Sponsored Polls Can’t Change Kashmir’s Disputed Status: APHC

Posted on November 29, 2013

In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference has said that the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be changed by India- sponsored elections.  
According to media sources, this was stated at a meeting of the APHC executive council at its Rajbagh headquarters in Srinagar with its Chairman Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq in the chair.  “Taking a stock of the present political situation in the Valley, the participants said serious efforts needed to be undertaken to work towards creating a conducive atmosphere for initiating a meaningful dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue and thereby securing the future of millions of people living in the region,” said a statement.
“Keeping in view of the constructive thinking of international community regarding the dispute, the members said time has come to get rid of stubbornness and undertake the policy based on reality and resolve the Kashmir issue according to the wishes and aspirations of people either by implementing pending UN resolution or through meaningful result oriented tripartite talks between the stakeholders of the dispute,” it added.  During the meeting, the participants finalized the arrangements for observing human rights week from December 5 to December 10, in connection with international human rights day.
Detailing out the venues of the proposed programme, the APHC spokesman said first seminar would be held in Kupwara on December 5, second on December 6 in Islamabad, on December 8 at Hurriyat headquarters Rajbagh in Srinagar. On December 9 the Hurriyet would conduct photo exhibition and films featuring HR violations in Kashmir, and on December10, the Hurriyet leadership would stage a peaceful sit-in in Srinagar to apprise the world about right violations in Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Prof. Abdul Ghani Butt, Bilal Ghani Lone, Musaddiq Adil, Maulana Abbas Ansari and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza.