1952hrs:
It has been 7 years to the day when Arif Shahid was shot dead outside his home in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His crime? Effortlessly working for the reunification of Jammu Kashmir & Allied. His untiring energy created havoc for the Pakistani narrative in AJK and GB. The primary servants of that narrative were thus ordered into action. Four bullets were targeted at his neck with precision, as can be clearly seen from the following photo:
This is what he looked like in normal life:
I'll be writing a report on this martyr today, Not least because a lot of information on social media about his work and efforts have factual errors.
One of the more correct reports on his assassination was written shortly after his murder by a preeminent intellectual of Pakistan Parvez Hoodbhoy:
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I've been meaning to write a report in reference to his sharp yet calculated murder for some years now. This is a shame on my sense of priority at times, that its taken 7 years for me to do so.
Here's a video which has collated various clips from speeches of Arif Shahid throughout his life:
Arif Shahid counts among a rising number of individuals whom I've had some acquaintance with and who've been shot mercilessly by actors whose footprints many would allege lead to the Pakistani State.
Two of them were Pakistani citizens:
1) Syed Saleem Shahzad:
2) Maulana Sami-ul-Haq:
Then there's one of the most precious assets of Jammu Kashmir & Allied:
Shujaat Bukhari:
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I've been meaning to write a report in reference to his sharp yet calculated murder for some years now. This is a shame on my sense of priority at times, that its taken 7 years for me to do so.
Here's a video which has collated various clips from speeches of Arif Shahid throughout his life:
Arif Shahid counts among a rising number of individuals whom I've had some acquaintance with and who've been shot mercilessly by actors whose footprints many would allege lead to the Pakistani State.
Two of them were Pakistani citizens:
1) Syed Saleem Shahzad:
The Journalist and the Spies - Dexter Filkins of the New Yorker on the murder of Syed Saleem Shahzad http://t.co/IiINus8— Ali Dayan Hasan (@AliDayan) September 12, 2011
2) Maulana Sami-ul-Haq:
"It would not be wrong to say that the [Dar-ul-Aloom] Haqqania is the nursery of Taliban,” excerpt from the book of Maulana Sami-ul-Haqhttps://t.co/9v4e6BoCcN— Umar Cheema (@UmarCheema1) November 4, 2018
Then there's one of the most precious assets of Jammu Kashmir & Allied:
Shujaat Bukhari:
BBC News - Shujaat Bukhari: A man who epitomised the best of Kashmir https://t.co/sO1NmaKtuq— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) June 15, 2018
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