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chairman of one of the two factions of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. JKLF is a Kashmiri nationalist organization founded in Birmingham, UK in 1977. Branches weren't actually established in Kashmir for another ten years. It has the usual demands for separation of J&K from secular India so it can become an independent Islamic rathole. It seems to have no interest in Pak Kashmir breaking away to join it. In 1994 Malik renounced violence after he was released from jail and from that point he and his organization pursued peaceful means to impose their will on the region...was shifted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after his health severely deteriorated, family sources said.
Malik was earlier shifted to a medical institute in Srinagar after his condition deteriorated on Saturday, hours after protests were held in the area, the Kashmiri Media Service reported Sunday.
Family sources told APP that his left arm had stopped working.
Sounds like a stroke.
| Mr. Wife has been having that kind of problem from pinched nerves in his C3 and C5 vertebrae.... |
"He underwent various medical tests. He is suffering a severe infection and has been advised by doctors to undergo a surgery. He was then referred to Soura Medical Institute where he was admitted to Intensive Care Unit," a JKLF front man said.
Malik's family earlier said that he was being denied medical treatment.
"Yasin Malik is unable to walk or sit properly. In absence of medical aid, his health condition has tanked. We are not demanding his release. He is a public leader, but medical aid must be provided to him without any further delay. He has undergone various surgeries in the past. He is in need of several medicines," they said.
His condition is now said to be stable.
Speaking to the press earlier this month, Mashal Malik said, "My husband has grown very weak and lost over 15kg. Last week he was taken to hospital in army’s custody where his medical tests were conducted and results are alarming."
The JKLF leader has been under detention since July 9 when protests against the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani erupted across Indian-held Kashmire. Over 80 people have been killed and hundreds of protesters injured in festivities with Indian security forces.