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| Dukhtaran chief denies her son wants to study abroad | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 15: A day after the media reports brought to fore the firebrand separatist leader Syeda Asiya Andrabi's intentions of sending her son abroad for studies on the basisi of petition filed in the court, the chief of women's separatist group, 'Dukhtaran-e-Milat' (Daughters of Faith) today dismissed as "malicious propaganda" media reports that her 18-year old son wanted to study abroad.
"It is malicious propaganda against me since enemies of our freedom struggle could say nothing else to malign my person," Asiya told an agency.
The chief of the women's separatist group said she had been invited by Pakistan government in January this year and in order to undertake the visit, she had applied for a passport but her request was rejected by the Indian authorities.
"Since under the Islamic law, a woman cannot undertake any travel without being accompanied by her father, brother, husband, a major son or a close male relative, my son Muhammad bin Qasim applied for a passport as well.
"As he was not invited by the government of Pakistan, he applied for a passport on other grounds citing the purpose of studying abroad in the relevant passport application form.
"Indian authorities rejected his passport on the grounds that he was the son of a terrorist and as such could not be given a passport," Asiya said.
She vehemently denied reports that her son wanted to study abroad as conditions were not favourable for Kashmiri youth to continue their education here.
"He has applied for an integrated BBA/MBA course in Kashmir University and we are waiting for his final selection," she said maintaining that in no case would her two sons - the other named Ahmad bin Qasim - study outside Kashmir.
"If ever they go out of Kashmir, it would be in connection with the ongoing freedom struggle here and nothing else," she asserted.
Needless to mention that hundreds of Kashmir families have been exploring educational opportunities outside the region. Schools and universities have been shut since early this summer, when protests on Srinagar's streets began to escalate. In June, some privately-run schools briefly reopened - but shut down again after Ms. Andrabi warned that she would not be responsible for the consequences. Educational institutions in Jammu have since reported a surge in applications.
Kashmir's élite, including anti-India secessionists, have long insulated their children's education from the troubled region's politics. Incarcerated Islamist leader and lawyer Mian Abdul Qayoom, for example, sent one of his three daughters to study medicine in Darbhanga in Bihar. His nephew is a ninth-semester student at the Dogra Law College in Jammu - a privately owned institution owned, perhaps ironically, by local Congress leader Gulchain Singh Charak. Two other nephews, and a niece, obtained degrees in law and science from Pune.
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