Jammu:
The 45-year-old policeman Ifkhar Ali said on Saturday, “I am born to serve Jammu and Kashmir Police and my country, India,” on Saturday, his and his eight siblings survived only one luck through timely intervention of the court, a few days after escaping from exile in Pakistan.
For Ali, which is from the sub -division near the Line of Control (LOC) in the Poonch district, the uniform is more than a job – this is a calling. He has dedicated almost half his life to the police force, earning many praise for his different wings with distinction and unwavering commitment to his courage and duty.
He was praising all Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and said that he is confident that the leadership of the country would not allow the “enemy nation” to be handed over to “mere conspiracy”, which he belongs to the part of Jammu and Kashmir which is in the illegal occupation of Pakistan.
Nine members of the extended family were mostly among more than two dozen people from Pakistan -occupied Kashmir (POK), who were given ‘holiday India’ notices by officials in Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu districts and were taken to Punjab for a padyatra in Pakistan on Tuesday and Wednesday.
However, Ali and his eight brothers – Bahn – Mohammad Shafiq (60), Nashroon Akhtar (56), Akar Akhtar (54), Mohammad Shakur (52), Nasim Akhtar (50), Zulfkar Ali (49), Kosar Parveen (47) and Shazia Tabsam (47) – Ladakh did not accept their petitions and claimed that they were not a Pakistani citizen. I am living and have exile.
After the attack of Pahalgam terror on 22 April, in which 26 persons were abandoned, most of the tourists, dead, the Center announced measures, including the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, downgrading diplomatic relations with Islamabad, and all Pakistanis were ordered on a short -term visa to leave India on 27 April.
Ali told PTI, “There is a centuries-old history for the residents of Salwah with both our parents and other ancestors, the village was buried … notice (Deputy Commissioner, Ponch on 26 April) included more than 200 members as a shock for our family, including some services in the army.”
Ali lives with his wife and three children, all at the age of six to 11 years.
Amidst the situation, he said that he decided to go to the High Court and was grateful to the judiciary for giving them relief.
After hearing Ali’s plea, Justice Rahul Bharti said in an order on Tuesday, “The petitioners are not asked to leave the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. This direction, however, is subject to objections from the other side.”
The court directed the Deputy Commissioner, Ponch, to come forward to come forward to come forward with the submission of an affidavit in relation to the status of the property determined on May 20 and the next date of hearing of the case.
Ali claimed, “We have a land of about five hectares with another two hectares, illegally provocted of illegally by my maternal uncle, with whom we are a long dispute. The exile notice is the result of the much dispute because they do not want to return our land,” Ali claimed.
According to officials, Ali’s father Fakur Deen and Mother Fatima B spent a long time after crossing Poke during the 1965 war. The couple and their nine children returned to their village in 1983.
After a long struggle, he was admitted as permanent residents by J&K government between 1997 and 2000, but his nationality is still pending with the central government, he said.
Ali said, “I have served all wings in the police department in the last 27 years, which is clear from stains on my body, and the quotes and awards received from the department to shed my sweat and blood for the country,” Ali said.
He said that the most painful moment of his life was when he was told that he was not related to this country.
Ali said, “I am not related to Pakistan and no one is for me. I belong to India and this is my country. I love the police from the origin of my heart and I am ready to sacrifice my life for the country,” Ali said, Repeating my pledge to save this land from every breath.
He also thanked his lawyers and sociological activists Safir Chaudhary, who raised his support to the family.
Chaudhary said, “I also come from Mehar and I know that he has a real matter so I came forward on humanitarian grounds, so that support could be gathered in his favor so that they could not be exile in Pakistan.”
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