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Hurriyat Founder Separatist Leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Passes Away

Syed Ali Shah Geelani has served as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of pro separatist parties in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away. He was 92 years old. He was a pro-Pakistani Kashmiri separatist leader. He was previously a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir but later on founded Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.

He has served as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of pro separatist parties in Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from the Sopore constituency of Jammu and Kashmir in 1972, 1977 and in 1987. He quit the Hurriyat in June 2020. He passed away on 1 September 2021 at his home.

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