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Pahari more economically and socially backward than Gujjar


Rajouri,November 17, (Scoop News)-Pahari student's threatened agitation if S.T.Status to community delayed in a pahari youths session organized by Mohd Atif and Satpal singh organised Amir Qureshi and Bomeet Singh conducted proceeding of program large number of youth's participated in the session
While adressing Youth's Shahbaz Khan & Vinod Kumar appeal Pahari Youth’s to come forward & launch peaceful struggle against the clear cut discrimination meted out with them Since more than 30 year. Khan said that we’re there is resistance there is existence and where there is life struggle is the sole means to achieve the Goal in order to spearhead the JKPPM. Youth is the ray of hope who have Got the Potential the potential strength to give the Right direction to the movement because Pahari youth is the Worst victim in the present age, in order to provide Guaranteed future to the most dejected and frustrated youth it is inevitable for the state and Center Govt. to pay their immediate attention to this aspect without wasting more time they must grant S.T. Status to the Pahari Community.
Shahbaz Khan said that The word Pahari literally means the people staying in mountainous regions, but the Pahari People Movement & Pahari form struggle for S.T.status is for Pahari Speaking people of entire Rajouri Poonch region exempt Gujjaar's who are enjoying the Status since last 25'year's and some Pahari Speaking Part's of Kashm,ir. slowly the word evolved as the one in which it meant the the ,Hindu Muslim sikh,s people who speak almost the similar language.language. Pahari Language there are some people who speak Kashmiri also in Rajouri Poonch but there common language spoken is commonly Pahari it does not mean's that they are not Paharies there childeren are geting Scholorship Pahari hostel facilities etc. In Jammu and Kashmir Paharis stay in main towns of Uri, Boniyaar, Karnah, Keran, Karnah,Kupwara,Tangdar,Baramulla ,shopian Poonch, Rojouri. and so on. Paharis live just like Gujjars or the nomadic Bakerwals or shepherds do; their children study in the same school and all of them face the same hardships in daily life. But due to these similarities, they have gradually come to be identified as Gujjars and Bakerwals, which it is not. There are 30.Lakh Pahari speaking people in Jammu and Kashmir. In 1990 an Advisory board for the Paharis came into existence and most of them live near the LOC/Borders. What is unfair, however is that the other two communities i.e gujjars and Bakerwal’s enjoy the benefits of the Scheduled tribe (ST) status while the Paharis are still denied it. It was in 1989 that the Jammu and Kashmir government recommended to the Union Government to grant ST status to the Paharisa nd Gujjars-Bakarwals besides fiev other communities: Argone of Leh, Sheena Dard, Gaddi, Sippi, Paharis and Balti. The Paharis figured at the top of the list but all the six communities were awarded the status except the Paharis. According to the former Chief Excutive JKPPM, Shahbaz Khan, ‘it’s since long that we have been struggling for the ST status. Sl. Bhat report is in our favor and four times the cabinet decision has been in our favor yet nothing has happened which is a bit hurting’. He further added that it is not that the Government has not done anything for us. Paharis have a nomadic character and maximum population thrives on rearing of cattle. So keeping this in view, mobile schools have been sanctioned. Some facilities have been provided to the pahari speaking students as other classes have been given. There is reservation for us in Educational/Medical/Technical institutions. Our insistence is on the fact that we should be given our share in paramilitary forces and State Recruitment Boards.
Paharis have been sanctioned 15 Crores of rupees for scholarships every year Hindu/Muslim/Sikh Student of Pahari Speaking Community are getting Scholorship every year
They have hostels in Poonch, jammu, Rajouri, Anantnag, Baramulla and Kupwara. Three new girls hostels have also opend . Government has sanctioned 10 Crores of rupees for Pahari cultural center at Srinagar and jammu keeping in view the rich culture and tradition of the Pahari people. But what they want is the ST status.
According to the census conducted by Jammu and Kashmir cultural and welfare forum, Paharis constitute the second largest population of the state: around 24 percent and 25.5 Lakh people. But they have lost their identity. Some count them with Gujjars and Bakarwals, while for others they are simply non-locals. Most are not aware that this community exists. What have they done to deserve this? Don’t these deserve a right to be counted for their status in real sense? When all other communities are identified as tribals and have been given due benefits to alleviate their hardships which arise for living in remote areas the why this particular community has been left on their own. A special status to a particular community is for their development in addition to preserve their culture. But Paharis despite qualifying all the requirements for Scheduled Tribe status are being kept far from their basic right. The union Government has to show some concern. It has to answer and that to very soon!
