Hurriyat (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani expressed his anguish and dismay over the speech of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and said we had pinned hope that his Excellency will make a reference of Kashmir issue during his official speech.In a statement issued to KNS, Geelani said that it is highly disheartening and unfortunate. “It is very shocking that while referring to conflicting zones in world he did not make any mention of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir remained a long pending issue and UNO stands accountable and answerable as to why it ignores and shuts its eyes from this issue which tops the UN agenda since 1947.”He said that despite more than 18 resolutions passed in favour of Kashmir, we as a nation fail to understand why this august house can’t fulfill its own commitment.
Referring to the historical and unparalleled sacrifices of people of Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “we deserve to be given due attention as this long standing conflict has engulfed more than three generations.”Geelani while referring to current gloomy situation in state prevailing since July 8/2016, said that state is passing through a turmoil, facing un proportionate and brute force leaving more than 90 massacred, 250 blinded, over 12 thousand injured, 50 thousand houses ransacked, 4000 locomotives smashed and burnt, 1900 youth languishing in different police stations and more than 300 people facing the notorious Public Safety Act and many of them shifted outside the valley.Hurriyat (G) Chairman said that Jammu and Kashmir is not merely a territorial dispute between the two neighboring countries, but is an issue of survival for more than 1.5 million people. “It has always threaten the peace of the whole sub-continent creating a situation of uncertainty and political turbulence leading to a war like situation whenever the temperatures to escalate on either side. Unless this bone of contention is addressed JPG according to the wishes and aspirations of its natives, permanent peace and stability will remain distant dream. (KNS)