Kashmiri Hurriyat leader & JI J&K leader Ghulam Nabi Nowshri passes away

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (SABAH): Former member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Jamaat-e-Islami J&K leader and prominent Hurriyat leader Maulana Ghulam Nabi Nowshri passed away in Islamabad today. His age was about 80 years. The funeral prayer of Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri will be offered at Markaz Jamaat-e-Islami Azad Jammu and Kashmir at Barma Pul after Maghrib prayers today. Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman will lead the funeral prayer.

Maulana Ghulam Nabi Nowshari was one of the senior leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. He worked for Tehreek-e-Azadi Kashmir for a long time in association with the Tehreek leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri worked along with Syed Ali Shah Geelani as member of the J&K Legislative Assembly.

Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri migrated to Pakistan from occupied Kashmir in 1990s. He was active for the freedom movement of Kashmir from the last 30 years in Pakistan. Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri was ill from last many years and was undergoing dialysis twice in a week. Recently his book namely “Naqshe Na Tamaam” was published. In his book Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri analyzed the ongoing freedom struggle in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prior to this Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri’s book titled “Qissa Nisf Sadi Ka” was also published.

Emir JI Pakistan Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch, Rashid Naseem, JI Pakistan Secretary General Ameerul Azim, JI Azad Jammu and Kashmir Emir Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq Khan, former emir JI AJ&K Abdul Rashid Turabi, Ijaz Afzal Khan, Dr. Khalid Mahmood Khan, All Parties Hurriyat Conference Jammu and Kashmir Convener Ghulam Muhammad Safi and other leaders have expressed deep grief and sorrow on the death of Ghulam Nabi Nowsheri and have paid rich tribute to his services for the Kashmir cause.