HIZB CHIEF SEEKS PAK MILITARY HELP IN KASHMIR ISSUE

NEW DELHI: Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and leaders of other Pakistan-based terror groups such as LET and JEM on Saturday called on Islamabad to give them “full military support” as there could not be negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue.

The leaders made the demand during a news conference organised by the United Jihad Council (UJC), also led by Salahuddin, held in Muzaffarbad, capital of Pakistanoccupied Kashmir. The UJC is the umbrella organisation of about a dozen jihadi groups. They claimed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had worsened because of alleged atrocities by Indian security forces and Salahuddin sought “full military support” for Kashmiris from the Pakistan government “without wasting even a second”, according to a report by Dawn newspaper.

In a week, third jawan killed by snipers in Valley: police

SRINAGAR: A Central Industrial Security Force officer has succumbed to his injuries after militants attacked him from a distance at a camp in Wagoora Nowgam, police said. In last one week, this is the third attack by Jaish-e-mohammad militants on security personnel and there is a possibility a trained sniper was involved in three cases. “The officer — assistant sub-inspector Rajendra Prasad — was killed in a standoff fire by militants on

Friday night. He was rushed to a hospital, but he succumbed to the injuries,” said a police spokesman.

Lalu takes a jibe at BJP, JD(U) over seat sharing

PATNA: RJD national president Lalu Prasad took a swipe at the BJP and the JD(U) on Saturday, a day after they jointly announced a seat-sharing arrangement in the NDA, saying they would first fight together and