{"id":209458,"date":"2026-09-01T21:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=209458"},"modified":"2026-09-01T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:18:50","slug":"mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html","title":{"rendered":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-207311\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1-780x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1-780x434.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1-390x217.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has welcomed the High Court verdict ordering the reinstatement of a Bank officer, who was dismissed from service without proper investigation and action on charges of so-called anti-India activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz in a statement on social media platform \u201cX\u201d said the High Court\u2019s decision to reinstate the Bank officer, who was unfairly dismissed from service without proper investigation for alleged \u2018anti-India\u2019 activities, is welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Since August 2019, dozens of employees in occupied Jammu and Kashmir have been arbitrarily dismissed from their jobs on the basis of similar allegations, without any departmental inquiry or opportunity to defend themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Mirwaiz said all these individuals have the right to due process, fair hearing and access to justice and it is hoped that the decision would pave the way for justice in other similar cases as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has welcomed the High Court verdict ordering the reinstatement of a Bank officer, who was dismissed from service without proper investigation and action on charges of so-called anti-India activities. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":207311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has welcomed the High Court verdict ordering the reinstatement of a Bank officer, who was dismissed from service without proper investigation and action on charges of so-called anti-India activities. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz in &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zahid Khan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zahid Khan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zahid Khan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd\"},\"headline\":\"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"IIOJK in focus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\",\"name\":\"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/assests\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/01\\\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kashmir Media Service\",\"description\":\"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd\",\"name\":\"Zahid Khan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zahid Khan\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kmsnews.org\\\/kms\\\/author\\\/sub-editor-2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service","og_description":"Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has welcomed the High Court verdict ordering the reinstatement of a Bank officer, who was dismissed from service without proper investigation and action on charges of so-called anti-India activities. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz in &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html","og_site_name":"Kashmir Media Service","article_published_time":"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Zahid Khan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zahid Khan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html"},"author":{"name":"Zahid Khan","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd"},"headline":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer","datePublished":"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html"},"wordCount":164,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","articleSection":["IIOJK in focus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html","name":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer &#062; Kashmir Media Service","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-01T16:18:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/09\/01\/mirwaiz-welcomes-hc-verdict-reinstating-sacked-bank-officer.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mirwaiz welcomes HC verdict reinstating sacked bank officer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/","name":"Kashmir Media Service","description":"Latest and Breaking News from Kashmir and India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/#\/schema\/person\/6f581c2c2270acc4678e518970378efd","name":"Zahid Khan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/214c278ae90e12358edd1458689ca3a1a052136c5fb95ad7c95643e270479d6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Zahid Khan"},"url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/author\/sub-editor-2"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooq-1200x667-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209458","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209459,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209458\/revisions\/209459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}