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| Pak cold to Hurriyat's direct role in Kashmir talks | | | Islamabad | June 23
In a setback to the Hurriyat, the separatist group failed to get a commitment from Pakistan on their direct involvement in the Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir issue.
A visiting All Parties Hurriyat Conference team led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today met PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the peace process between India and Pakistan ahead of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's visit this week to India for the composite dialogue.
After the meeting, Zardari told journalists that the PPP and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured the Hurriyat team that the views of the Kashmiri leadership would be kept in mind during discussions with India.
Zardari evaded a directed reply when he was asked about the Hurriyat's vociferous demand for the direct involvement of the Kashmiri leadership in talks between India and Pakistan.
He said: "They (the Hurriyat team) met the Prime Minister. Both he and the PPP gave them an assurance that whenever talks are held on Kashmir, the discussions will be held in the spirit of the APHC's point of view."
Zardari also said the PPP and the Hurriyat shared a "bond of blood" and PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had said that the party's "existence starts with the Kashmir issue".
"The PPP will adhere to the philosophies of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and (slain party chairperson) Benazir Bhutto and is bound to follow them. We can't deviate from them," he said.
The Hurriyat team also met Prime Minister Gilani who said his government is committed to supporting the struggle of the Kashmiris and is determined to seek a peaceful solution to the "core issue" in keeping with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. |
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