Altaf Hamid Rao,
MIRPUR (AJK): Former “Chief Minister” of Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir and the National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Sunday emphasized the need of starting a result oriented and time bound dialogue between India and Pakistan hoping that people of J&K will be the primary beneficiaries of the initiative, says a report reaching here Sunday evening from across the line of control.
Addressing a meet of party functionaries at his party’s head quarters Nawa-e-Subha, in occupied Srinagar Dr. Farooq said while referring to his late father Sheikh Abdullah, “Sher-e-Kashmir was of the opinion that the greater interaction between India and Pakistan will benefit the people of our state the most. Our party still deems Indo-Pak friendship essential to a peaceful sub-continent,” adding, “I impress upon the sane voices in both the countries to push their respective governments to initiate a result oriented dialogue process for the greater good of the two nations. The bonhomie between the two nuclear powered nations is the key to peace in J&K”, the report said.
Dr. Farooq while urging both India and Pakistan to respect 2003 ceasefire agreement and make borders peaceful said, “The continuous skirmishes between the two nations have wrecked havoc on the lives of numerous families living on the either sides of divide. Yesterday only number of innocent people including children got killed in cross border shelling on both sides of LoC in Poonch area. People are being forced to relocate to safer areas resulting in large scale migration. Its time that both nations put an immediate end to such hostilities along LoC and IB areas, ” adding, “Peaceful ties between India and Pakistan will help the sub-continent achieve a multitude of development goals in all vital sectors.”, he underlined.
Dr Farooq while denouncing the option of war said, “Both soldiers and civilians suffer in the times of war. The consequences of war and conflict are beyond killings. I am hopeful that the state of affairs between both the countries is moving towards betterment with each passing day.”
“Besides it is incumbent upon world leaders to impress upon both India and Pakistan to stop hostilities and improve ties,” he added., according to the report