Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Hurriyat (M) delegation to meet Sartaj Aziz

Executive council meet held today

5 Dariya News (Rouf Pampori)

Srinagar 19-Aug-2015

Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Dr Molvi Muhammad Umar Farooq today convened a meeting of the executive council at Mirwaiz Manzil Nageen.Spokesman of Hurriyat (M) said in a statement that all the executive members including Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Ghani Lone, Musadiq Adil, Moulana Masroor Abbas Ansari and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza participated in the meeting.The meeting discussed the ongoing political situation, the proposed meeting of National Security Advisors (NSA’s) of India and Pakistan and the recent escalation of hostilities between the two countries on the cease fire line and its fallout on the Kashmiris living on both side of the Line of Control.While welcoming the proposed meeting of NSA’s of two countries, the spokesman said the participants stated that for the prosperity of India and Pakistan and whole of South Asia, meaningful dialogue aimed to solve the Kashmir dispute was inevitable. It stated that Hurriyat conference as representative of the people of Kashmir who are the main and most affected party in the dispute, support a meaningful dialogue between the two countries and including them, which aims at finding a lasting solution to the problem in keeping with the aspirations of people of J&K and other stakeholders.

The participants stated that due to lingering Kashmir dispute, the relation between India and Pakistan have remained tense for decades, adding, such hostilities were not in the interest of the people of both nations including whole of South Asia. They stated the tensions between two nations and on borders would de-escalate only through meaningful dialogue aimed to solving the Kashmir dispute in accordance to the aspirations of its people.While accepting the invitation  from Abdul Basit, Pakistans High Commissioner to New Delhi, the participants stated the a high level Hurriyat delegation headed by Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq would  attend the reception hosted for Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz .

The meeting also expressed deep concern over the reports that the Govt in New Delhi was working on a proposal to setup colonies in the valley to settle retired army and paramilitary personnel. The members said that this move was in keeping with the BJP-RSS relentless agenda of changing the demographic structure of the state and its disputed nature.The participants firmly stated that Hurriyat (M) would not allow any such move which aims to change the demographic and disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard Hurriyat (M) has constituted a committee which who would collect the details, deliberate over them and formulate a response to counter this move.