New Delhi, Nov 7: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, the wife of jailed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, Yasin Malik, wrote to Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, urging him to initiate a debate in Parliament for her husband, who she claims can bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).<\/p>\n
Mullick, a former assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on human rights and women empowerment, believes that Yasin Malik\u2019s role in the ongoing peace process in J&K is critical and that his plight must be addressed urgently.<\/p>\n
\u201cRahul Ji, Yasin Malik could be a force for peace in Jammu and Kashmir, if only he is given a fair chance,\u201d Mullick wrote, urging the Congress leader to intervene before Malik\u2019s deteriorating health leads to irreversible consequences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ongoing treatment of my husband is nothing short of torture, and I request you to help us secure justice for him,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
In a letter to Gandhi, Mullick drew attention to the ongoing legal battles her husband faces, particularly a decades-old sedition case in which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has now demanded the death penalty.<\/p>\n
Malik, who has been at the forefront of Kashmir\u2019s separatist movement, is currently involved in challenging the NIA\u2019s appeal for capital punishment in a terror funding case.<\/p>\n
The NIA\u2019s charges stem from a 2017 investigation into terror financing involving Malik along with several others. In 2022, Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court after he pleaded guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n
However, according to Mullick, Malik\u2019s detention and the demand for his death sentence are \u201cpart of a broader political vendetta.\u201d<\/p>\n
She claimed that since 2019, the BJP-led central government has subjected Malik to \u201cinhumane\u201d treatment, and his trials have been \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMalik is being tried for waging war against India in a 35-year-old case, and now, fabricated charges are being used to demand his execution,\u201d Mullick alleged in the letter.<\/p>\n
She further stated that her husband, who once advocated for armed struggle, had renounced violence years ago, embracing the path of non-violence and peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cYasin Malik can become an instrument for real peace in J&K, not the cosmetic peace that has been promised,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Mullick also highlighted that since November 2, Malik has been on an indefinite hunger strike to protest his harsh treatment in jail. She expressed deep concern for his health, warning that the prolonged hunger strike could jeopardise his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis hunger strike is a desperate cry against the cruel conditions he has endured, and it is putting his life at severe risk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Malik, she emphasised, chose the path of non-violence after renouncing armed resistance, a change of heart that has been acknowledged by various authors and peace advocates over the years.\u2013(IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi, Nov 7: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, the wife of jailed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, Yasin Malik, wrote to Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, urging him to initiate a debate in Parliament for her husband, who she claims can bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Mullick, a former assistant to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83151,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83149\/revisions\/83151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}