Terming Pahari community more nomadic than Gujjars, Chairman of J&K Pahari People movement has said that central government should respect the state Legislative Assembly by responding the resolution passed by it and referred to the Center for granting Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Paharies Shahbaz Khan , said that Paharies are still migrating from one place to another and they have maintained its tribal identity.
Shahbaz Khan said that the culture of Pahari community is centuries old and their region is already have been identified.
But unfortunately some frustrated Gujara's are again and again raising objection & creating hurdled in our struggle misguiding the Pahari community cause they are bent upon to divide both the communities actually these are not sympathizer of gujjar's these are agent of some anti national anti social element's with nefarious design,
Khan said that when in 1989,J&k,cabinet passed a resolution vide,cabinet decision -No-159/ in which Pahari speaking people and six other communities were included with Paharies at S. No-1.at that time some anti social anti national element's who are frustrated with the Hindu,Muslim Sikh Unity,as in Pahari community all communities except muslin Gujjar's are one,& in Rajouri poonch,97% people belonging to Hindu & Sikh Community are Paharies & there Mother Tong is Pahari.
these anti National forces realize that if Pahari speaking people who are United Under single Platform Jammu Kashmir Pahari Cultural & Welfare Fourm & Jammu Kashmir Pahari People Movement .are great Hurdle for anti Social & anti National people who could not succeed in there nefarious designed,otherwise if some gujjar's who ,are opposing Pahari community then they must justify who they are getting S.T.Benifit since last 28 ,year.s illegally when they are declared settled community since 1931,they they fall in creamy layer i can cord,hundred's of example in which more thosand Gujjar famlies who are plying in Multi-crore,have thousand's of Kanal land in Rajouri Poonch Jammu Srinagar & other Part's of country,but they are getting S.T.Status,they have ruled for more than 28 year's in J&K,for Example Choudhary Mohd Hussain Remain MLA,Darhal & some time Minister for twenty five year's late.Choudhary Mohd Aslam remain MLA,& Minister for more than Twenty,year's.Choudhary Lal Mohd Saber of Mehandar remain remain Minister for many times 'Choudhary Bashir Naz of Poonch is Still Minister'Choudhary Taj Mohi-Ul-Din of Uri,Kashmir is the richest man of the State & remained in Cabinet Minister ,Choudhary Aijaz Of Gool Riasi remained in Cabinet Minister,Choudhary Altaf Sahib Of Kangan Kashmir remained Powerfull Cabinet Minister,Choudhary, Ch.Akram is still MLA, Jawaid Rana Brother of Massod Choudhary retired IGP.is MLA,& remained Chairman of Council in J&K Ch.Zulfqar Sb and Ch. AG.kohli are Minister in present cabinet their are hundreds of IAS, KAS officers even than they are enjoying ST.Status .ther are many more families in the community who have Multi crore rupees property moveable & immovable in all over the State even then they are getting S.T.Status .
Pahari Speaking people of entire Rajouri poonch,& some Pahari speaking part of Kashmir like Uri-Karnah,Tangdar,Keran,Baramulla Kupwara,Kulgam,Shopian etc,who are living hand to mouth exept some faimlies they have not land in Marla's with few Cattel's which they move there Dhokes ,& they canot send there childeren in School's who are working on Daily Wager's.
Shahbaz Khan Said that in drastic earthquake of 2004-2005,almost 90% Paharies who are mostly residing acrooss LOC,have lost almost all the properties with major loss of lives,at that time Prime Minister Manmohan singh,alongwith Congress supremo sonia Gandhi ,J&k,coalition leadership G.N.Azad & Mufti Mohd Sayeed, even president of India ,former Prime Minister Atal Bihari vajpayie ji,visited the Pahari areas including ,Uri Karnah at that Time Pahari Speaking People were they have seen with there eye's that all the Pahari region were Pahari speaking people are living has completely destroyed ,ther Shop's Hopuses School's every thing,at that time when they anounced relief Package Pahari speaking People refused to take any tipe of relief at that time theay said that they have suffered major loss during 28 year proxy war & three indo PAk, War's there children could not continue there study due to routine firing and disturbance if they want to heel they wound of Pahari speaking community they must grant S.T. Status to the community last pending demand since more than last 29 year's

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