Ghulam Nabi Nowsheshri/Nowshahri ( – 24 June 2024) was a veteran Kashmiri politician affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir. He served as a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 1972.
Biography Nowshahri's early life and education is not widely documented. He became active in the Jamaat-e-Islami movement in Jammu and Kashmir.
Nowshahri entered in politics with 1972 assembly election from Tankipora constituency. He represented the constituency from 1972 to 77.
In 1990, amid the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir and political unrest, Nowshahri moved to Pakistan. After relocating, he represented same Islamic political party in Pakistan's Azad Kashmir. He reportedly remained active in Kashmiri separatist movement. He was reportedly a close associate of separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai.
Nowshahri died in Islamabad, Pakistan on 24 June 2024 after suffering from kidney disease for several years.
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