According to reports, the Union Home Ministry has claimed that it never received any recommendation or request from the Jammu and Kashmir government, during past nine years, for withdrawal/amendment/revocation of the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). This disclosure has been made by Home Ministry in response to a RTI application filed by Irfan Hafiz Lone, Vice-President of Baramulla Bar Association. The disclosure by MHA comes at a time when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has raised the pitch over partial withdrawal of AFSPA from the state. 1

• 1. “No proposal from JK Govt on AFSPA review: Centre”, Greater Kashmir, January 11, 2012 at http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Jan/12/no-proposal-from-jk-govt-...