27 Facts About Yasin Malik

Yasin Malik was born on 3 April 1966 and is a Kashmiri separatist leader and former militant who advocates the separation of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan.

Yasin Malik is the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, which originally spearheaded armed militancy in the Kashmir Valley.

In May 2022, Yasin Malik pleaded guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy and waging war against the state, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Yasin Malik was born on 3 April 1966 in the densely populated Maisuma locality of Srinagar.

Yasin Malik has three sisters, including Amina Malik who has advocated for better prisoner's rights for Malik at the Tihar Jail.

Yasin Malik formed a party called the Tala Party, which formed a revolutionary front, printing and distributing political materials and causing disturbances.

Yasin Malik's group was involved in attempting to disrupt the 1983 cricket match with West Indies in the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, disturbing National Conference gatherings in Srinagar and protesting Maqbool Bhat's execution.

Yasin Malik campaigned for the Jamaat candidate Mohammad Yusuf Shah who stood for the 1987 elections from Amirakadal, Srinagar.

Yusuf Shah as well as Yasin Malik were arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and imprisoned until the end of 1987 without a formal charge, court appearance or a trial.

Yasin Malik returned to the Kashmir Valley as a core member of the JKLF, declaring his goal as the independence for the entirety of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Yasin Malik renounced violence and adopted a Gandhian non-violent struggle for independence.

Yasin Malik expressed a desire for a "democratic approach" involving the "true representatives" of Jammu and Kashmir.

Yasin Malik offered political negotiations, but insisted that they must be tripartite with both Indian and Pakistani governments, and should cover the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Yasin Malik contended that the Indian government has "thrust this election process" on the Kashmiris just as a display of democracy.

In October 1999, Yasin Malik was arrested by Indian Authorities under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act and was again arrested on 26 March 2002 under the Indian Prevention of Terrorism Act ; he was detained for almost a year.

Yasin Malik has had one-on-one meetings with the president of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan, prime Minister of India and other world leaders.

In February 2013, Yasin Malik shared the dais with the banned Lashker-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed at a protest in Islamabad, which was condemned by many commentators, including Muslim bodies.

On 4 December 2013, the JKLF claimed that Yasin Malik was thrown out of a hotel in New Delhi with his wife and 18-month-old daughter due to his political ideology of separatism.

On 12 January 2016, Yasin Malik wrote a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, opposing Gilgit-Baltistan's merger with Pakistan.

Yasin Malik was facing trial for the kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed and the subsequent exchange of five militants.

On 10 May 2022, Yasin Malik pled guilty of the charges framed against him.

Yasin Malik chose not to have a lawyer represent him and was appearing for himself.

The court appointed an amicus curiae to explain the charges to Yasin Malik and make him understand the consequences.

Yasin Malik confirmed to the amicus that he did not want to contest the charges and that he was ready to face whatever was in store for him.

On 19 May 2022, Yasin Malik was convicted by the NIA Court on charges of conspiracy and waging war against the state, and subsequently sentenced to two counts of life imprisonment and five 10-year prison sentences, all to be held concurrently.

Yasin Malik comes from an affluent Pakistani family, her mother -Rehana Hussein Mullick- was the secretary general of PML-N Women's Wing, while her father -M.

Yasin Malik loves the poetry of Allama Iqbal and the writings of Imam Ghazali.