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| No peace possible in subcontinent without solving Kashmir issue: Mehbooba | | | Srinagar, Mar 20: Asserting that India and Pakistan should engage in meaningful dialogue, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that peace in the subcontinent is not possible without solving Kashmir issue. “Any renewed thaw in the relationships of the two countries is subservient to the progress made towards addressing the long pending political and democratic demands of people of Jammu and Kashmir,” Ms Mehbooba said while addressing a gathering of PDP workers in south Kashmir district of Kulgam. “Recent statement of Pakistan army chief calling for burying the hatchet and moving the Indo-Pak relationship forward is a positive development. But we must be reminded that aiming for low hanging fruit like movement of goods and people through Wagah border or giving India a passage to Central Asia via Pakistan and Afghanistan while putting Kashmir issue at the back burner is akin to missing wood for the trees,” Ms Mehbooba said.
She said if they are really sincere and mean business they must know that the process of reconciliation has to begin with Kashmir. “While statements back and forth indicate a movement forward but people of Jammu and Kashmir continue to be shrouded in the veil of darkness without any reprieve in sight,” she added. |
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