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Overseas Kashmiri leaders ask Hurriyat to talk with Centre
New Delhi, Oct 26: Terming India`s proposals for normalisation of relations with Pakistan and offer of talks with Hurriyat Conference as a `milestone` in ending bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir, several expatriate Kashmiri organisations have asked the conglomerate to grab the opportunity failing which the future generations would not forgive them.
New Delhi, Oct 26: Terming India's proposals for normalisation of relations with Pakistan and offer of talks with Hurriyat Conference as a "milestone" in ending bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir, several expatriate Kashmiri organisations have asked the conglomerate to grab the opportunity failing which the future generations would not forgive them.
The organisations including newly formed amalgam of influential Kashmiri expatriate leaders, International Kashmir Alliance (IKA), Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir-based Jammu and Kashmir All Parties National Alliance and JKLF leader Shabir Chaudhury also urged pakistan to respond to this offer in a positive manner so that lasting peace was forged in South Asia.
IKA chairman Syed Nazir Gilani hoped that Hurriyat would "understand the jurisprudence of the Kashmir specific benefits in the package and take advantage of the jurisprudence of recognition created by the Centre by announcing that Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani would hold talks with Hurriyat”.
In his letter to the Hurriyat chairman Maulana Abbas Ansari, he said, "In the past Hurriyat has failed to administer its constitutional discipline...If it fails again then the future generation will never forgive you." Extending support to the 12-point proposals to Pakistan announced by India on Wednesday, he said, "IKA sincerely hopes that Hurriyat would not repeat its past mistake and that it would position in the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir."
Chaudhury termed the measures as "positive development" and said, "We hope that other parties to the Kashmir issue like Pakistan and people of Jammu and Kashmir will respond to it in spirit of cooperation."
"The Hurriyat, despite its past failures and split, has great opportunity to improve its standing and demonstrate that it cares for people and is serious about peace in Kashmir,” he said. "They must take decision by keeping welfare of the people in mind and must not lose this opportunity. They need to show their maturity in politics and should not wait for any phone from across the border," Chaudhury said.
Referring to the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service, he said, "I hope Pakistan government will respond to this offer in a positive manner so that people on both sides of Kashmir can meet their relatives."
In a letter to the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan, All Parties National Alliance thanked the Indian government for taking steps in reducing tension in the sub-continent.
"Peace is something required by all concerned in the entire sub-continent which is affected by poverty," secretary general of the organisation Sardar Arif Shahid said in his letter and expressed hope that the measures would be responded by the Pakistan government at the earliest. Bureau Report
IKA chairman Syed Nazir Gilani hoped that Hurriyat would "understand the jurisprudence of the Kashmir specific benefits in the package and take advantage of the jurisprudence of recognition created by the Centre by announcing that Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani would hold talks with Hurriyat”.
In his letter to the Hurriyat chairman Maulana Abbas Ansari, he said, "In the past Hurriyat has failed to administer its constitutional discipline...If it fails again then the future generation will never forgive you." Extending support to the 12-point proposals to Pakistan announced by India on Wednesday, he said, "IKA sincerely hopes that Hurriyat would not repeat its past mistake and that it would position in the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir."
Chaudhury termed the measures as "positive development" and said, "We hope that other parties to the Kashmir issue like Pakistan and people of Jammu and Kashmir will respond to it in spirit of cooperation."
"The Hurriyat, despite its past failures and split, has great opportunity to improve its standing and demonstrate that it cares for people and is serious about peace in Kashmir,” he said. "They must take decision by keeping welfare of the people in mind and must not lose this opportunity. They need to show their maturity in politics and should not wait for any phone from across the border," Chaudhury said.
Referring to the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service, he said, "I hope Pakistan government will respond to this offer in a positive manner so that people on both sides of Kashmir can meet their relatives."
In a letter to the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan, All Parties National Alliance thanked the Indian government for taking steps in reducing tension in the sub-continent.
"Peace is something required by all concerned in the entire sub-continent which is affected by poverty," secretary general of the organisation Sardar Arif Shahid said in his letter and expressed hope that the measures would be responded by the Pakistan government at the earliest. Bureau Report