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‘Hurriyat to visit Pakistan after Eid for talks’

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: A New Delhi-Srinagar agreement with Pakistan on board is one of the key objectives of the ongoing Track II initiatives between India and Pakistan and the “quiet dialogue” between the Centre and Hurriyat, All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Mirwaiz said there was forward movement on many fronts, which could hopefully lead to a “substantive” outcome. “A lot is happening. Work is going on... on many possible solutions, one of which is an agreement between New Delhi and Srinagar with Pakistan’s blessings,” the Hurriyat chairman said. He said the basic paradigm of the engagement was inspired by former Pakistani military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf’s four-point proposal for an acceptable solution to Kashmir.

“India is not ready for the joint-management part of the proposals which talk about joint control of foreign affairs, currency and communications in Kashmir,” Mirwaiz said. “There’s a broader agreement on the other aspects of this settlement model.” He said Hurriyat would travel to Pakistan after Eid to consult the government there. “We are being invited by the Pakistan government for our input in the process,” he said. When asked if Hurriyat will talk to New Delhi, Mirwaiz said he would wait for back channels to throw up something substantive before entering into a public dialogue with the Centre. Former Hurriyat chairman Abdul Ghani Bhat has been camping in Delhi for the past 10 days. Bhat also held two meetings with Pakistani High Commissioner in India Shahid Malik. On forging a broad political alliance between mainstream and separatist parties in Indian-held Kashmir, Mirwaiz said there was no immediate need for it.

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