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09 Greater Kashmir SRINAGAR | August 11, 2016, Thursday Eyes blindfolded, doctors stage protests, decry civilian killings ‘Ban pellet guns Blinding youth will have strong political impact’ MUDDASIR ALI Srinagar, Aug 10: Dressed in white aprons with one eye ban- daged, faculty members of Gov- ernment-run Medical and Dental Colleges on Wednesday staged silent protests against the civil- ian killings and rising eye injuries in action by the forces during the ongoing unrest in Kashmir. Heads of departments (HoD), professors, associate professors, lecturers and doctors assembled in the lawns of Government Medi- cal College Srinagar, with one eye blind-folded, showing solidarity with the patients who have lost their vision to the pellets injuries. “We condemn the innocent civil- ian killings and indiscriminate use of pellet guns since last more than one month,” General Secretary Medical Faculty Association (MFA) and HoD, ENT, Dr Sajid Majid Qazi, told media. In the past more than a month, post Burhan encounter, 56 civilians have been killed in firing by forces and more than 410 people have suf- fered pellet injuries in one or both eyes including at least 25 persons with severe pellets injuries in both eyes. During the period more than 5000 people have been injured, some of them maimed for entire life. Head of Gynecology Depart- ment, Prof Shahnaz Teng said the “atrocities that have been commit- ted” during past one month have entered public conscious and would become part of Kashmir folklore.” “These injuries and wounds have left a mark on our hearts and souls. They will never heal. We will never forget it,” said Prof Teng. Associate Professor Department of Surgery Dr Iqbal Saleem said the injured have been physically and psychologically rendered unfit for whole life. “The only language they (forces) follow is the language of Hinsa (violence),” he said. Holding placards which read, “Hear our silence, see our blind- ness; stop killing innocent kids, they haven’t lived their lives; we condemn firing teargas shell- ing inside hospitals”, the doctors demanded an immediate end to the use of pellet guns. “We demand an end to the use of force on Kashmiris and ban on use of pellet guns,” said Associate Professor Ophthalmology Depart- ment, Dr Sajad Khanday. He said on an average the department was admitting eight to 10 pellet victims every day for past one month. “The flow of the patients is continuing unabated,” said Dr Khanday. Condemning the use of pellet guns, assistant professor psychia- try, Dr Zaid Wani said the pellets were actually used to kill animals. “If Chief Minister can’t control this use of force on civilians then she should resign. They (forces) are treating Kashmiris like animals and there is no doubt about that. This protest is to express solidarity with the victims,” said Dr Wani. Professor Gynecology Masooma Rizvi said it was heart rendering to see innocent civilians getting killed and being hit with pellets in their eyes. “It is a planned way to kill our children. By blinding these youth they have also darkened their future. It will have a strong social and politi- cal impact,” said Prof Rizvi. The doctors asked the Gov- ernment of India to “understand the ground reality in Kashmir”. “Despite excessive use of forces on Kashmiris for past more than 35 days, tens of thousands of people continue to participate in protests. But unfortunately what they tell us is that it is a problem of develop- ment and this kind of understand- ing is the problem with Indian state,” said Dr Adil Ashraf. “It is time for them to acknowledge polit- ical reality of Kashmir.” “We are here to represent the pain of Kashmiris who have been left blind due to pellets,” said senior registrar Dr Rashid Maqbool of Ophthalmology Department. “The lives of those youth who have been injured will never be same again; it will be painful.” The MFA also condemned use of teargas shells in and around hospi- tal premises in the Valley, saying the practice was detrimental to the well being of patients. Lauding the efforts of doctors, paramedical staff, volunteers and blood donors, the association appealed to all those concerned to ensure a safe passage to the ambu- lances carrying the hospital staff and patients. Meanwhile, employees of Chest Diseases Hospital, District Tuber- culosis Centre and State TB Demon- stration Centre Srinagar also took out a protest rally against the civil- ian killings and use of pellets guns on civilians. Doctors, consultants and paramedic staff participated in the rally along with office bearers of Medical Employees Federation. Bandipora village protests against army ‘atrocities’ 4 youth booked under PSA in Ganderbal GK CORRESPONDENT Ganderbal, Aug 10: Four youth from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district have been booked under the controver- sial Public Safety Act (PSA) by the authorities. Sources said the youth have been booked for alleged stone pelting and have been shifted to different jails in Srinagar and Jammu. The youth are Umer Majeed Sofi resident of Kondbal, Tajamul Sadiq Bhat resident of Saloora, Jan Muhammad Bhat resident of Fatehpora and Muhammad Abdullah Malla resident of Beehama. