Government not implementing its own order: Soz

Srinagar, Dec 7: Former Union Minister Prof Saifuddin Soz has written to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stating that J&K government had not implemented its own order passed in 2017 regarding the declaration of the residential house of Late Maulana Anwar Shah Sahib at Lolab Kashmir as a heritage site.

In a statement, Soz said that unfortunately, the Directorate of school Education Kashmir has also not done its part as envisaged in the government order. “ I feel very sad that the people of Kashmir do not care for their precious legacy. The J&K Government had felt it necessary to care for the premises at Lolab (Kashmir) that had to be protected as a heritage site,” he said.

The former Union Minister said that this way, the present generation of students, especially at the secondary and graduate levels will remain ignorant of the Luminaries like Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri. “I wish this changes for the better,”he said.