Indian police detain top Kashmiri separatist leader
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NEW DELHI: A Kashmiri leader says police have detained a top Kashmiri separatist leader after he landed at New Delhi's airport ahead of talks between Indian and Pakistani security advisers.
Zameer Ahmed, the leader, said Shabir Ahmed Shah flew in from Indian Kashmir on Saturday for a meeting with Sartaj Aziz, National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was scheduled to arrive in the Indian capital on Sunday.
Know more: Pakistan invites separatists for meeting 'to irritate India': Indian analyst
Shah and two colleagues were driven away from the airport by the New Delhi police, said Ahmed, who is also detained by the police.
Shah heads the Democratic Freedom Party in the Indian portion of Kashmir. The group demands the right of self-determination for Kashmiri people.
India opposes Pakistani leaders meeting with Kashmiri separatist leaders in New Delhi.
Read more: Pakistan's meeting with Hurriyat representatives not 'appropriate': India
The police in India-held Kashmir confirmed Shah's detention in New Delhi.
Several other separatist leaders ─ Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Showkat Bakshi, Ghulam Rasool Eidi and Syed Ali Geelani, also plan to fly to New Delhi to meet with Aziz.
Farooq said on Saturday that the separatist leaders always have supported talks between India and Pakistan. "It's very sad that New Delhi is stubborn and hegemonic about our meeting with Sartaj Aziz," he said. "This clearly shows that India is not serious at all about talks."
On Thursday, three Kashmiri separatist leaders were placed under house arrest but were later freed. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesman Qazi Khalilullah clarified: "there is nothing unusual in such meetings and it has been normal practice for Pakistan to consult Hurriyat leaders prior to high level meeting with India".
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On Friday, India said that National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz — during his New Delhi visit to hold talks with Indian counterpart Ajit Doval — should not hold any meeting with All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) representatives, and termed any such a meeting as "not appropriate". The Indian 'advise' was categorically rejected by Pakistan.
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Aug 22, 2015 03:09pm
Israeli occupation of Palestine and indian occupation of Kashmir are the two major reasons behind this worlds unrest.
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Aug 22, 2015 03:17pm
Its time for the drama. Enjoy!!
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Aug 22, 2015 03:19pm
No fault of Modi. He has to follow the orders from RSS and BJP elders. They are running the country not Modi.
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Aug 22, 2015 03:19pm
Therefore one agenda of Mr.Aziz on
his visit in Delhi as discussion with Hurriyat leader prior to the NSA meeting come to it's natural death.
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Aug 22, 2015 03:20pm
Disgraceful by India.
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Aug 22, 2015 03:21pm
Modi & company are not sincere about peace in the region
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Aug 22, 2015 03:23pm
That reminds me of a teenager joke...in, out, in, out, in out...make up your mind!!!
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Aug 22, 2015 03:29pm
Shah seems leading a royal life with money he gets from both India and Pakistan. Where he gets such costly car ? Who buys his plane ticket ? The so called leader only has 15-20 supporters around :)
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Aug 22, 2015 03:33pm
Confused modi....confused india
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Aug 22, 2015 03:42pm
Israel and India call themselves democracies! Shames on you, monarchies treat people better than these abusers of humanity
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Aug 22, 2015 03:44pm
Surprised, with such flagrant violations of human rights India dreams to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council!
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Aug 22, 2015 03:51pm
How come these separatist leaders travel by air and our poor Pakistani people cannot afford to do so, how did they become rich, who is supporting them, why not same people also support poor Pakistanis.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:04pm
Pakistan has no right to interfer in indias internal matter.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:07pm
@Sky Yes I agree, good example is KSA and the way they treat Pakistanis.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:09pm
Simple question. Why should India allow these people, who want to break up the country to meet with a hostile country official in their own soil. And if Pakistan is so sincere to Kashmiris why wouldnt they meet with elected officials of Jammu&Kashmir. Arent they Kashmiris enough?
