Mufti Baha-ud-din Farooqi

Who is Mufti Baha-ud-din Farooqi?

Mufti Baha-ud-Din Farooqi: was the twelfth Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as Chief Justice from March 7, 1983 to August 23, 1983. He was also the founding Chairman of the Basic Human Rights Committee, an independent organization dedicated to the purpose of actively exposing and countering human rights violations committed by Indian Occupational Forces against the people of Kashmir. An eloquent writer and a passionate human rights activist, he wrote fearlessly to expose the tyranny of the Indian Government over the people of Kashmir:

"That, nearly forty-two years back, India annexed the Jammu and Kashmir State by manipulation, fraud and force against the declared wishes of the people of the State. The people of the State scented mischief and continued the freedom struggle with added determination... That soon after the Indian Army landed in Kashmir, it mounted a powerful offensive on freedom fighters and imposed a reign of terror in the State. The Indian Government worked on the plan to weaken and dismember Pakistan and to maintain hegemony on Kashmir through sheer might". - ["My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir," 7th Edition, by Jagmohan, page 127-128].