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| May 21, 2002 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 8,1423 |
Qayyum calls for consensus to deal with India
ISLAMABAD, May 20: Chairman of the National Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayum Khan, said that the president should convene a meeting of all political parties, irrespective of their relationship with the government, to consult them and reach a national consensus to handle the volatile situation in regards to India.
At a news conference at the parliament on Monday, Sardar Qayum, with reference to the concept of a limited war used by India and other analysts, said India would likely attack vulnerable places in Azad Kashmir and capture them in the garb of wiping out the socalled Jehadi camps. He warned that if a war broke out between India and Pakistan, it would not remain “limited” unless foreign powers intervened to try and contain it.
He declared that there were neither any Jihadi camps nor there was any official patronage to the infiltration across the Line of Control. He added that since 800,000 Indian troops were deployed alongside the LoC to block any infiltration, it meant that no such activity was taking place. Pakistan, he maintained, neither organized any infiltration nor could it could stop the indigenous movement inside occupied Kashmir.
He suggested that the people living on the border areas of Azad Kashmir should start arming themselves to face any Indian aggression.
He said the Kashmir committee has decided to send its delegations to various countries including India to try and settle the Kashmir issue once the ongoing situation subsided. He refused to agree to the demand of the APC that a national government should be put into place to give the armed forces a better chance to prepare more profusely to repel any Indian aggression.
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