Dialogue only way forward between India, Pakistan: Huriyat (M)

'Calling off talks unfortunate'

5 Dariya News (Rouf Pampori)

Srinagar 23-Aug-2015

Terming the calling off of talks between India and Pakistan as  unfortunate, Hurriyat (M) Sunday said that the way forwards towards resolution of  issues between the two countries including the core issue of Kashmir is through  dialogue and deliberations.Blaming Indian intransigence  as the main reason for the calling off of talks between the two nations,  APHC stated that the  conditions put forward by the Government of India with respect to the holding of  talks were so absurd and unrealistic that  it seems that they were deliberately made  to find an escape route  from the dialogue.

Hurriyat (M) strongly reiterated  that the Kashmir issue is not a territorial or border issue between India and Pakistan  but the basic human issue  of the future political dispensation of more than fifteen million people living in the region in uncertainity and under the shadow of gun.This issue can either be resolved through the UN resolutions passed over it or  alternately through talks between India Pakistan and the main stakeholders  the people of Jammu and Kashmir. APHC regrets the Government of  India unreasonable posturing with regard to the issue and wants to remind it that such tactics will not deter the people of J&k from pursuing their just cause. 

The conglomerate appreciated the Government of Pakistans steadfastness in sticking to its principled stand with regard to the Kashmir issue.The conglomerate stated that  Pakistan has always lend  political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmir cause. APHC Chairman, in this regard called up the Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi, Abdul Basit, and hailed Pakistans  stand on the issue.

Meanwhile, Hurriyat spokesman has strongly condemned the arrest of senior Hurriyat leader, Bilal Gani Lone in New Delhi in connection with Hurriyats meeting with the Pakistan NSA. He termed the house arrest of Lone as an extreme step by the Indian establishment which was a clear violation of basic fundamental and  democratic rights.The spokesman also condemned the house arrest of senior pro freedom leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in Delhi.

The spokesman also strongly condemned the use of brute force on people outside the residence of senior pro-freedom leader Syed  Ali Shah Geelani to prevent them from attending a  rally.The spokesman said that all claims of upholding democratic values by the so called elected champions of democracy stand  exposed time and again and are a grim reminder of the fact that J&K is a police state.