20/07/2025
*Pahari Tribe ST Forum held One Day Convention at Poonch*
*Held Awareness session and raised issues of Concern related to Pahari Tribe*
Pahari Tribe ST Forum, J&K held one day convention at Sifar Cafe, Poonch in order to boost up the morale of its delegates and in order to spread awareness regarding different Government initiatives for the ST people.
State Coordinator Pahari Tribe ST Forum, J&K Vikrant Sharma accompanied by senior Executive Members, Hamid Malik, Rajinder Sharma, Shakti Sharma, Rajesh Mehta and member Mobeen Azam held meeting with prominent members of Civil Society of Poonch and discussed future course of action of PT ST Forum that aims to strengthen the socio cultural and economic conditions of Pahari Tribe. Convention also aimed to frame the block level Executive Wings of the area. Adv. Zaman in his address raised the concern to put united efforts for welfare of Pahari Tribe, He also announced to hold mega convention in future and appealed government to release the scholarship of Students at earliest.
The proceedings of the convention was conducted by Adv. Bhanu Partap Executive Member PT ST Forum. Prominent delegates who spoke includes, Sh. Lokesh Sharma , Dr. Nitan Sharma, S. Surjan Singh. Earlier organisors garlanded Shawl to Vikrant Sharma for being elected as State Coordinator of the Forum.
Delegates during the convention raised the issues related to Pahari Students Scholarship, raising the number of hostels and intake capacity across the J&K UT, putting efforts for the promotion of Pahari Language, Culture, art and craft, to work for empowerment of ethnicity irrespective of different association, affiliation, job and qualification, strengthening students and youth wing of the Forum. Delegates added that ST status to the Pahari Tribe shall boost Ethnic group of the area in particular to achieve their bigger aims.
Prominent delegates who were Adv. Mohd. Zaman; Jb. Taj Mir (Social Activist); Adv. Sunil Sharma (President, Bar Association Poonch); Ms. Neetu Sharma (Chairman, Insaniyat NGO); S. Surjan Singh; Sudarshan Sharma (Rtd. CEO); Mr. Lokesh Sharma (Social Activist); Ms. Nazia; Sahil Khajuria; Senior Executive Members Master Vinod Gupta; Rajinder Kumar ; Abdul Hamid Malik; Harmeet Kour; Adv. Saleem Sheikh; Adv. Navjot Sharma; Ajeet Sharma; Ajay Sharma,and many more.
