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Kashmiri separatists send their kids abroad, but ask people to get on to the streets
May 18, 2017
As Hurriyat leaders and separatists tell Kashmiris to not
send their children to army-run schools, alleging that these
institutions were weaning the next generation away from their religion
and culture, the family members and children of many of these have got
the best education, settled abroad and eventually lead a luxurious life, reports ANI.
The Hurriyat's Syed Ali Shah Geelani,
which has always goaded the youth of Kashmir to come out on
the roads and leave their studies for a 'bigger cause', indirectly
urging them for 'stone-pelting', has a son who works in Pakistan. Nayeem Geelani, who, a few days back, had blamed the army-run schools for
indoctrination, is a medical practitioner in Rawalpandi. His other son, Zahoor, is crew member of a private airlines in India. Geelani's daughter is a teacher in Jeddah and her husband is an engineer there.
Mohammed Ashraf Sehrai, a general secretary of the Geelani faction, also availed the best education for his child. His son, Abid Sehrai, is a computer engineer in Dubai.
Ghulam
Nabi Fall, the cousin of octagenarian separatist leader, and Rabia
Farooq, sister of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a doctor, live in London.
While Ghulam Muhmaad Sumzi's son Jugnu was a management student in Delhi,
Rooma Maqbool, son of head of Mass Movement Farida Behanjee, lives and works as a medical practitioner in South Africa.
Iqbal
and Bilal, sons of head of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Liberation
Party Hashim Qureshi, live in London. Sarwar Yaqub, son of a spokesman
for the Geelani faction, Ayaz Akbar, is a management student in Pune.
Two sons of another leader of the Geelani faction Abdul Aziz Dar - Umer Dar and Adil Dar - are studying in Pakistan.
Moreover,
Mariyam Andrabi, sister of the head of the radical Dukhtran-e-Millat Asiya
Andrabi, along with her family lives in Malaysia. Asiya wanted to send
her elder son to Malaysia for further studies, but he was denied a
passport.
Asiya's elder son Mohammed Bin Qasim was pursuing
Bachelors of Information Technology at Islamic University of Malaysia
and now is in Australia for further studies.
Earlier, Hurriyat
hawk Geelani said, "We are losing our next generation. We should never
send our youth to these institutions. We need to see what sort of
education these institutions are imparting to our children."
In
an apparent reference to their efforts to integrate Kashmiri students
into the national mainstream, the Hurriyat hardliner claimed the
army-run schools were engaged in "mischievous activities."
The
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, decried Geelani's diktat,
claiming the Hurriyat leader was scared of the army schools as they
promote a "sense of nationalism" among Kashmiri children.
These
statements come in the wake of a string of clashes between students and
the security forces during which many innocent civilians were injured.
Image: A schoolgirl reaches out for a stone from a protestor. School children have turned stone protestors often bunking school to get on to the streets. Pic: Umar Ganie
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