“I did not take it as an insult”.
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“That respondent no.1 & 2 (Centre and state) without having any lawful authority and approval from the Houses and Parliament has been funding under disguise of relief and facilities, coupled with Z class securities to those persons/ group of persons who are separatists and are involved to promote terrorism and violence in the state of Kashmir since several years”.
Congress on Wednesday accused BJP of “fooling” the people of Kashmir on the issue of holding talks with separatists, saying it had already agreed on talking to Hurriyat under its agenda of governance with PDP. “I think that message has been successfully conveyed”, Yechury said.
An all-party delegation of lawmakers that visited Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week have discussed a proposal to review facilities, including top security, provided to separatists who snubbed individual members of the team who tried to talk to them in Srinagar on Sunday.
However, Geelani refused to meet them and they were turned away from his door.
“They should live free of fear and repression”, Malala said to Dailytimes.com.pk and added, “I call on the United Nations, the global community, India and Pakistan to work together with utmost urgency to right these wrongs, providing the people of Kashmir with dignity and the freedom they deserve”.
“We suggested a few things to restore people’s confidence and trust”.
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Information Minister Senator Pervaiz Rashid has asked the global community to take notice of human rights violations at the hands of Indian forces in the occupied Kashmir. Also, AFSPA should be lifted from civilian areas. “Our stand is not weak nor do we demand anything that would challenge India’s sovereignty as Jammu Kashmir was never its part”, he said.
