November 30, 2002	Saturday	Ramazan 24, 1423

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Three accused in a kidnapping case were remanded in police custody for two days on Friday.

The accused, Muneer Hussain, Safdar Ahmed and Akhtar, were charged with kidnapping a girl from G-9 area, in the jurisdiction of Margalla Police Station.

When presented in the court of Judicial Magistrate Arshad Ali, Muneer Hussain claimed that he got married to the girl, while police took the plea that the case was being investigated and requested remand of the accused.

In another case, the judicial magistrate has remanded an accused in Kuhsar police custody for three days in a motorcycle- theft case.

The accused, Tariq Mehmood, a security guard at Islamic University, was charged with stealing a motorcycle (IDH-7465), belonging to Amjid Hussain, from the parking area of the varsity.

He had earlier been sent on a two-day remand.

CONVENTION: Durable peace in the region is not possible till Kashmir issue is resolved peacefully as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

The central secretary-general of United Kashmir People’s National Party, Sardar Ishtiaq Hussain Khan, said this while speaking at a convention of National Student Organization.

He said the Kashmir issue was created by the British in 1947 to keep a control over the two newly-created countries, Pakistan and India. The problem has now turned into a cancer that has not only caused destruction in Kashmir, but also created economic problems for Pakistan and India.

Mr Khan said owing to the wrong policies of the leadership of the two countries, today, Pakistan had $36.5 billion debt, while that on India was more than $90 billion.

He said the rate of unemployment in South Asia was more than 10 per cent, and more than 50 per cent population was living below poverty line. Democratic values, progressive thoughts and secular forces are being weakened, while extremism and terrorism are flourishing in the region.

It is the moral and historical responsibility of the democratic and progressive forces to come forward and play their effective role in liberating the people from the grip of exploitation, Mr khan said.

The president of National Student Organization, Sardar Aftab Ahmed Khan, speaking on the occasion, said a revolution in Kashmir would be a revolution in the entire South Asia.

He said the current exploitative system, which the ruling elite of South Asia had introduced on behest of their foreign masters, had completed its age.