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Aug 22, 2015 04:13pm
@Savinust Pakistan is a facilitator between kashmiris and Indian govt, hence Mr.Aziz wants to meet them , the separatists to know what they want and negotiate with Indian govt on their behalf.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:13pm
Good work Hurriat is a real trouble for both countries
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Aug 22, 2015 04:21pm
Good move by Bharat..No country would invite another country to come in have meeting with anti-nationals..
Both PM's agreed clearly in Ufa that NSA's would meet regularly and discuss issues relating to terrorism..Then why is Pakistan doing flip flop as usual and not keeping up the commitment...Is there no value on what was agreed by NS, PM of Pakistan???
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Aug 22, 2015 04:22pm
We need to move ahead and resolve kashmir issue.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:22pm
Just imagine what would have happened to so called Hurriyat leaders if they were in any other country other than India!!! Lucky guys!
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Aug 22, 2015 04:28pm
Pakistan's response is immature. Pakistan is seriously lacking the diplomatic skill and always trying to act like innocent but in vain. Please read first 5 points Pak agreed to discuss in Ufa with India.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:33pm
@sonny afridi : By your logic, Pak does not have any stake in Kashmir.. So India should directly talk to Hurriyat and ignore Pak..does that suit you??
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Aug 22, 2015 04:33pm
@Kamal Pasha Just like Pakistan government running by its Army.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:41pm
What else can do this BJP/RSS government do?
Past performance of Modi as Gijrat CM is well known to the world when he involved in killings of over 2000 innocent muslims.
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Aug 22, 2015 04:54pm
BJP going pe once again, madness!!
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Aug 22, 2015 05:11pm
@AIB Kashmir is not an internal affair read the books bud not that I support either sides but yeah get it right
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Aug 22, 2015 05:11pm
India is the largest democratic country or the largest laughing stock of the world?
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Aug 22, 2015 05:14pm
@Bharatiya Oz once again Kashmir does not belong to any country officially it has same title as Palestine get it right
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Aug 22, 2015 05:26pm
Pakistan is not serious to resolve the issues.Pakistan NSA is a guest of India, but he wants to meet some people who are working to divide India on religious basis. Is it correct?
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Aug 22, 2015 05:33pm
@sonny afridi Indians are losing this one
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Aug 22, 2015 05:34pm
Why? Kashmir is disputed territory, not part of India
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Aug 22, 2015 05:35pm
@AIB
As if Kashmir is part of India
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Aug 22, 2015 05:40pm
And unfortunately we Pakistanis are just sitting and watching bollywood movies. Kashmiris are our eternal brothers.
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Aug 22, 2015 05:44pm
@AIB By the way, Kashmir is not Indian "internal matter"
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Aug 22, 2015 05:55pm
Why dont Pakistani official meet Jk's cm. As he has got public mandate.
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Aug 22, 2015 06:03pm
Liberal traditions of India allow such people to dissent.
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Aug 22, 2015 06:03pm
If India is brutal as claimed by some people, India wouldn't have allowed such people to dissent.
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Aug 22, 2015 06:25pm
Kashmir is a disputed territory as per UN regulations. So those claiming indias internal matter must hit the books some more in order to grasp that it cannot and is not indias internal issue
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Aug 22, 2015 06:29pm
He is an Indian citizen, detailed inside India. Therefore, it is an internal matter of India. Pakistan should not interfere in India's internal matter like no country do.
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Aug 22, 2015 06:30pm
@sonny afridi its not meeting between India and kashmiri separatist
But it's meeting between India and Pakistan OK
There is no need of kashmiri separatist in Pakistan's interest
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Aug 22, 2015 06:34pm
It's India's internal matter. Let us not get excited unnecessarily.
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Aug 22, 2015 07:23pm
@Adnan UN does not make regulations. This territory is not regarded as disputed territory by the UN. Do you even know what the UN resolution was and its conditions under chapter VI? Get some education on the matter and you will be better informed.
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Aug 22, 2015 07:30pm
They look happy under Indian rule, they travel by air, free to express their views, there are people always around them, will they be able to enjoy this if they go to Pakistan or achieve separate nationhood ? No IS will be top on them.
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Aug 22, 2015 07:47pm
India and Pakistan both should accept LOC as international Border(which actually is)why to deny the reality?For the near future this will remain so.So why to pretend otherwise?
