1. Hashim Qureshi chose Hashim Qureshi for the hijacking, who along with his cousin Ashraf Qureshi hijacked an Indian Airlines plane on 30 January 1971 en route from Srinagar to Jammu and brought the plane to Lahore, Pakistan.
23 Facts About Hashim Qureshi
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All but Hashim Qureshi were cleared of all charges other than dealing with arms and explosives etc.
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Hashim Qureshi married the daughter of his maternal uncle in 1982.
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Hashim Qureshi argued that Pakistan had occupied Gilgit- Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, where there is no democracy.
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Hashim Qureshi had to leave his wife, who was then pregnant, and their two children.
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Hashim Qureshi believed that the "freedom movement" of a country cannot be run by another country or foreign intelligence agencies.
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Hashim Qureshi started this philanthropic institution while in exile in the Netherlands, named after Maqbool Bhat, whom Qureshi considered his Leader.
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Hashim Qureshi's dream is to build an orphanage, a work centre for the women, a school up to 8th class for the orphaned children, one computer centre and a dispensary under the auspices of MNWA [9].
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Hashim Qureshi returned to India after an exile of almost 30 years on 29 December 2000.
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Hashim Qureshi was immediately arrested at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and was produced before metropolitan magistrate Gulshan Kumar, who remanded him to judicial custody till 11 January 2001.
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Hashim Qureshi filed Habeas Corpus, challenging the magistrate's order on the ground that his detention was illegal and that he could not be retried as per the law as he was already sentenced to life by a Pakistan court and had served a prison term for over nine years.
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Zeeshan Hashim Qureshi had conveyed his wish that he was very anxious to go back to Kashmir.
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Hashim Qureshi wanted to go as a free man, but as it is taking so much time he has decided to withdraw, said Tulsi.
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Hashim Qureshi was charged with hatching a criminal conspiracy with hanged JKNLF's founder Maqbool Bhat under a section of the Enemy Ordinance Act 3.
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Maqbool Bhat and Hashim Qureshi are the only two Kashmiris who have been charged under the Enemy Ordinance Act in Pakistan as well as India.
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In Pakistan, Hashim Qureshi was sentenced under Section 3 of Official Secret Act for 14 years, under Section 342 for one year, under Section 435 for 2 years and under Section 120-B for 2 years in connecting of hijacking an Indian plane from Srinagar to Lahore.
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Supporters and well wishers of Mr Hashim Qureshi have started an online petition campaign on OnlinePetition.
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Mr Hashim Qureshi has written a detailed write-up of his experience with the Indian judicial system, which can be read on his party's Facebook page [11], his personal Blog [12] and his party's website [13].
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Hashim Qureshi spent a year in Hari Niwas jail in Srinagar and was released on bail in December 2001, because of health issues on the condition that he may not indulge himself in anti-state activities.
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Hashim Qureshi is still facing trial in the hijacking case and regularly has to attend court.
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Hashim Qureshi was the only separatist Leader who attended two of the three Round Table Conferences organised by India and chaired by Indian PM, Manmohan Singh.
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Hashim Qureshi has attended numerous conferences and debates about Kashmir, terrorism, democracy and human rights in the European Parliament in Brussels and at United Nations in Geneva.
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Hashim Qureshi wrote an extensive letter to the Indian media, on its silence about the Amarnath Land Transfer [14].