Mirwaiz Omar Farooq
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Mirwaiz Muhammad Omar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that wish independence for the state. He attended Burn Hall School in Srinagar.
Mirwaiz Omar Farooq enjoys popular support in Kashmir, particulary in his hometown Srinagar. A Mirwaiz of Kashmir and head of the Hurriyet he has both an important religious and political role in the politics of the Valley.
Placed on the stage at the age of 17, following the death of his father, Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq, Omar Farooq united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the APHC. He maintains that dialogue must take place with India and Pakistan, so long as the Kashmiri aspirations are heard as well.
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