The Supreme Court has questioned the NIA regarding the detention of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case, asking the agency to justify his detention for over six years.
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, who was on Thursday manhandled by members of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing at a press conference in Jammu, has expressed hope that United States President Barack Obama would intervene on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and press both India and Pakistan to hold a dialogue."At least he should facilitate dialogue between the two neighboring countries," Shah said.
The separatist leaders told the Pakistani Foreign Minister that the Indo-Pak talks would be futile till Kashmiris are involved in the process.
Shops, business and educational institutions in the Kashmir valley remained closed, official sources said.
The separatist leader was trying to take out a procession in violation of prohibitory orders in Srinagar.
Among them are Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Ahmed Shah.
Sama Shabir Shah says she used to study outside Tihar Jail while waiting for hours to be allowed to meet her father.
The ongoing violence in the valley is driving students to excel, but it is also making them angry, discovers Ritwik Sharma.
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