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ganderbal, Imtiaz Ismail, said the youth were ‘involved in various stone pelt- ing incidents on forces and at the fore front of instigating trouble.’ The SSP further said that police will dealt strictly with the stone pelters and trouble mongers. Meanwhile, the families and relatives of the youth staged a protest demonstration outside Deputy Commis- sioner’s office here against invoking PSA on their wards. ‘They entered houses during night, didn’t spare even women, children’ EJAZ-UL-HAQ BHAT Bandipora, Aug 10: Residents of Kehnusa area of north Kash- mir’s Bandipora Wednesday staged a protest against alleged excesses by the army. The protestors blocked Bandipora-Sopore highway, demand- ing action against the army officials. The protestors alleged that army barged into their homes during night and beat up inmates without any provocation. “Army’s 27 unit E company situated at Sangri top Watlab barged into our homes at around 3 a.m. and started beating the inmates ruthlessly,” one of a residents alleged. “They didn’t even spare women and children. They also broke window panes of our homes,” the protestors said. The villagers alleged that during the day Army tried to force their entry into the village to arrest youth but they resisted their (Army’s) move. “Army fired several shots in air and leſt the village. Then they again came to the village at around 3 a.m. and started beating the inmates ruthlessly,” the villagers said. However, a top army official stationed at Sangri top Watlab said that the residents of Kehnusa pelted stones on a Navy vehicle at 10:30 p.m. “Despite this, the men exercised maximum restraint,” he said. A top police official said that they have met with the villagers and that the maer has been resolved. “The villagers are satisfied now,” he claimed. Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Sajad Hussain, said he had asked a top police official of the district to visit the village and he has met the villagers and army officials. “The issue has been sorted out,” he said. PICS: HABIB NAQASH/GK GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR S.K. INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES SOURA, SRINAGAR Sh. Ab. Gani Rather (953) Nursing Aid S/o Ab. Razak Rather R/o Manigam, Ganderbal, Kashmir PUBLIC NOTICE As reported by Nursing Superintendent vide her No: SIMS 312 11/2016-375, dated: 26-04-2016 that you have remained unauthorizedly absent from duties on 22, Feb, 2016, 26-02-2016 to 29-02- 2016 and from 22-03-2016 onwards without any information/ leave application to the department. Accordingly an explanation was served to you vide memo No: SIMS/HA/953/2016-2819-21, dated: 12-05-2016 but you have not responded the said directions. It has also been confirmed by Nursing Superintendent vide her No. NA 519, dated: 16-06-2016 that you are continuously away from duties unauthorizedly with effect from 22-03-2016. You were given an opportunity to resume the duties immediately and also explain your position as to why disciplinary proceedings be not initiated against you for remaining away from duties unauthorizedly vide memo No: SIMS/HA/953/2016- 3888-90, dated: 30-06-2016. But you have neither resumed the duties nor submitted any reply to the above explanation. You are given an opportunity through media to resume the duties within seven (7) days and also explain your position for remaining unauthorizedly away from duties. In case you fail to resume the duties, disciplinary proceedings as warranted under rules shall be initiated against you. 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09Greater Kashmir Srinagar | August 11, 2016, Thursday
Eyes blindfolded, doctors stage protests, decry civilian killings
‘Ban pellet guns Blinding youth will have strong political impact’
Muddasir ali
Srinagar, Aug 10: Dressed in white aprons with one eye ban-daged, faculty members of Gov-ernment-run Medical and Dental Colleges on Wednesday staged silent protests against the civil-ian killings and rising eye injuries in action by the forces during the ongoing unrest in Kashmir.
