Ulema of different schools of thought at a seminar in occupied Kashmir have resolved to fight together the conspiracies aimed at fuelling the sectarian divide among the Muslims in the Kashmir Valley.
Addressing the seminar, the veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani said that conspiracies were being hatched to whip up Maslaki enmity among the Muslims in Kashmir, Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported.
“All this is being done to divide the Muslims and weaken the ongoing struggle,” he said, adding, “Unity is the strongest tool to fight Maslaki hatred.”
He appealed the Ulema of all schools of thought to ignore the differences on the issues of secondary importance in the larger interest of Umah and be united under one banner to strengthen the matters of religious and national importance.
The General Secretary of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai in his speech, said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were struggling for a cause for the past over 60 years. He pointed out that besides using the military might, New Delhi had been launching cultural and economical aggressions to divide the Kashmiris and weaken their ongoing struggle. “We need to forge unity and foil all the conspiracies and attempts aimed at dividing us in the name of Maslaks,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Sheikh Muhammad Hassan said unity alone could counter effectively all the internal and external conspiracies. The seminar was also addressed among others by Maulana Muhammad Khursheed Kanoongo, Maulana Ghulam Rasool Hami, Qazi Yasir, Maulana Rehmat Ullah Qasmi, Syed-ur-Rehman Shams, Abdul Rehman Butt, Maulana Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, Maulana Altaf Ahmad Nadwi, Maulana Syed Ali Akbar and Dr Yousuf-ul-Umar.
They stressed for greater unity among the ranks of Kashmiri people to fight the divisive forces effectively.
Encroachments in market cause traffic mess: Encroachments are on the rise on roads and markets of Bhara Kahu which are creating problems both for the pedestrians and the motorists.
It is a common sight in the area markets that shopkeepers have encroached upon pavements in front of their shops while vendors have set up stalls on roads, forcing pedestrians to walk in the middle of roads, besides hindering traffic flow.
The residents of the localities said all the encroachers have established their business by placing stalls in front of shops. They said encroachments have become hazardous in populated areas of Bahara Kahu markets including Bazaar Stop, Simli Dam Road, Kiyani Road, Bhera Bridge and other areas.
“Vendors and their stalls hamper the smooth flow of traffic,” said a local resident Sher Muhammad. He claimed that the residents have time and again complained to the administration over the issue, but no action was taken to address the problem. Another resident said it had become almost impossible to walk freely in the market because of encroachments on footpaths.
Residents have demanded the authorities concerned to take action against encroachments in various areas of the city. When contacted, an official of the Enforcement Directorate of Capital Development Authority (CDA), said the authority had launched many anti-encroachment campaign drives to keep the roads and footpaths clear.
It was a wrong impression that the authorities was not cognizant of the situation, he said and warned the shopkeepers and vendors not to encroach upon the footpaths, otherwise strict action would be taken against them.
