User:Abdul Kabir Pathan

Born and Lived in a very beautiful village in Hills called Kullar near Pahalgham, He spent most of his life time there. He was 13 years old when he started following politics and became a great follower of Sher-e-kashmir sheikh Abdullah (founder of National conference). His mother was keen that he receives proper education and would send him to school everyday but he was never interested in studying and never showed up there. Some how completed till 9th standard. He was born in 1945 just after Sheikh Abdullah had launched the Quit Kashmir agitation against the Maharajah Hari Singh and was arrested and sentenced to three years imprisonment but was released only sixteen months later on 29 September 1947[.

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•	1 History He was 10 when he started to understand what’s happening in kashmir and at the age of 13, in 1959 when first amendment act in kashmir was introduced, he finally told his mother that he wants to be a politician. In 1965, he was jailed with sheikh Abdullah with many other fellows as sheikh Abdullah was arrested for conspiracy against his state.

Real Political Career:

When he was 25, In 1971, sheikh Abdullah was exiled from Kashmir for some one and half years and during that period, like other nationalists, Abdul Kabir pathan also faced the worst. With his fellow politicians he was put in jail, interrogated and asked to leave the party, but he stood by and his decision became more firmer day by day, he wanted to see his people educating, working and provides more facilities.

Political and Family Life:

Indian National congress came in form but Abdul Kabir pathan continued following Sher-e-kashmir. He got married in 1973 with a syed girl namely Shameema Akhter which after marriage was called Shama Pathan. His family suffered a lot because of his political career but then his brothers and his parents knew there is no come back of him. They supported him and his first daughter kaunsar Niyazee was born in 1976. He was the block president for national conference after Sheikh Abdullah became the chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state until 1982. He then started to gather people and hold Pahalgham constituency till 1990 when president rule was imposed in the state.

During the Kashmir turmoil:

After the Kashmir terrorism turmoil started in 1989, he seldom was home with his children and his wife. By then he had 5 of his children born(four daughters and one son). He was attacked by Millitants many times, some times his house broken, some times his family attacked but he didn't give up the courage of being a nationalist. He was asked to join Hizubul mujjahideen as a commander in 1991 when he decided to leave the town. But then in 1993, he was attacked and taken away by millitants and interrogated for three consecutive days. It was his wife who went to many Commanders and cried for help. 2000 villagers also protested for his release. Finally he was released but his condition was no good. Given proper medical attention and prayers, he recovered and finally decided to leave with his family.

Migration to Jammu:

In 1994, he migrated with his family( wife and 8 children) to Srinagar where he asked for shelter to his Government. That time, Dr. farooq Abdullah’s mother, Madre-Meherbaan asked him to send his family to Jammu which was 300kms away from Srinagar and continue their schooling there. But because of the resource being limited, he waited till 1996 elections and contested himself from pahalgham constituency where he succeeded with 61% of votes and ruled as an MLA for six years till 2002. After elections, he settled his family in Jammu which was safe for them. He remained in Kashmir, apart from his family because he wanted to help his people. In 2001, Abdul Kabir Pathan lost one of his friends, Gh. Hassan Bhat, then Power Minister of the state, to a bomb blast which was a big set back for him. For 2002 elections, he Supported Rafi Ahmed Mir for contesting elections because of some family issues but he lost and could only gain some 30% of the votes. In 2005, a big tragedy of losing his son to death because of his political career, made him fallen apart and he decided not to get back to politics. In 2008, he supported his party by supporting a young, fresh leader Altaf kaloo (who was later caught in a compromising position with a woman by police in September 2012) but again people didn't vote him and National Conference lost the seat to PDP.

Final Political come back:

Demand of people for him continued and in 2010, he decided to work for his constituency once again. Since then he has been working for the people and preparing for next elections set for 2014.