The government needs to review its decision and restore the Kashmir Press Club to its elected members. The illegal coup party should be told to prepare for polls and for that, re-registration should be done. Brushing aside the brouhaha created by the illegal takeover, the administrationโs decision to hand over the Kashmir Press Club building…
Pertinently, a group of โdisgruntled journalistsโ led by Times of India reporter Salim Pandit forcibly took over the club premises on Saturday with the help of armed forces. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir administration Monday cancelled the allotment of the Kashmir Press Club. The administration statement said that it was concerned over the emergent…
โThe officer said that another case was registered against Gul โ2/2022 under section 153B, 147, 148, 149, 307 Indian Penal Codeโ, earlier this month.โ SRINAGAR โ A day after the court of Judicial Magistrate Sumbal in north Kashmir granted bail to arrested Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday evening said…
โThe aim of the coup is to control an independent club by people who enjoy backing and patronage from the government forces and administration.โ SRINAGAR โ A day after the Kashmir Press Club was ‘ โarbitrarily taken overโ by a group of โjournalistsโ, the club has been locked by the authorities. On Sunday, the club…
โJournalist Federation of Kashmir understands it as a tactic to coerce journalists into not reporting facts on the ground that the authorities are uncomfortable with.โ SRINAGAR โ The Kashmir Press Club has called for immediate release of budding journalist Sajad Gul, urging authorities to drop all cases against him to allow him pursue his media education and…
โHe just quoted the family. He didnโt write anything on his own. They should better kill my son in front of my eyes, than make his life hell like this forever!โ Sajad Gul faced the raid he feared on 4 January 2022 soon after dusk fell over his hometown Shahgund in north Kashmirโs Sonawari belt. …
Demonization of Kashmir journalism is nothing new. Thereโs a pattern in it, as K-history is replete with instances of economic offensive and death knell to choke and shake the 4th pillar of democracy in the region grappling with its own pending political problem. For doing their job, scribes are taking a tightrope walk in Kashmir…
โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Editor’s Note: Asif Sultan, the assistant editor of Kashmir Narrator magazine, has been in persecution for two years today, since the intervening night of 27 and 28 August 2018. His wordsโ that should have appeared in the spaces like aboveโ have disappeared since that intervening night, and his…