x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Dr Andrabi welcomes first batch of Amarnath Ji Yatris | Adopt zero tolerance approach towards illegal mining in J&K: Dy CM to Officers | Transport Commissioner inspects driving test centre, RTO office Srinagar | Freight unloading at NFR holds steady growth during the month of June 2025 | Sadhotra seeks probe into non-utilization of bunker construction funds in border areas | Javed Rana, Javid Dar review irrigation scenario in JK | Illegal timber transportation foiled; truck seized | NIPCCD renamed as Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women, Child Development | Nominations for Padma Awards-2026 open till 31st July, 2025 | Extensive studies by ICMR, AIIMS on sudden deaths establish no linkage between COVID-19 vaccines | Cyber Cell solves online frauds, recovers money | Encounter breaks out between terrorists, security forces in Kishtwar | DB stays writ Court order to Repatriate 63-Year-Old Woman Deported to Pakistan | CCI president calls on LG Sinha | Amarnath ji pilgrims accorded rousing reception at Udhampur | SBSP president Vivek Bali welcomes first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims | DC Poonch visits Gurudwara Deri Sahib Khari | ELI Scheme will be Game-Changer for Youth Employment & Economic Growth in country: Kavinder | ADC Bhaderwah reviews functioning of Tehsil Library | District Administration Ramban welcomes first batch of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2025 Pilgrims | Apni Party's deputation submits memorandum to DC Jammu | Dr Javid Iqbal honoured with two awards on Doctors' Day at GMC Rajouri | Police apprehends man with sharp-edged weapon | COAS visits Bhutan to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation | Suresh Sharma inspects roads in Maira Mandrian, ensures Monsoon readiness | Induction Training for newly promoted L/A-Headmasters inaugurated at Polytechnic College, Jammu | Udhampur police recovers Rs 1.13 lakh in 7 different cyber fraud cases | Special facilities arranged for Amarnath passengers by Railway Administration | Doda police traced out 2 missing ladies and re-united with families | SMVDU NCC Cadet participated in Special National Integration Camp | LPU Launched RCI-Approved M.A. Clinical Psychology Programme | 'Dr Vinod Kumar Sharma's Famous Poems' Released at MCM | Preparation for classical chess requires a lot of effort: Praggnanandhaa | Asian champion 100m hurdler Yarraji suffers injury, in big blow to World C'ships hopes | Sudhanshu Mittal re-elected as KKFI chief | IIM Signs MoU with Sheffield University Management School | Temple of learning ? | "The Power of Pen" | Your Dream Doesn’t Have an Expiry Date | In today’s digital age, Screen dominate Simple ways Parents can get kids off Screen and back into Real Books | Underground Hospital | Kashmir Muslims greet yatris to strengthen brotherhood | All officers on ground to ensure peaceful yatra: DGP Prabhat | ONGC sets up Yatri Niwas and Disaster Management Complex at Baltal | Kashmir traders pin hopes on Yatra for tourism revival | CRPF deploys women ‘May I Help You’ Teams, Mountain Rescue Units’ | Amarnath pilgrims laud ‘Operation Sindoor’ | Special arrangements at Jammu Railway Station | J&K Police establish helpline for terrorism victims | 5 springs sealed in Rajouri | Back Issues  
 
news details
Pakistan's vicious propaganda against Kashmir has no takers anywhere
2/10/2019 11:31:26 PM

