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By Muhammad Raafi

Srinagar: Masarat Alam Bhat, who is in Tihar jail, was on Tuesday named the successor of Syed Ali Geelani in Hurriyat Conference (G) following the death of the nonagenarian leader last week.

In a statement issued to media on Tuesday, the faction of the Hurriyat claimed that the people of Jammu and Kashmir look up to the amalgam's leadership with great expectations.

It said that Shabir Ahmad Shah and Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar have been elected as vice chairmen.

The appointments are temporary till elections are held according to the Hurriyat constitution, the faction said.

Bhat, who was charge-sheeted by the Nati...