JK New Today
Srinagar, May 31:
All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief has urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to utilise the opportunity provided to him by the massive mandate to play a “decisive role in the resolution of the long-pending Kashmir conflict which has consumed generations of Kashmiri’s and is preventing durable peace and development in the entire region.”
The Mirwaiz said that he believes that “this issue cannot be resolved militarily or through confrontation but by dialogue and deliberations and Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s oft-repeated offer of dialogue on all issues between India and Pakistan including on the Kashmir issue should be seriously considered by the new dispensation in New Delhi as the way forward.”
He was addressing the religious congregation at Jamia Masjid here on the occasion of the last Friday of the holy Muslim month of Ramdhan .
Mirwaiz said “ today all Kashmiris irrespective of their organizational affiliations are speaking in one voice about the urgent need for resolution of the conflict,” and added : “So it is an opportune time to initiate political processes which enable and facilitates conflict resolution.”
Mirwaiz said “as in the past Hurriyat is willing to support every such initiative which aims at a peaceful resolution of the dispute keeping in view the sentiments and aspirations of the people of Kashmir who are the main stakeholders and which puts an end to decades of loss and suffering inflicted on them due to the lingering conflict.”
Mirwaiz said during our engagement with Mr. Vajpayee and later with Mr. Manmohan Singh and after visiting Pakistan Hurriyat had put forward certain substantial measures to both India and Pakistan as a precursor to serious negotiations. Both at that time had agreed to implement these steps to prepare ground for serious negotiations,- it included revocation of the AFSPA and other black laws, gradual demilitarization, prisoner release and initiation of a process to narrow differences between the parties to the dispute.
Mirwaiz said these measures hold true even today when the situation has only further deteriorated. He said if these steps are initiated by both sides it will bring relief to people of Kashmir and an atmosphere for sincere engagement among all stakeholders will be created for a permanent resolution .”
