Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has dismissed fears of an Islamabad lockdown on October 27 by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying he would not be able to exploit the 'religious card' against the government at the behest of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The National Conference delegation from Jammu province has been granted permission by the Jammu and Kashmir government to meet party president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah on Sunday.
Political leaders from Kashmir who are under preventive detention after the abrogation of Article 370 will be released soon, Jammu and Kashmir administration said on Thursday.
During a meeting with deputy commissioners and officials concerned in Kashmir on Monday, Mr Khan directed them to hold a parent-teacher meet at all schools in the Valley on Tuesday and also finalise all modalities for opening schools and colleges in coordination with district administrations.
Describing the abrogation of article 370 as a "long awaited" step and the "right thing" to do, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said it is expected from Pakistan to pull out all stops to challenge the decision as it has made deep investment in fuelling terrorism in Kashmir.
"The Kashmir Constitution says Kashmir is an integral part of India, not just the Indian Constitution. Kashmir being an integral part of India has never been in doubt, except in certain Pakistani minds," Salve said.
NC leaders Devender Rana and SS Salathia, Congress' Raman Bhalla and JKNPP leader Harshdev Singh are some of the prominent leaders who are no longer under house arrest.
The apex court also put an embargo on filing of any fresh writ petition challenging the constitutional validity on abrogation of Article 370.
Jaishankar arrived here on Sunday night from New York after attending the annual General Assembly session of the United Nations along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Speaking at a conference on national security Shah said, "I want to go on record to say, there is no curfew in Kashmir. There are 196 police stations in Kashmir, section 144 is imposed under 8 of them. Rest of the Jammu and Kashmir is free from all sorts of restrictions."
The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said that the bench did not have the time to hear so many matters as at present a Constitution bench headed by him is hearing case related to the Ayodhya dispute issue.
Speaking at the 27th Raising day celebrations of Rapid Action Force- RAF at Vastral in Ahmedabad, Shah said that the steps taken by the government will bring ever- lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir and enable it to head towards development.
The Supreme Court on Saturday set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP, which is aiming to retain its government for the second consecutive term, is raking up, among others, the issue of country's national security and scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
While the BJP, riding high on the abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir granted under Article 370, is going to make the issue its main poll plank, the Opposition Congress-NCP alliance will be raking up the job crisis due to economic slowdown and farmers' issues to corner the government.
Hitting out at Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India cannot talk to a very challenging neighbour that conducts terrorism as a "legitimate tool of statecraft" to put pressure on New Delhi to come to the negotiating table.
Nearly two months after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, scores of broke Kashmiri students here have resorted to a novel initiative - selling Kashmiri apples to make some extra cash for survival.
Forty Kashmiri students from AMU have been called to Lucknow for a meeting with the Chief Minister.
India has no problem talking to Pakistan but it has a problem talking to “Terroristan”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, asserting that Islamabad has created an entire industry of terrorism to deal with the Kashmir issue.
She further said that the Government of India had directed the state government to ensure that her mother wasn't allowed to meet or speak with the family with the sole objective of isolating her.
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