Sheikh Abdul Jabbar

Sheikh Abdul Jabbar
Sheikh Abdul Jabbar
Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1983–1986
Constituency	Kangari
Law Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
	In office; 1984–1986
Personal details
Born	1931; Kashmir
Died	18 April 1990; Lar, Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference; Awami National Conference
Children	Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, 1 daughter
Occupation	Politician, Freedom fighter

Sheikh Abdul Jabbar was an Indian politician and freedom fighter from Jammu and Kashmir. He held various positions in his political career, including serving as a Cabinet Minister, MLA, and MLC.

In 1984, Sheikh Abdul Jabbar left the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference to join the rebel faction led by Ghulam Mohammad Shah. During Shah's tenure as Chief Minister, Abdul Jabbar was appointed as the Law Minister of Jammu & Kashmir. Previously, Sheikh Abdul Jabbar was regarded as a close associate of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of the National Conference.^[1]^[2]

He was assassinated on 18 April 1990, in his hometown of Lar Ganderbal, Kashmir.^[1] He was killed by four terrorists who had connections with the Allah Tigers and had returned from Azad Kashmir as members of Hizbul Mujahideen.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ishfaq Jabbar pays tributes to his father, urges people to remain indoor". Kashmir Life. 17 April 2020.
^ "Who is Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar?". Early Times. 3 September 2014.
^ Joshi, Manoj (24 May 2019). The Lost Rebellion: Kashmir in the Nineties. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9788184752632. Similar pressures saw the creation of the Al Barq, a tanzeem linked to the People's Conference of Abdul Ghani Lone. In 1990, in the first flush of militancy, four boys who had links with the Allah Tigers and had returned from Azad Kashmir as Hizb members, killed Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, a former minister of the National Conference government. After his death, Shah and his family went to Sheikh's house to condole with his family. The Hizb elements resented this and put up posters warning Mushtaq Ahmad not to go there again.

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[kashmirlife-1] "Ishfaq Jabbar pays tributes to his father, urges people to remain indoor". Kashmir Life. 17 April 2020.

[2] "Who is Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar?". Early Times. 3 September 2014.

[3] Joshi, Manoj (24 May 2019). The Lost Rebellion: Kashmir in the Nineties. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9788184752632. Similar pressures saw the creation of the Al Barq, a tanzeem linked to the People's Conference of Abdul Ghani Lone. In 1990, in the first flush of militancy, four boys who had links with the Allah Tigers and had returned from Azad Kashmir as Hizb members, killed Sheikh Abdul Jabbar, a former minister of the National Conference government. After his death, Shah and his family went to Sheikh's house to condole with his family. The Hizb elements resented this and put up posters warning Mushtaq Ahmad not to go there again.

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