'Nothing acceptable short of freedom'

Srinagar, April 07 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, pro-liberation parties and leaders have said that Kashmiris will not accept anything short of self-determination rejecting the statement of the Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai regarding self-rule.

The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), talking to the newsmen in Srinagar, said that the Kashmir dispute should be resolved according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people through tripartite dialogue process including Pakistan India and real leadership of Kashmiris.

He said that the people did not want autonomy or self-rule as they wanted right to self-determination. “India should take concrete steps to resolve the Kashmir dispute by accepting the ground realities,” he maintained.

Urging India to release pro-liberation leaders and activists and revoke all the draconian laws in the occupied territory, he said that Indian troops were committing gross human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.

Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement rejected Pillai’s offers and called it ridiculous. “Pillai’s statement is the reiteration of India’s intransigent stance over Kashmir,” he added.

Recalling the promises made by the former Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru to give Kashmiris their right to self-determination, he said that freedom from Indian occupation was the ultimate solution of the Kashmir dispute. “The people of Kashmir has offered numerous sacrifices over the last six decades not for autonomy or self rule but for complete liberation,” he said.

The Senior Vice Chairman of JKLF-R, Javaid Ahmad Mir, addressing the party activists in Srinagar, expressed concern over the plight of Kashmiri detainees, languishing in different jails in and outside the territory. The spokesmen of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Kashmir dispute should be resolved according to the resolutions of the United Nations.

Source: Kashmir Media Service.
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