'India's agreement for tripartite talks can ensure peace'
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Hizbul Mujahideen's chief, Syed Salahuddin, has said that his terrorist organisation might think of reviewing its armed struggle in the Kashmir valley on the condition that India changes its stance and agrees to meaningful tripartite talks for the solution of the Kashmir issue.
Karachi: Hizbul Mujahideen's chief, Syed Salahuddin, has said that his terrorist organisation might think of reviewing its armed struggle in the Kashmir valley on the condition that India changes its stance and agrees to meaningful tripartite talks for the solution of the Kashmir issue.
Speaking to media at a news conference in Karachi last evening Salahuddin said, “The armed struggle, which the people of Jammu & Kashmir initiated in 1989, is not a terrorist movement. Instead, it is a recognised movement for freedom and the right to self-determination for the Kashmiri people. We are peaceful people and want a political solution to the problem.”
Hizbul chief also warned that Kashmiris would not accept any other solution to the issue except for self-determination as enshrined in the UN resolutions. He also stressed that Kashmiris will never accept autonomy, the freezing of the issue or recognising the LoC as a permanent border.
Adding that though Hizbul Mujahideen wants Kashmir to accede to Pakistan, Salahuddin said that it is up to the people of Kashmir whether they want to join Pakistan, remain independent or continue to live with India. He also emphasised that this entire tussle has been initiated to make Kashmiris arbiters of their own fate. Lashing against Pakistan's previous government for providing “unilateral concessions” to India, he said, that it caused irreparable loss to the Kashmiris' freedom struggle.
Welcoming the statement of newly elected Prime Minister of Pakitan Yousuf Raza Gillani on Kashmir, Hizb chief said that the issue was a “matter of life and death” for Pakistan. But he was quick to add that they didn't want a confrontation between Pakistan and India.
Calling for a Kashmir-centric foreign policy by the new Pakistani government, Salahuddin further said that freezing the Kashmir issue, as suggested by some elements in Pakistan, would be tantamount to committing “national suicide”. Warning caution he said that India can convert Pakistan into a desert as a majority of rivers and water sources originate from Kashmir. He further alleged that India has already started doing so by constructing 52 dams on Chenab and other rivers originating from Kashmir.
The Hizb Commander who runs the biggest organisation in the valley claims that the entire Pakistan is with the Kashmiri people. But he demanded a national consensus among all political forces in Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir on the pattern of India, where all parties have similar stance on the issue.
Speaking to media at a news conference in Karachi last evening Salahuddin said, “The armed struggle, which the people of Jammu & Kashmir initiated in 1989, is not a terrorist movement. Instead, it is a recognised movement for freedom and the right to self-determination for the Kashmiri people. We are peaceful people and want a political solution to the problem.”
Hizbul chief also warned that Kashmiris would not accept any other solution to the issue except for self-determination as enshrined in the UN resolutions. He also stressed that Kashmiris will never accept autonomy, the freezing of the issue or recognising the LoC as a permanent border.
Adding that though Hizbul Mujahideen wants Kashmir to accede to Pakistan, Salahuddin said that it is up to the people of Kashmir whether they want to join Pakistan, remain independent or continue to live with India. He also emphasised that this entire tussle has been initiated to make Kashmiris arbiters of their own fate. Lashing against Pakistan's previous government for providing “unilateral concessions” to India, he said, that it caused irreparable loss to the Kashmiris' freedom struggle.
Welcoming the statement of newly elected Prime Minister of Pakitan Yousuf Raza Gillani on Kashmir, Hizb chief said that the issue was a “matter of life and death” for Pakistan. But he was quick to add that they didn't want a confrontation between Pakistan and India.
Calling for a Kashmir-centric foreign policy by the new Pakistani government, Salahuddin further said that freezing the Kashmir issue, as suggested by some elements in Pakistan, would be tantamount to committing “national suicide”. Warning caution he said that India can convert Pakistan into a desert as a majority of rivers and water sources originate from Kashmir. He further alleged that India has already started doing so by constructing 52 dams on Chenab and other rivers originating from Kashmir.
The Hizb Commander who runs the biggest organisation in the valley claims that the entire Pakistan is with the Kashmiri people. But he demanded a national consensus among all political forces in Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir on the pattern of India, where all parties have similar stance on the issue.
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