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| Hizbul chief Salahuddin descends on Rawalpindi | | Will he oblige Pakistani intelligence establishment? | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 19: Pakistani intelligence establishment is just reported to have asked Syed Salahuddin, chief of dreaded Hizbul Mujahideen militant organisation, to make up his mind for anouncing a Ramazan ceasefire in Kashmir. Salahuddin is currently based in Rawalpindi, according to reports reachin here from Lahore.
The Hizbul Mujahideen supremo is also the chief of the United Jihad Council (UJC). Reports point out that the Pakistani intelligence establishment's move is motivated by the September 17 meeting in Havana between Gen. Parvez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
The meeting has finally kick-started the stalled Indo-Pakistan dialogue process. Reports from Lahore stated that the ceasefire would be aimed at presurising India to withdraw or reduce troops from four border districts of Kashmir and thus push the peace process forward. Indian Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherje, has, meanwhile, ruled out the withdrawal or reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir in the given situation.
Interestingly, feelers have been put out in Lahore,Rawalpindi and Islamabad about a possibility that the ceasefire in the Kashmir Valley is announced jointly by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference APHC)and the United Jihad Council before Gen. Musharraf's upcoming Washington meeting with US President, George W Bush.
The APHC leader, Maulvi Umar Farooq, and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, have already backed a proposal to declare a ceasefire in the Indian part of Kashmir beginning with Ramadan.
Maulvi Umar Farooq and Ghulam Nabi Azad are already in New York as the former has been invited to attend the OIC meeting on Kashmir and the latter is is in the US as part of the Indian contingent to the UN General Assembly.
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