Heads of departments (HoD), professors, associate professors, lecturers and doctors assembled in the lawns of Government Medi-cal College Srinagar, with one eye blind-folded, showing solidarity with the patients who have lost their vision to the pellets injuries.
“We condemn the innocent civil-ian killings and indiscriminate use of pellet guns since last more than one month,” General Secretary Medical Faculty Association (MFA) and HoD, ENT, Dr Sajid Majid Qazi, told media.
In the past more than a month, post Burhan encounter, 56 civilians
have been killed in firing by forces and more than 410 people have suf-fered pellet injuries in one or both eyes including at least 25 persons with severe pellets injuries in both eyes. During the period more than 5000 people have been injured, some of them maimed for entire life.
Head of Gynecology Depart-ment, Prof Shahnaz Teng said the “atrocities that have been commit-ted” during past one month have entered public conscious and would become part of Kashmir folklore.”
“These injuries and wounds have left a mark on our hearts and souls. They will never heal. We will never forget it,” said Prof Teng.
Associate Professor Department of Surgery Dr Iqbal Saleem said the injured have been physically and psychologically rendered unfit for whole life. “The only language they (forces) follow is the language of Hinsa (violence),” he said.
Holding placards which read, “Hear our silence, see our blind-
ness; stop killing innocent kids, they haven’t lived their lives; we condemn firing teargas shell-ing inside hospitals”, the doctors demanded an immediate end to the use of pellet guns.
“We demand an end to the use of force on Kashmiris and ban on use of pellet guns,” said Associate Professor Ophthalmology Depart-ment, Dr Sajad Khanday.
He said on an average the department was admitting eight to 10 pellet victims every day for past one month. “The flow of the patients is continuing unabated,” said Dr Khanday.
Condemning the use of pellet guns, assistant professor psychia-try, Dr Zaid Wani said the pellets were actually used to kill animals.
“If Chief Minister can’t control this use of force on civilians then she should resign. They (forces) are treating Kashmiris like animals and there is no doubt about that. This protest is to express solidarity
with the victims,” said Dr Wani.Professor Gynecology Masooma
Rizvi said it was heart rendering to see innocent civilians getting killed and being hit with pellets in their eyes.
“It is a planned way to kill our children. By blinding these youth they have also darkened their future. It will have a strong social and politi-cal impact,” said Prof Rizvi.
The doctors asked the Gov-ernment of India to “understand the ground reality in Kashmir”. “Despite excessive use of forces on Kashmiris for past more than 35 days, tens of thousands of people continue to participate in protests. But unfortunately what they tell us is that it is a problem of develop-ment and this kind of understand-ing is the problem with Indian state,” said Dr Adil Ashraf. “It is time for them to acknowledge polit-ical reality of Kashmir.”
“We are here to represent the pain of Kashmiris who have been left blind due to pellets,” said senior
registrar Dr Rashid Maqbool of Ophthalmology Department. “The lives of those youth who have been injured will never be same again; it will be painful.”
The MFA also condemned use of teargas shells in and around hospi-tal premises in the Valley, saying the practice was detrimental to the well being of patients.
Lauding the efforts of doctors, paramedical staff, volunteers and blood donors, the association appealed to all those concerned to ensure a safe passage to the ambu-lances carrying the hospital staff and patients.
Meanwhile, employees of Chest Diseases Hospital, District Tuber-culosis Centre and State TB Demon-stration Centre Srinagar also took out a protest rally against the civil-ian killings and use of pellets guns on civilians. Doctors, consultants and paramedic staff participated in the rally along with office bearers of Medical Employees Federation.
Bandipora village protests against army ‘atrocities’
4 youth booked under PSA in Ganderbal
GK Correspondent
Ganderbal, Aug 10: Four youth from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district have been booked under the controver-sial Public Safety Act (PSA) by the authorities.
Sources said the youth have been booked for alleged stone pelting and have been shifted to different jails in Srinagar and Jammu.
