SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of Hurriyat forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has urged India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir dispute in the interest of humanity and peace.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addressing the 56th Founding Day of his party Awami Action Committee (AAC) at its headquarters, Mirwaiz Manzil, Rajouri Kadal in Srinagar, said that it was India that took the dispute to the United Nations in 1947.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is also the patron of AAC, said India and Pakistan signed the UN resolutions and in the last 70 years have fought wars over Kashmir. He said the two countries signed various agreements at Tashkent, Simla, Agra and Lahore and started the composite dialogue but despite that the people of Kashmir suffered the most and are still at the receiving end.
He said that Awami Action Committee was founded with a view to give voice to Kashmiris and their genuine demand for the resolution of Kashmirdispute in a peaceful manner. “The party’s purpose is to peacefully press for resolution of Kashmir dispute keeping in view the sentiments of Kashmiri people. It believes in the democratic principle that the people of Kashmir have a right to seek resolution of the Kashmir dispute,” he said.
The Mirwaiz while commenting on India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge against the JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, who is in its custody, for forging unity among the Kashmiri people and leadership, said striving for unity among the Kashmiri people is no crime.
