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Truth Commission for J

New Delhi, May 14 (UNI) President of All India Muslim Majlis e-Mushawarat Syed Shahabuddin today urged the Centre to set up a Truth and Justice Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, consisting of eminent jurists, academicians and human rights activists.

It should be chaired by a retired Chief Justice of India, he said in a statement here.

He said the proposed Commission should have the mandate of inviting the next of kin and community leaders to come forward and record their evidence, on both excesses by security forces and militant violence. It should also look into quantum of compensation for loss of life, limb, honour and property and the progress in identifying and punishing culprits, he said.

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Muslim pilgrims move to Muzdalifah, pray for peace

Muzdalifah (Saudi Arabia), Dec 30: More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims, mostly on foot, today streamed down to Muzdalifah near Mecca after a day of prayer in a haj marked by concerns over sectarian violence. An elated mass of pilgrims, clad in white robes symbolising equality and selflessness, chanted prayers in Arabic as they slowly moved along a vast floodlit avenue towards Muzdalifah, where haj tradition says they should spend the night. Many carried.....
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