Shabir Shah steps down as Hurriyat(G) General Secretary

Separatist leader Shabir Shah, who is the general secretary of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference, has asked Syed Ali Geelani, party chairman, to relieve him of the top post.
Shah had joined the Geelani-led faction in September 2015. Immediately after his joining, he was made the separatist faction’s general secretary.
Shah said he had written to Geelani and had told him that he wanted to step down from the post. “Since I became the general secretary, I have remained continuously under detention because of which I have not been able to fulfil the duties expected of me,” Shah told Kashmir Post.
Shah said he had not received a reply from Geelani so far but considered to have stepped down from the post. Shah, however, said he would remain affiliated with the Geelani-led faction.