Dr. Simrit Kahlon

Pakistan's propaganda
against India is a 24/7 feature! It, however, peaks in the month of February with the sham of "Kashmir Solidarity Day" (KSD), an annual ritual since 1990 being observed on 05, February. The stated objective of this sham is to support the so-called struggle towards self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The actual intention is downright propaganda. As the sham of KSD culminates, the separatists are put to task by their Pakistani masters to orchestrate a disgusting exploitation of the deaths of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru by creating a political disruption in Kashmir. The evil actions are supported from across the border with a spike in ceasefire violations and terrorist strikes in the hinterland.
The Kashmir Solidarity Day, this year saw the terrorist, Hafiz Saeed, it his vitriolic best, openly spouting venom against India at a rally held in Lahore. His disgusting anti-India rhetoric and open incitement to the Kashmiris' to revolt against their own country was of such a debased degree that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs was compelled to send a Note Verbale to the Pakistan High Commission in India registering a "strong protest at the continued use of Pakistan controlled territory by extremist and terrorist elements" to "freely propagate and promote violence and terror against India." Note Verbale is a diplomatic protest made by one country to another to express annoyance over some issue. The issue played out in far off London too where attempts by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to mobilise support to internationally demonise India fell flat. A Pakistan sponsored event in the House of Commons witnessed strong protests by the London based Dogra and Kashmiri Pundit communities strongly supported by the Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) Diaspora. A delegation of POJK demonstrating against the observance of Kashmir Solidarity Day and Pakistan's atrocities was told to leave the House of Commons amidst protests in their favour from some Parliamentarians. The Dogra's and Kashmiri Pundits standing outside were not allowed entry at all and nor was Indian media. Despite all this, the protestors made their presence felt by their unity of purpose. Undoubtedly, the British law makers would have realised the true picture of Human Rights violation by Pakistan in territories of the erstwhile Dogra kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir that are under its occupation.
With the sham exercise of solidarity falling flat, the next prong of the propaganda is already in place. The so-called Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a grandiose name coined by the marginalised Hurriyat to keep its relevance alive, issued a protest calendar for 09 and 11 February. As usual, a demand has been made for return of their mortal remains accompanied by a march from Lal Chowk to the United Nations (UNMOGIP) office at Sonwar to submit some sort of a memorandum to the United Nations, an exercise whose worthlessness has been established since many decades. Their pathetic efforts will be covered by such segments of the media in Kashmir that is captive to the Pakistani establishment.
That the attempt is half hearted and simply a method to tick off an activity on the calendar is obvious from the lack of interest of the leadership. Except for giving a call for the protest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a large number of separatist leaders have remained silent on the subject.
These fans of Afzal Guru, who are now screaming their lungs out, were nowhere to be seen when he needed them the most? Those who are bending backwards to show allegiance with him did not raise a finger in his support while he was alive. They did not deem it necessary to provide Guru with the legal aid that he required while his case was being tried in court.
Maqbool Bhat entered the political arena of Kashmir with an ideology of Jammu and Kashmir existing as an independent state. Being young and impressionable, he came under the devious spell of Pakistan. He and his friends generated anti-India propaganda and committed a number of crimes, including hijacking and murder. Since Maqbool Bhat spoke more and more about an independent Kashmir, free from both India and Pakistan, he became persona non grata for the Pakistani military establishment. He was forced to flee from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) back to Jammu and Kashmir where he was arrested for his crimes, tried as per law and sentenced to death. So the very Pakistan that is now paying handsomely to use his name for propaganda forsook him when he was in need of support.
The people of Kashmir no longer hold the conviction that the separatists are genuine in their regard for Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat since they are brought out of the closet with an eerie regularity every year in the month of February and forgotten as soon as the Bandh and the march to the UNMOGIP are over and done with.
The folly of misguided ideologies of both Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru is very visible in contemporary Kashmir that is rooting for democracy and freedom as a part of India, the largest democracy of the world. Today, separatist organisations like the Hurriyat are facing a potent threat of being politically marginalised and are invoking the names of Bhat and Guru only to save themselves! They have made no attempt to ameliorate the emotional suffering of the families of the two for whom they profess undying respect and loyalty.
It is time to neutralise those who are making millions by politically exploiting the death of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru. It is time to derail their evil agenda of using misinformation as a tool to soil the minds of the younger generation and drive them towards a self-destructive path as is being attempted by observance of Kashmir Solidarity Day. It is equally important for the people of Kashmir to ensure that their young boys do not become prey to Pakistan's vicious propaganda.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU