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| June 5, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1426 |
AJK PM calls for Kashmiri leaders’ unity
MUZAFFARABAD, June 4: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Friday underscored the need for unity and harmony in the ranks of Kashmiri leadership on both sides of the Line of Control in the wake of “positive progress in efforts for the resolution of the long-running Kashmir dispute”.
The premier expressed these views at a dinner he hosted in honour of the leaders from held Kashmir at his official residence. Earlier, the visitors held a meeting for almost three hours with the AJK leaders at the Prime Minister’s House.
Mr Hayat said that the artificial distances had created a communication gap between the Kashmiris who did not have first-hand knowledge of the ground realities in the other part.
He said that the time had come for the leadership of both sides to sit together, assess the situation and work out a strategy to find out a permanent solution to the problem.
He said that at this sensitive stage of the Kashmir freedom movement not only India and Pakistan but some big powers were also involved in the whole process and therefore it was a big challenge for the Kashmiri leadership to create a broad-based consensus among their ranks.
Kashmiris, he said, were a peace-loving nation and did not want India and Pakistan to fight with each other because it consequently made them suffer as well.
“We feel pleased that India has realised that it has to show flexibility to resolve this issue,” while praising the permission by India to Hurriyat leaders to travel to this part of Kashmir as “another positive gesture” after the bus service.
He said Kashmiris on both sides wanted to help India and Pakistan to find out an honourable solution to the problem.
ACCUSATIONS: One woman lawmaker belonging to the main opposition People’s Party started hurling accusations at another woman lawmaker in the opposition chamber of the AJK Legislative Assembly here on Saturday, witnesses said.
The trouble arose soon after opposition MLAs entered their chamber after the prorogation of the joint sitting of the AJK assembly and AJK council, held to pass a constitutional amendment bill. Shahzada Kausar Gillani started hurling accusations against her colleague Gulzar Fatima that she was constantly conspiring against her.
Ms Gillani belongs to the Kashmiri refugees settled in Rawalpindi whereas Ms Fatima hails from Muzaffarabad. The total strength of the PPAJK is 16, including the two women lawmakers.
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