KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, Feb 5: At a one day congregation of Sunni Ulmas of Braille section held at Ziarat of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah Shahdara Sharief, about 200 Sunni Ulmas in a unanimous appeal have asked Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to appoint Mian Bashir Ahmed Laarvi as chief patron of BGSB University.
It was resolved that the administrator of Shahdara Sharief Ziarat be shifted immediately and called for appointing new administrator among the Sunni Muslims.
They urged government to install Imam Ahmed Raza chair in the SSU and only impressed that only Sunni Islamic literature be introduced in the syllabus of the university after proper consultation with the scholars of Ahel-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jamat Bravellvi section.
Prominent among those Ulmas who spoke on the occasion include Moulana Dil Mohammed Razvi, Sayed Basharat Hussain, Member Jadeed All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Moulana Sayed Sana Ullah Bukhari.
Heavy snowfall, rains block NH KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, Feb 6: Due to uninterrupted snowfall coupled with incessant rains, the 300 kilometre long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked this evening.
When contacted Dy SP Traffic National Highway Zahoor Wani informed that heavy snowfall lashed the National Highway today at several places, particularly at Patnitop, Jawahar Tunnel rendering the road un-motorable.
He said, “despite snowfall both way traffic was plying till 4 PM but thereafter movement was suspended following heavy snowing and incessant rains at several places”.
He added, “in absence of any parking place at Patnitop several vehicles were stranded on the highway”.
Wani further said, “heavy rains also lashed Udhampur, Ramban and Banihal turning the highway slippery and unfit for traffic movement”.
He informed that inclement weather condition hampered in the snow clearing operations that was being conducted by the GREF authorities.
He informed that subject to fair weather conditions the highway would be opened for traffic tomorrow.
Kalam injured, to undergo operation tomorrow New Delhi, Feb 6 (UNI): President A P J Abdul Kalam injured himself when he suddenly tripped while having a walk today.
Officials said he will undergo an operation in the Research & Referral hospital of the Ministry of Defence here tomorrow.
Dr Kalam, who launched India into the space age, was strolling in herbal garden of the Rashtrapati Bhavan when he fell and developed a mild fracture in the right shoulder.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telephoned President Kalam this evening and inquired about his health.
Dr Singh wished Dr Kalam a speedy recovery.
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat also rang up Dr Kalam and wished him speedy recovery and long life.
Separatists question Pakistan's right over Kashmir's resources New Delhi, Feb 6 (UNI) Reacting strongly against Pakistan for approaching World Bank on the controversial Baglihar project, moderate separatist leaders Syed Nazir Gilani and Dr Shabir Choudhry have questioned Islamabad's ''legal or moral right'' over the natural resources of Jammu and Kashmir.
''Water of Chenab and other rivers is a natural resource of Jammu and Kashmir and it must be used for the betterment of the people of the state.
The people of Jammu and Kashmir have first priority over the use of this water,'' London-based leaders said in a statement to UNI.
Gilani, Chairman of the International Kashmir Alliance and Dr Choudhry of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) said, ''One wonders what legal right both India and Pakistan have over the use of these natural resources.
Despite abundant water resources, the people of Jammu and Kashmir do not have clean drinking water and electricity.'' Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Jehangir Karamat met senior officials of the World Bank last week and sought the financial institution's intervention in resolving this issue as Seretary-level talks between India and Pakistan failed to end the stalemate.
Mr Gilani said the World Bank cannot adjudicate the Indus Water Treaty without fully assessing the issue.
The World Bank has failed in taking full cognizance of the fact that the people of the state have rights over the water resources.
He even justified Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayed's claim that the Water Treaty had greatly harmed the interests of the people of the state.
Gilani said Pakistan should become facilitator in the economic progress of the state by not objecting to various hydel power and other projects.
The state faces power crisis and it has to depend on other states to meet its power needs.
Projects like Tulbul-Wular barrage on Jhelum and Baglihar on Chenab are essential for improving the economic conditions of the state.
''These projects would help us to become economically self sufficent,'' he said.
Dr Choudhry, however, was not in favour of abrogation of the Indus Water Treaty, stating ''scrapping will create many problems'', which will have international dimensions.
India and Pakistan cannot open new areas of confrontation by abrogating the treaty.
It was under the terms of this treaty that the Mangla Dam was built in Mirpur which uprooted thousands of people.
Meanwhile, work on the controversial dam has been stepped up to ensure timely completion of the Rs 7,000 crore project.
The first phase of the hydro- electric project is expected to generate 900 MW of power.
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