistes, musicians, poets and academics for the Shikara (boat) owners besides<br />
together and offers a programme of unemployed youth,” he said. The water<br />
performances, workshops, talks, forums and transport facility will be available from Peerzo<br />
debates.<br />
to Veir Chattabal and back route in the city.<br />
J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Timing of this free service is 10.00 am to 4.00<br />
Languages (<strong>JK</strong>AACL) launched the event in pm. Later, these services will be extended to<br />
association with the tourism department of Pulwama, Anantnag and Baramulla. Deputy<br />
Kashmir. Secretary Cultural Academy Dr Aziz Commissioner Farooq Ahmad Lone directed<br />
Hajini said that he is looking forward to hosting the authorities to ensure hassle free joy ride to<br />
such events on regular basis through summer the public on a free first come first serve basis.<br />
He also directed the<br />
tourism department<br />
to deploy new<br />
motor boats for this<br />
service so that<br />
people do not face<br />
any difficulty.<br />
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Asia's largest district court complex.<br />
Srinagar gets new, state-of-art District Court Complex<br />
Info<br />
overnor N N Vohra inaugurates this context Governor stressed that the<br />
District Court Complex at establishment of a National Law School in<br />
GMominabad. This will be the J&K would be of enormous benefit.<br />
largest district court complex in Asia. The<br />
The construction of new Court<br />
court is presently functioning at Sanat Complex on the outskirts of Srinagar was<br />
Ghar Complex located at Bemina. The conceived in 2003. It has been built by the<br />
court was shifted to Sanat Ghar complex R&B Department at a cost of Rs 120.28<br />
from old court complex at Lal Chowk after crore on 28.6 acres (around 230 kanals) of<br />
it was damaged by devastating flood in land with more than 2.5 lakh sq ft of<br />
2014. working space comprising state-of-art,<br />
Meanwhile the old court complex (Saddar<br />
eco-friendly complexes, each having its<br />
court complex) at Court Road Lal Chowk is<br />
own central courtyard. The Complex has<br />
being preserved as heritage building.<br />
63 court rooms, Business Centre, a<br />
Governor expressed happiness on<br />
modern library, Petition Writers Block with<br />
being associated with the inaugural<br />
152 work stations, Service Building, Food<br />
function of this sprawling 2.5 lakh sq ft<br />
Court, besides conference rooms and Lok<br />
complex constructed on an area of over 30<br />
Adalat chambers. It will completely end<br />
acres. He observed that the majesty of law<br />
the judicial operations at District Saddar<br />
is also associated with the premises from<br />
Court which opened in 1911. The State<br />
where it is exercised and hoped that the<br />
Judicial Academy will also be located on<br />
creation of this beautiful asset will go a<br />
the premises of new Court Complex.<br />
long way in the judges rendering prompt<br />
The new district court complex also<br />
and transparent justice. He observed that<br />
possesses latest facilities including central<br />
Judiciary is a crucial organ of the Republic<br />
heating system, firefighting equipment,<br />
which interprets the Constitution and the<br />
elevators, CCTV surveillance and<br />
laws of the land and if the Legislature and<br />
baggage scanners.<br />
Executive fail to perform their<br />
Apart from High Court presently<br />
constitutional duties the citizenry looks to there are 174 subordinate courts<br />
the higher courts for justice being consisting of 45 courts of district judges,<br />
rendered. Our Constitution secures to all 50 sub-judges' courts and 79 courts of<br />
citizen Justice: social, economic, and munsiffs. As against these courts, there<br />
political and the superior judiciary has to are 59 district judges, 60 sub-judges and<br />
play a very important role in this regard. In 56 munsiffs.<br />
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