Indian police have arrested Farooq Ahmad Dar Chairman JKLF-R (Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R), from the residence of his relatives at Bemina in Srinagar. According to Kashmir Media Service, the JKLF-R spokesman told media in Srinagar that the police took Farooq Dar into custody during nocturnal raids and shifted him to some unknown place. He said party Chairman was arrested for raising his voice against the ongoing human rights violations by Indian police and troops in the occupied territory.
Sindh technical education minister passes away: Sindh provincial Minister Abdul Salam Thaheem has passed away on Sunday after protracted illness, a private TV channel reported that the funeral prayers will be offered this evening at 5.00 P.M. at his native place Tayyab Thaheem. Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari condoled the death of Sindh provincial Minister for Technical Education Abdul Salam Thaheem who died in Karachi on Sunday after long illness.President in a condolence message to the family of Abdul Salam Thaheen, prayed Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss with fortitude.