The youth are Umer Majeed Sofi resident of Kondbal, Tajamul Sadiq Bhat resident of Saloora, Jan Muhammad Bhat resident of Fatehpora and Muhammad Abdullah Malla resident of Beehama.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ganderbal, Imtiaz Ismail, said the youth were ‘involved in various stone pelt-ing incidents on forces and at the fore front of instigating trouble.’ The SSP further said that police will dealt strictly with the stone pelters and trouble mongers.
Meanwhile, the families and relatives of the youth staged a protest demonstration outside Deputy Commis-sioner’s office here against invoking PSA on their wards.
‘They entered houses during night, didn’t spare even women, children’
ejaz-ul-haq Bhat
Bandipora, Aug 10: Residents of Kehnusa area of north Kash-mir’s Bandipora Wednesday staged a protest against alleged excesses by the army.
The protestors blocked Bandipora-Sopore highway, demand-ing action against the army officials.
The protestors alleged that army barged into their homes during night and beat up inmates without any provocation.
“Army’s 27 unit E company situated at Sangri top Watlab barged into our homes at around 3 a.m. and started beating the inmates ruthlessly,” one of a residents alleged.
“They didn’t even spare women and children. They also broke window panes of our homes,” the protestors said.
The villagers alleged that during the day Army tried to force their entry into the village to arrest youth but they resisted their (Army’s) move.
“Army fired several shots in air and left the village. Then they again came to the village at around 3 a.m. and started beating the inmates ruthlessly,” the villagers said. However, a top army official stationed at Sangri top Watlab said that the residents of Kehnusa pelted stones on a Navy vehicle at 10:30 p.m.
“Despite this, the men exercised maximum restraint,” he said.A top police official said that they have met with the villagers
and that the matter has been resolved. “The villagers are satisfied now,” he claimed.
Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Sajad Hussain, said he had asked a top police official of the district to visit the village and he has met the villagers and army officials. “The issue has been sorted out,” he said.
Pics: HaBiB NaqasH/GK
GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR
S.K. INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES SOURA, SRINAGARSh. Ab. Gani Rather (953) Nursing Aid S/o Ab. Razak RatherR/o Manigam, Ganderbal, Kashmir
PUBLIC NOTICEAs reported by Nursing Superintendent vide her No: SIMS 312 11/2016-375, dated: 26-04-2016 that you have remained unauthorizedly absent from duties on 22, Feb, 2016, 26-02-2016 to 29-02-2016 and from 22-03-2016 onwards without any information/ leave application to the department. Accordingly an explanation was served to you vide memo No: SIMS/HA/953/2016-2819-21, dated: 12-05-2016 but you have not responded the said directions. It has also been confirmed by Nursing Superintendent vide her No. NA 519, dated: 16-06-2016 that you are continuously away from duties unauthorizedly with effect from 22-03-2016. You were given an opportunity to resume the duties immediately and also explain your position as to why disciplinary proceedings be not initiated against you for remaining away from duties unauthorizedly vide memo No: SIMS/HA/953/2016-3888-90, dated: 30-06-2016. But you have neither resumed the duties nor submitted any reply to the above explanation.You are given an opportunity through media to resume the duties within seven (7) days and also explain your position for remaining unauthorizedly away from duties. In case you fail to resume the duties, disciplinary proceedings as warranted under rules shall be initiated against you.By Order
NO: SIMS/H A/953/2016-4475978-682 Sd/ Senior Administrative OfficerDated: 02/08/2016 Hospital Administration
A/S
JAMMU & KASHMIR STATE WOMEN'S DEVELOpMENT CORpORATION OLD
SECRETARIAT, SRINAGAR
Extension NoticeIn view of the poor response to the Tender Notice issued vide no: JKWDC/VT/Jute/NIT-2/ 2016/2063 V Dated 4.6.2016 published vide DIP No: 728 dated: 10.6.2015 in Greater Kashmir regarding purchase of Jute raw material, the last date for submission of Tender Notice is further extended for a period of 30 days up to 07.09.2016 up to 2 pm. Tenders shall be opened on the same date in presence of the tenderers who wish to be present. All other Terms/conditions shall remain unchanged. The specification of the items may be checked from the website of this office viz. www.jkwdc.com.N B-1211 Sd/- Manager Trainings WDC
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