09-30-2006, 06:56 AM
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Azad seeks clemency for Afzal.
Says execution during Ramzan will send wrong message to Kashmiris.
Says peace process will be affected.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention for presidential pardon to Mohammed Afzal Guru, who faces execution for masterminding the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
Official sources said Mr. Azad reportedly wrote to Dr. Singh, saying the action would send a wrong message to the people of the State. Mr. Azad pointed out that October 20 was also Jamutal Vida and Shabi Qadar, considered the most significant days during the Ramzan month.
Repeated attempts to reach Mr. Azad failed.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/30/stories/...450100.htm
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The BJP on Friday said the death sentence awarded to Parliament attack plotter Mohammad Afzal 'Guru' should not be politicised as it was an attack on the democracy and the sovereignty of the country.
On Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seeking presidential clemency for Afzal, who will be hanged on October 20, 2006 BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said, "People involved in Parliament attack should be hanged. It was an attack on the democracy and sovereignty of the country, which should not be politicised or linked with any religion."
"There were about 800 MPs, including top national leaders, when fidayeens attacked Parliament. And, if the security forces had not countered it successfully, the damage could have been enormous," he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1809364,0008.htm
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hizbul demands clemency for Afzal before Sarabjit pardonedÂ
Islamabad, Aug 28: A PoK-based conglomerate of militant outfits has asked the Pakistan government to seek clemency for Mohammed Afzal, sentenced to death in India in the Parliament attack case, before granting pardon to Sarabjit Singh awarded the death penalty here.
"Pakistan should first seek clemency for Kashmiri youth Mohammed Afzal before India seeks release of Sarabjit Singh, whose death penalty has been upheld by the Pakistani Supreme Court for his involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan," Hizbul Mujahideen leader and chief of the United Jehad Council (UJC) Syed Salahuddin said in a statement.
http://www.zeenews.com/spesial_art.asp?a...92&sid=SAS
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Azad seeks clemency for Afzal.
Says execution during Ramzan will send wrong message to Kashmiris.
Says peace process will be affected.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention for presidential pardon to Mohammed Afzal Guru, who faces execution for masterminding the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
Official sources said Mr. Azad reportedly wrote to Dr. Singh, saying the action would send a wrong message to the people of the State. Mr. Azad pointed out that October 20 was also Jamutal Vida and Shabi Qadar, considered the most significant days during the Ramzan month.
Repeated attempts to reach Mr. Azad failed.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/30/stories/...450100.htm
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The BJP on Friday said the death sentence awarded to Parliament attack plotter Mohammad Afzal 'Guru' should not be politicised as it was an attack on the democracy and the sovereignty of the country.
On Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seeking presidential clemency for Afzal, who will be hanged on October 20, 2006 BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said, "People involved in Parliament attack should be hanged. It was an attack on the democracy and sovereignty of the country, which should not be politicised or linked with any religion."
"There were about 800 MPs, including top national leaders, when fidayeens attacked Parliament. And, if the security forces had not countered it successfully, the damage could have been enormous," he said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1809364,0008.htm
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hizbul demands clemency for Afzal before Sarabjit pardonedÂ
Islamabad, Aug 28: A PoK-based conglomerate of militant outfits has asked the Pakistan government to seek clemency for Mohammed Afzal, sentenced to death in India in the Parliament attack case, before granting pardon to Sarabjit Singh awarded the death penalty here.
"Pakistan should first seek clemency for Kashmiri youth Mohammed Afzal before India seeks release of Sarabjit Singh, whose death penalty has been upheld by the Pakistani Supreme Court for his involvement in bomb blasts in Pakistan," Hizbul Mujahideen leader and chief of the United Jehad Council (UJC) Syed Salahuddin said in a statement.
http://www.zeenews.com/spesial_art.asp?a...92&sid=SAS
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