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Aug 22, 2015 07:54pm
Really pity NS. Although he has right intention being a businessman and leading a country. Wanting peace and prosperity. The Army and ISI wont allow him to do anything positive.
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Aug 22, 2015 08:25pm
None of these leadershave any mass base. They can't get even 1% of popular votes. Understandably they don't participate in elections.
The elected leaders who have mass following are not permitted to attend Commonwealth conference in Pakistan! And in fact the commonwealth conference is cancelled by Pakistan for reasons best known to themselves.
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Aug 22, 2015 08:29pm
Who made them leader? Are they elected or just self proclaimed leaders?
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Aug 22, 2015 08:34pm
Shabir Ahmed Shah is a good man.
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Aug 22, 2015 08:54pm
Shabbir Shah is not a leader. He has no fan following.
He cant even win a local municipal elections
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Aug 22, 2015 09:21pm
@AIB
Kashmir is occupied land.
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Aug 22, 2015 09:21pm
@Hannan Even all pakistani's are ex-Indians.
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Aug 22, 2015 09:36pm
@Hannan and you Pakistanis are our eternal brothers,love you all,you are ray of hope for us,
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Aug 22, 2015 09:40pm
@Adnan
Please quote ..Kashmir is no more part of any UN resulation
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Aug 22, 2015 11:01pm
only way out of this is to deal with seperatists like srilanka dealt with ltte. just get rid of all these terrorists and call loc the border with Israel type walls.
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Aug 22, 2015 11:14pm
Human rights, US, EU,UN where are you. A kashmiri cannot travel in his own land when Indian foreign invaders arrest him. Where is your humanity. why the silence on Kashmiri blood that flows like water, daily. shame on you.
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Aug 23, 2015 12:07am
@Dave absolutely..
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Aug 23, 2015 02:27am
he is not a top leader of the region separaitst or not
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Aug 23, 2015 02:28am
@Kamal Pasha Sorry. Modi is elected by the majority of the electorate. he is following their wishes.
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Aug 23, 2015 03:30am
@Manoj i second your opinion brother and add unlike in pakistan occupied kashmir where people cant even breath without there agencies involvement
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Aug 23, 2015 05:32am
Dawn moderators my statements are factual and follow your guidelines - please publish.
@Changez_Khan "India is the largest democratic country or the largest laughing stock of the world?"
UN has removed Jammu and Kashmir from the list of outstanding disputes in 2010.
The elections in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 were free and fair. The same cannot be said about elections in Pakistan in 2013.
The recent attempt by Pakistan to keep the speaker off Jammu and Kashmir out off the Commonwealth to meet also backfired and Pakistan lost one off the rare opportunities to host an international moot.
So who is the laughingstock here?
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Aug 23, 2015 05:43am
Without contesting an election this man becomes a leader. Pray how?
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Aug 23, 2015 05:46am
Kashmir is land of sage Kashyap and its capital is Srinagar- the city of Sri- that is Lakshmi the goddess of wealth. Just for your info.
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Aug 23, 2015 06:01am
@sonny afridi As if we don't know what these Hurriyat leadrs want
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Aug 23, 2015 07:40am
@An Indian then why detain him If he is THAT insignificant? Why not let him meet surtaj
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Aug 23, 2015 07:44am
@Sanjay they would be allowed to meet whom ever they want in a real democratic country
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Aug 23, 2015 07:48am
@Ajij khan who said huriyat leaders will be part of meeting?
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Aug 23, 2015 09:57am
freedom for Kashmir... Kashmir belongs to people of Kashmir... Give them right of self determination as per UN resolution...
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Aug 23, 2015 10:27am
why so much importance is given to these leaders? they are not the whole kashmir, they are just sitting in their own den and roaring.
Indian government should not even bothered about them as they do not represent a large kashmiri people
just ignore them and move on.... nothing will happen..
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Aug 23, 2015 12:00pm
@Dr Ahmad - Melbourne Any Evidence?
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Aug 24, 2015 04:40am
These meetings had always happened then who object at now ?
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