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Ashwaq Masoodi Srinagar, Jun 20 (PTI) Procedures for issue of passports may have been eased elsewhere but youths in Jammu and Kashmir, said to be relatives of militants, do not get their travel document. Many of them claim they are denied passport but are not informed about it formally. The state government, which intervened in the matter, claims that passport of relatives of militants are being issued but their kin complain that they are still denied the ''right to travel''. Police refutes these claims and say the process is on. ''Campaign for Right to Travel'', a group formed by Kashmiris who have been denied passports, allege that the government has blacklisted more than 60,000 people from receiving passports on the basis of intelligence reports that they could pose a security risk if they travel outside the country. Zamrooda Habib, chief and coordinator of Muslim Khawateen Markaz, an organisation looking into the issue said, "People are still denied the right to travel. How does it make any difference if 5 or 6 people out of a lot of 60,000 are issued passports? Issuing passports to only a few people is a conspiracy to weaken the campaign." According to figures provided by the passport office to PTI, 26,321 applications were received, out of which 10,290 passports were issued and 24,193 are pending till May 2010. (More) AHM AMS VSC KKE.
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