SAS Geelani honored with Pakistan’s highest civilian award

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Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Syed Ali Shah Geelani

SRINAGAR — The Pakistani Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution, conferring the country’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, besides proposing an engineering university in his name, Times of India reported.

The resolution was moved by Jamaat-i-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad and passed unanimously with a voice vote.

The Senate also decided to hold its session in the “legislative assembly” of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan Administered Kashmir on August 05, which marks the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K.

The resolution lauded Mr. Geelani’s “selfless and relentless struggle and sacrifices” for the “right to self-determination” of the people of J&K, and proposed inclusion of the “life and struggle” of Mr. Geelani in the country’s academic curriculum.

The development comes less than a month after Mr. Geelani quit his Hurriyat faction and named Rawalpindi-based Abdullah Geelani as successor.

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