All Jammu & Kashmir Patriotic Peoples Front

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English All Jammu & Kashmir Patriotic Peoples Front, a state political party in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The group is a pro-Indian faction, linked to the so-called counter-insurgent or paramilitary forces. Their origins lie in the Muslim Mujahedin group (itself a splinter group from Hizbul Mujahideen). The Muslim Mujahedin group was a former islamist guerrilla group that turned themselves in to the government in 1995 and developed cooperation with the Indian army.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During 1997–1998, the forces of the Muslim Mujahedin group were demobilized, and the remaining members reorganized as The Patriotic Peoples Front.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="milli">Jolt to counter insurgency, The Milli Gazette, Vol. 2 No. 13</ref>

After 1997, the PPF supported Farooq Abdullah's Jammu & Kashmir National Conference government in Kashmir.<ref name=":1" />

In the Lok Sabha elections of 1999, the leader of PPF, Ghulam Nabi Mir, was a candidate in the constituency of Anantnag district. He received 1,500 votes, or 1.46% of the total.<ref>Rediff On The NeT: Anantnag may see low voter turnout</ref><ref>General Elections 1999 – Constituency wise detail for 3-Anantnag Constituency of JAMMU & KASHMIR Template:Webarchive</ref> Ghulam Nabi Mir was shot to death outside his residence by Hizbul Mujahideen militants on 16 June 2001.<ref name="milli" /> He had previously escaped a similar attack in 2000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The PPF does not currentlyTemplate:When have any seats in the assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":0" />

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