Overview

• Sajad Lone said authorities cut 80% of former minister Hakeem Yaseen’s security cover and scaled back protection for Sheikh Imran days after the alliance’s June 30 launch, calling the move politicised.
• Lone attributed critical statements to Pakistan-based Hurriyat veteran Ghulam Mohammad Safi, JeI affiliate Naseebuddin and other ex-Jamaat figures, and warned of a militant group’s threat.
• Three former Jamaat-e-Islami chiefs issued public disclaimers that the banned organisation does not back any party, front or alliance, distancing themselves from the Justice and Development Front.
• Without naming names, Lone implied the PDP orchestrated the chiefs’ disavowals and the security revocations to weaken the new coalition.
• Despite mounting political and security pressures, alliance partners reaffirm their commitment to restore Article 370 and 35A and secure full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.