Take peace initiatives’ before dialogue process, Waza tells India

Srinagar, November 09, 2012: Jammu Kashmir Peoples League, Chairman and Hurriyat Executive Member, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza on Friday said that India should take peace initiatives before formal dialogue process, so that conflict affected people of both sides of Jammu and Kashmir can breathe in a peaceful atmosphere.

Addressing Friday congregation In Shopian today, Waza welcomed the ongoing dialogue process between the two countries and said that we have always advocated a result oriented dialogue process with the inclusion of Kashmir genuine leadership representing aspirations of people at Large.

However, he said that the dialogue process can’t yield fruits till government of India fails to take peace initiatives in the state.

“Dialogue and Human rights violations, dialogue and killings can’t go side by side, so first of all government of India should make atmosphere appropriate for dialogue process, that would turn it result oriented,” Waza said.

He said that after passing several years’ persons involved in the tragic incident of Shopian, in which our two sisters Neolfar and Asia were raped and killed were promoted instead of giving them punishment and said that there are thousands of incidents resembling shopian tragedy.

Waza said that Government of India should firstly stop violating human rights in the state that he and his security agencies are continuously violating the state. He said that they should investigate the cases of custodial killings, unnamed graves, and cases of custodial disappearances, cases rapes, molestations, human rights violations and others.

He said that both the countries before the dialogue process should reopen all five traditional routes that connect Azad Jammu Kashmir with this part of the state so that disconnected families of the both regions can meet the dear ones for which they are waiting from last a decade and people of Jammu and Kashmir can restart their business with Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other south Asian countries, were economic prosperity of Jammu and Kashmir is hidden.

Waza pointed out that without demilitarizing the valley, dialogue process can’t yield fruits and said that government of India should leave aside its rigid police and should demilitarize the valley, release all illegally detained political detainees lashing in different jails and intragration centres’.

He maintained that if government of India succeeds in taking these initiatives, can make post started dioluge process a result oriented and can pave a way for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue, for which they have given unparallel scarifies that will not go in vein nor any body will be allowed waste the blood of martyrs’ that they have given for securing right to self determination, a birth right of every Kashmiri.  

Waza said that Kashimr freedom movement will be taken to logical conclusion besides facing all odds.

Waza hopes Obama may play role in Kashmir settlement

Srinagar, November 07, 2012: Senior Hurriyat leader and Jammu Kashmir Peoples League Chairman, Mukhtar Ahmad waza today hoped that President Barack Obama, who today got its second chance by winning the presidential election in America, may play his important role in settling the 65 years old Kashmir dispute according to Wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people.

Mukhtar waza in a Press Statement hoped that President Barack Obama’s intervention in the Kashmir dispute can prove fruitful for the political and economical stability of South Asia as well as for whole world.

Waza said, “Kashmir being a issue between three nuclear powers of the world i,e India, Pakistan and China has endangered the peaceful atmosphere in South Asian region. On Kashmir issue trio countries have fought several wars resulted bloodshed and wastage of money etc.”

He said that world P5 powers like, America, Russia, France, China and Bartania, G8 and others are well known about the fact the India has illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and to got freedom from Indian bondage Kashmiri innocent people are fighting peacefully from last 65 years.

He said that the during this period of time Indian and its security forces got involved in serious and worst kind of Human rights violations and people of Kashmir was subjected to worst kind of torchers that led to custodial killings, rapes and molestation,  brutal killings, hundreds and thousands  of people were killed by security agencies on the name counter insurgency, one generation of the Kashmir got affected by one or the other means due to the illegal occupation of India and the last 65 years have left thousands kids as orphans and more than that women as widow.

He expressed concern over the fact that the international community is only concerned about the economic interests in the world than humanity. He appealed international community to sideline the economic interests and gave priority to those issues who are connected with Humanity and said that Kashmir dispute important humanitarian Issue that needs intervention of international community.

He also appealed civil intelligentsia of India and Pakistan to come forward and play its role in resolving the dispute so that peace prevails in both countries as well as in whole South Asian region. He maintained that the civil intelligentsia of both the countries can draw a peaceful line by which Kashmir Issue can be resolved.