Srinagar, Mar 19(KMW): Executive and general council meeting of Hurriyat (M) was today held under the chairmanship of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the amalgam’s Rajbagh headquarters. Representatives of all the Hurriyat constituents participated in the meeting that discussed “situation on ground with regard to the ongoing freedom movement.â€
The participants expressed serious concern over the growing confrontation between India and Pakistan on the borders and stressed upon the two nations to shun the confrontational approach and start a sustained dialogue to resolve the root cause of the tension which is the Kashmir dispute.
The participants expressed great distress at the killing of five members of a family in the cross border shelling in Mendhar area of Jammu region stating that military approach adopted by India and Pakistan is going to yield nothing as neither can prove their superiority or settle the dispute militarily as both are nuclear powers.
“All that is being achieved by repeated ceasefire violations is death and destruction and great suffering for the people of the region since last 30 years,†read a Hurriyat (M) press release.
The meeting expressed serious concern over the efforts that India has entered into the race of buying weaponry on a large scale stating that enhancing the defence capabilities won’t resolve the issue but instead complicate and worsen the already complex dispute of Kashmir which has consumed lakhs of people over the past 70 years. The meeting stated that while India and Pakistan are trying to outdo each other in the arms race the fact remains that both countries have lakhs of people living below the poverty line.
The participants of the meeting strongly castigated the ruling regime for conducting frequent Cordon and Search Operations (CASO)across South, North and Central Kashmir, leading to harassment of people including children and blowing up of residential houses of people .
Prof. AG Bhat, Bilal Lone, Hilal War , Mukhtar Waza and Musadiq Aadil put forth their views among others.
