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| Will Salahuddin listen to Islamabad’s advice on declaring ceasefire in Kashmir ? | | |
Srinagar, September 20 - Will the Hizbul Mujahideen supreme and Chief of Muzaffarabad based United Jehad Council,Syed Salahuddin,respond to the suggestion from Pakistan Government seeking his declaration on ceasefire during the month of Ramdan ?
The question has assumed significance following reports from across the border suggesting that Islamabad had advised Syed Salahuddin to declare ceasefire days before the start of the holy month of Ramdan.
Reports said that after Pakistan President,Gen. Musharraf and Prime Minister,Dr Manmohan Singh,agreed to resume the process of dialogue and work out modalities for adopting a joint mechansin for counter terrorism strategy,Islamabad has started taking in hand measures which could convince Delhi that the Pakistan Government had responded to India’s demand for ending crossborder terrorism.
According to these reports,Syed Salahuddin has been told that if he announced ceasefire Delhi could could be persuaded to respond by directing its troops to suspend combat operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
However,indications are that Hizb supreme may not agree for taking a major step unless he had the support of other outfits.Though Hizbul Mujahideen outfit is the largest rebel outfit,declaration of ceasefire by it may not be of great help unless outfits that matter,including Lashkar-i-Toiba,follow suit.
Political observers here opine that Islamabad was following a double edged strategy.On one hand it was trying to appease Delhi by asking Salahuddin to declare ceasefire and on the other hand avoiding to enforce its suggestions on other miliktant outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hizbul Mujahideen has already dismissed the agreement between Manmohan Singh and Gen. Musharraf as “meaningless” indicating that unless the Pakistan President moves about with a hammer in its hand militants may not listen to Islamabad.
Already Chief Minister, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, had hinted that the Government was prepared to order ceasefire once militants declared suspension of any violence. He had stated that if militants go in for ceasefire “we shall not only respond but extend the period ceasefire beyond one month.” The Chief Minister seems to be aware of the past experiment when the Government declared unilateral ceasefire which enabled militants to extend their network by carving out new bases in the state. Mr Azad does not want to repeat the mistake and hence has asked militants to cease fire first which would be responded fully by the security forces. |
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