Veteran Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Gilani Passes Away
Umer Jamshaid Published September 01, 2021 | 11:40 PM
ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Sep, 2021 ) :Veteran Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Gilani passed away in Srinagar on Wednesday evening.
According to Kashmir Media Service, he has passed away later this evening, a family member told media. He was 92.
Syed Ali Gilani had been under house arrest for the last many years. He was born on September 29, 1929. A veteran of Kashmiri politics was the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir and All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC).
He was a staunch opponent of Indian illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and led Kashmiris' struggle for right to self-determination.
He was previously a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir but later on, founded his own party in the name of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.
He served as the chairman of APHC, a forum of freedom parties in Jammu and Kashmir. He was a member of Kashmir Assembly from the Sopore constituency of Jammu and Kashmir three times (1972, 1977 and 1987).
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