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Srinagar, Oct 6: The founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and prominent Kashmiri liberation leader, Dr Farooq Haider passed away in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Tuesday.

Dr Farooq Haider, 75, was suffering from lungs disease for the past several years.

Various separatist organizations paid rich tributes to him and offered his funeral prayers in absentia. Jamiat Ahli Hadees president, Maulana Showkat Ahmed Shah led the funeral prayers in absentia.

In a statement issued here, JKLF chairman Muhammad Yaseen Malik said, “It is a great loss to the nation. I would not have been disturbed this much on the death of my own father. We have become orphans now.”

Malik said that Haider’s family offered sacrifices right from 1947 but it never deterred him from fighting for the cause.

Jammu Kashmir Peoples League convened a condolence meeting at party headquarters. The meeting was chaired by senior leader Mukhtar Ahmad Waza and was attended among others by party’s General Secretary Mohammad Ashraf Vaid, Ghulam Qadir Rah, Ghulam Nabi Waseem. “Dr Hyder was a glowing star in Kashmir’s political history and would remain alive in the hearts of Kashmiris for his steadfastness, sincerity and commitment to the freedom struggle,” they said.

In a statement issued from London, supreme head of JKLF Amanullah Khan, S M Afzal, head of Diplomatic Committee Prof Zafar Khan, Secretary Diplomatic Committee, Zafar Sharif and other members expressed grief over Haider’s demise.

The joint statement said that Haider was a prominent figure and had played a key role in the liberation movement of Jammu Kashmir.

“He had rendered great services for the Kashmir cause and would always remain alive in the hearts of Kashmiris for his commitment to the freedom struggle,” he said.

DLP chairman Hashim Qureshi also expressed grief over Haider’s demise.

(London, 06 October 2009) Veteran leader of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Dr Farooq Haider passed away in Rawalpindi today. He was 75 and was suffering from lungs disease for the past two years.

In a statement issued from London, Supreme Head of JKLF, Amanullah Khan, SM Afzal, Head of Diplomatic Committee Prof. Zafar Khan, Secretary Diplomatic Committee Zafar Sharif, Indian Held Kashmir Zonal president Abdul Qadir Rather, incarnated JKLF leader Zahoor Ahmed Butt, UK Zone President Haji Rauf Khan and UK Zone Secretary Mohammad Riaz expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Dr Farooq Haider and prayed Allah Almighty to rest him in eternal peace. The joint statement said that Dr Farooq Haider was a prominent figure and had played a key role in the liberation movement of Jammu Kashmir. He had rendered great services for the Kashmir cause and would always remain alive in the hearts of Kashmiris for his commitment to the freedom struggle

JKLF UK Zone leaders and workers which include Malik Latif, Khan Farooq, Mahmood Hussain, Javaid Tahir, Rasib Kashmir, Ali Asghar, Mohammad Rafiq, Chaudry Iqbal, Malik Mushtaq, Sabir Gul, Tehseen Gilani, Sikandar Khan, Malik Shahnawaz, Kaman Afsar, Khawaja Gulfaraz, Sanawar Hussain, Mahmood Faiz and others also paid tributes to the services of the deceased for Kashmiris’ liberation movement.