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| Pak invites media persons, social activists, separatists for anti-India seminar | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
ET Report
srinagar, May 27: Instead of addressing the various human rights violation within the country faced by the people in Balochistan and in illegally occupied Kashmir, Pakistani establishment has plan to hold a two days seminar on "Human Rights Violations" to discuss human rights violation in State of Jammu and Kashmir called Mirpur University of Science and Technology and had invited various media persons, social activist and pro Pakistan separatist leaders from State of Jammu and Kashmir to discuss and deliberate on the topic.
As per the details available with "Early Times", the Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) is organizing 2 days seminar named as "international seminar on Kashmir" in which prominent political as well as social figures around the world including from the both sides of Jammu and Kashmir have been invited to express their view points. The said seminar will be held at the "Convention Center Islamabad" on 1-2 June 2016. The pro Pakistan leaders and other personalities who had been invited in the said conference from the State of Jammu and Kashmir include hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq, JKLF leader Mohammad Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Aasiya Andrabi head of Radical women organization Dukh Taraan-e- milat, Agha Hassan Al-Mosvi, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Hurriyat Spokesperson Ayaz Akbar, Narinder Singh Khalsa, Shah Abbas, Zahid Maqbool, Touseef Yousuf Mir, Arshi Javaid, Basharat Hassan, Pervez Majeed, Ruwa Shah, Showkat Nanda, Zaffar Akbar Bhat, Naseer Ahmad Ganai, Samaan Latief, Bilal Ahmad Butt, Sajjad Rasool, Farzana Mumtaz, Advocate Zaffar Shah, Advocate Aijaz Ahmad Bedar, Advocate Manzoor Ahmad Dar, Advocate Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, Advocate Arshad Andrabi and Advocate Nasir Qadri. In an invitation letter sent to various people in Jammu and Kashmir, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Habib-ur-Rehman of The Mirpur University of Science and Technology had stated that the conflict of Kashmir is not a dispute of land between India and Pakistan and termed it as an issue of basic human rights of the people of Kashmir promised to them by the UN.
"Considering the importance of dialogue and fruitful deliberation on the issue, our University has decided to hold the International Seminar on Kashmir issue. It is the fact that the Kashmir dispute has remained unresolved despite its being at the agenda of various international fora including the UN" read the letter and termed it as the matter of inalienable right to self-determination. Vice Chancellor further writs in the invitation letter that the human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir have increased manifold since BJP led government took its charge in New Delhi and accuses the BJP-RSS nexus of changing the Demographic composition of the territory. The vice also invokes recent killings in Kupwara and Handwara as well as the proposed government of India bill to punish people and institutions for not showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of India which clearly reflects that the seminar has been called to defame and abuse India and its democratically elected government internationally through the self acclaimed international seminar on human right violation.
"In this back drop and in continuation of our efforts to propose a workable process for an equitable and just solution of the Kashmir conflict, based on justice, we are organizing International Seminar in Islamabad and for this eminent scholars, political personalities and civil societies from around the globe have been invited and are expected to participate in the Seminar" read the invitation letter added that "To highlight the different aspects of the Kashmir dispute, we have formulated different topics for the seminar which include "Role of international community in resolving the Kashmir Dispute", "bringing Hindu fundamentalists under the grab of industrialists- RSS move to have strong grip over the State of Jammu and Kashmir under Hindutva". The invitation further stated that the conference is being held at the convention center of the present capital city of Pakistan i.e Islamabad and many political and social personalities, prominent journalists and lawyers have also been invited from the Jammu & Kashmir.
After clear cut intention come to fore after going through the content of the invitation letter, the million dollar question arises whether state and Union BJP Government allow the separatist to travel to Pakistan for their participation in "Anti India" seminar at Islamabad.
While talking to "Early Times" one of the Social Activist and Media person Tariq Bhat who is going to participate in this two days seminar said that it is wrong to label everything as anti national. He said that there is need to engage in dialogue process between India and Pakistan, beside laid stress on organizing similar seminars in India.
"Yes I have received invitation from Pakistan for participation in this seminar and is going to participate in it--- it is a question of what I speak and everything will be available in video's who speaks what" said Tariq Butt added that due to conflict between the two countries over Kashmir, the people of Kashmir living on both side are suffering. He said that time has come to find a viable solution to the waxed Kashmir problem accepted to everyone so that people could leave with peace and dignity. He said that he had meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh several time and discussed various issues with him including the Kashmir and problems faced by the unemployed youths of the state. He said that after meeting Home Minister Rajnath Singh, he received several threats from militants and other organization. He said that meeting Home Minister of India added that tomorrow if meet Prime Minister of Pakistan; it doesn't mean that he is RAW or ISI agent. He said that like him every youth of the state wants peace to return in the sub continent between the two countries and said that same could be achieved through continuous process of engagements by promoting people to people contact and through promotion of dialogues between the two countries.
"I had been in Pakistan few years back and visiting this again--- I find nothing bad in it" said Tariq Bhat and laid stress on government of India to organise similar seminars at Delhi or in any other part of India. |
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