Yasin Malik Age, Wife, Family, Biography
Yasin Malik Age, Wife, Family, Biography
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Age: 59 Years
Wife: Mushaal Mullick
Hometown: Maisuma, Srinagar
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Mohammad Yasin Malik |
| Profession | Politician |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters**- 177 cm** in meters**- 1.77 m** in feet & inches**- 5â 10â** |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | White |
| Politics | |
| Political Party | Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JLKF)  |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | Human Rights Award by Pakistan check sources Times of Pakistan |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 3 April 1966 (Wednesday) |
| Age (as of 2025) | 59 Years |
| Birthplace | Maisuma, Srinagar |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Maisuma, Srinagar |
| College/University | SP College, Srinagar |
| Religion | Islam |
| Criminal Cases | ⢠Murder of a Kashmiri Pandit judge, Justice Neelkanth Ganju. (1989) check sources The Quint ⢠Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former J&K Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed (1989) check sources The Quint ⢠Killing Four IAF Officers at Rawalpora (1990) check sources The Quint ⢠Terror funding case (2017) check sources The Hindustan Times |
| Controversies | ⢠In 2013, a picture of Yasin Malik sitting along with 26/11 Mumbai Attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed protesting against the hanging of 2002 parliament attacks accused Afzal Guru stoked controversy.  ⢠In June 2016, Yasin Malik was arrested for slapping a Policeman in Srinagar, while protesting with his upporters against the decision of BJP-PDP government to build separate colonies in Kashmir for Kashmiri Pandits. check sources IndianToday ⢠On 19 May 2022, a Delhi court convicted him in terror funding case after he pleaded guilty. After Malik was booked under under sections 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (being member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he pleaded guilty for all charges before the court on 10 May 2022, and he informed the court that he would not challenge any of the charges against him. In a nine-page order, the court said, âThe amicus curiae was directed to visit the accused in jail and to have legal consultation with him, so that the accused could be made aware of the maximum punishment which could be awarded to him if he entered into the plea of guilt... Thereafter also, accused Yasin Malik pleaded guilty to the charges framed against him." check sources Hindustan Times ⢠Life imprisonment in a terror funding case: On 25 May 2022, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi sentenced him life imprisonment in a terror funding case. The court also slapped a fine of more than Rs. 10 lakh on him. While pronouncing the judgement, judge Praveen Singh remarked, "The convict may have given up the gun in 1994, but never expressed any regret for violence committed prior to 1994 and still remained engaged in violent acts. The offences committed were of a very serious nature, and intended to strike at the heart of the idea of India and to forcefully secede J&K from the Union of India.â check sources Hindustan Times He was kept in solitary confinement in a high-rick cell in Tiharâs prison number 7. check sources The Hindu ⢠Accused in the 1989 kidnapping case: On 15 July 2022, Dr. Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed identified Yasin Malik and three others as her abductors in the 1989 kidnapping case. In January 2021, the CBI framed charges against 10 people, including Malik, in the Rubaiya kidnapping case. check sources The Hindu |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Marriage Date | 22 February 2009 (Sunday) |
| Family | |
| Wife/Spouse | Mushaal Hussein Mullick  |
| Children | Daughter- Raziyah Sultana  |
| Parents | Father- Ghulam Qadir Malik (died in 2015) Mother- Name not Known  |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Yasin Malik
Does Yasin Malik Smoke? Yes.
Yasin Malik still resides in his ancestral Mud house located in Maisuma, an uptown locality in Srinagar.
Mohammad Yasin Malik has had a notorious history even before he picked arms. He began his political-cum-militant career in the early â80s. He was then a member of âTalaâ party, a local rebel group of youth which used to get involved in causing disturbances in the valley. The group once also disrupted an India vs West Indies match which was being held at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in 1983.
Tala Party was renamed as the Islamic Students League (ISL) in 1986, which formed an important youth movement in Kashmir. Yasin Malik was the General Secretary of ISL.
He was an active campaigner and a polling agent for Muslim United Front candidate, Yusuf Shah aka Syed Salahuddin in the 1987 Kashmir assembly elections, who later on became the leader of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen pro-Pakistan Kashmiri separatist militant organisation.
A picture of Yasin Malik captured during the 1987 Kashmir Assembly Election rally of Yusuf Shah, a Muslim United Front Candidate
In 1988, he illegally crossed over Line of Control to enter Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Under the administration of Pakistan Intelligence agency, ISI, he received arms training at the Pakistani terrorist camps located in POK. Later on, he gave birth to a militant organisation, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
A picture of Young Yasin Malik at Srinagar hospital after he was detained by the police post the 1987 J&K Legislative Assembly elections
JKLF led by Yasin Malik organised and undertook several terrorist activities in Kashmir. The organisation mainly used to target the Indian Security forces and Kashmiri Pandits living in Kashmir.
In 1994, Malik led JKLF decided to go for a unilateral ceasefire and shifted to non-violent struggle to settle Kashmir issue. Since then, he has adopted Gandhian way non-violence to fight for freedom of Kashmir. check sources The Print
Malik has publically admitted to his crimes in an interview given on BBCâs Hardtalk with Tim Sebastian in November 2002.
Reportedly, a police remand in jail caused deafness in his left ear and left his face partially paralysed. check sources Sabrang India
Yasin says, he acquired most of his knowledge while serving his time in jail. Yasin has on and off spent several years of his life in different jails. check sources Kashmir In-Depth
Yasinâs wife, Mushaal Mullick is a Pakistani painter and the chairperson of Peace and culture organisation based in Pakistan. She is 20 years younger than Malik. check sources Open the Magazine
Yasin along with his wife
Yasin Malik and his wife were once thrown out of a hotel in Delhi owing to their separatist ideology for Kashmir. check sources The First Post
Yasin Malik says he wants Kashmir to be free from both India and Pakistan. In a letter written to former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in 2016, he opposed the merger of Gilgit Baltistan with Pakistan. check sources The Tribune
In March 2020, the TADA court framed charges against Yasin Malik under Section 302, 307 of the Ranbir Penal Code, Section 3 (3) and Section 4 (1) of the TADA Act, 1987, and Section 7/27 of the Arms Act 1959, and Section 120-B of the RPC in the 1990 attack on 40 Indian Air Force personnel, leaving four personnel dead. check sources The Hindu
Experts are of the opinion that the Indian establishments in the past have appeased terrorist Yasin Malik, and have kept him away from the shackles of law, considering the serious crimes he had committed while being a militant. check sources The Quint
Yasin Malik with former Indian PM Manmohan Singh
Chinmay Mandlekar âs role as Farooq Malik Bitta in Vivek Agnihotri âs acclaimed film The Kashmir Files (2022) had shades of Yasin Malik.
On 26 July 2022, he was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi following a fluctuation in his blood pressure; Malik had been on a hunger strike since 22 July 2022 after the centre rejected his request to appear physically in the Jammu court hearing for the 1989 abduction case of Rubaiya Sayeed in which he is an accused. check sources The Hindu
In October 2024, Malik stated to a UAPA tribunal panel that he had embraced Mahatma Gandhiâs principles and renounced armed struggle in 1994 to advocate for Kashmirâs independence. The hearing was being held to determine the legality of the Central Governmentâs decision to ban his party, JKLF-Y.
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