{"id":183777,"date":"2025-09-17T20:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=183777"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:39:27","slug":"renowned-kashmiri-freedom-leader-professor-abdul-ghani-butt-passes-away-in-iiojk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/17\/renowned-kashmiri-freedom-leader-professor-abdul-ghani-butt-passes-away-in-iiojk.html","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Kashmiri freedom leader Professor Abdul Ghani Butt passes away in IIOJK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-183778\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat-.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat-.webp 800w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat--352x220.webp 352w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat--752x470.webp 752w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat--768x480.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Srinagar: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\">Renowned Kashmiri freedom leader and former chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Professor Abdul Ghani Butt, passed away this evening in the Botingo area of Sopore, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, after a brief illness. He was 90.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Professor Butt also served as chairman of the Muslim Conference in IIOJK. He held graduate degrees in Persian, Economics, and Political Science, completed a master\u2019s in Persian, and earned a law degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He was also a professor of Persian until he was dismissed by the occupation authorities due to his pro-freedom activities.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Butt played a key role in the formation of the Muslim United Front in 1986, a coalition of pro-freedom organizations, and later served as chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in 1993. Despite overwhelming public support for the Muslim United Front candidates in the 1987 elections, widespread rigging by the Indian administration resulted in their defeat. Following the elections, Professor Butt was arrested and remained imprisoned for several months.<\/p>\n<p>A staunch advocate for the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute, his lifelong dedication and struggle for the cause will always be remembered.<\/p>\n<p>The APHC and other pro-freedom organizations expressed profound sorrow and extended their condolences, praying for the elevation of his status and strength for his grieving family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Renowned Kashmiri freedom leader and former chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Professor Abdul Ghani Butt, passed away this evening in the Botingo area of Sopore, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, after a brief illness. He was 90. According to Kashmir Media Service, Professor Butt also served as chairman of the Muslim &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-183777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/abdul-gani-bhat-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183781,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183777\/revisions\/183781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}