Srinagar– Veteran Kashmiri leader Maulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari passed away after protracted illness here this morning.
Maulana breathed his last at his residence in Khankhai Sokhta Nawakadal family sources said.
Popularly known as Molvi Abbas, he was the last surviving politician of Plebiscite Front era.
An alumni of famous Najaf seminary Maulana Abbas founded Anjuman-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen after his return from decade long stay in Iraq in 1962. Molvi Abbas spent years behind bars for his relentless struggle for rights of Kashmiri people.
