United Nations had accepted Kashmir as an international dispute

Srinagar: In an extraordinary meeting held at Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) head office Srinagar, chaired by its President, Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari and attended along with General Secretary Ghulam Hussain by other senior members, the Party unanimously decided that they will continue their door to door campaign in order to strengthen the organization from ground level.

While addressing a party meeting Masroor Abbas Ansari said that India is not sincere to settle the Kashmir dispute and is using delaying tactics. Maulana Ansari said that the United Nations had accepted Kashmir as an international dispute and passed resolutions for its solution. “The intransigent stance of India on Kashmir is the main hurdle to resolve the long-pending dispute,” he added. He said that the lingering dispute could only be resolved through implementation of the UN resolutions and India must take concrete steps in this regard. “The people of Kashmir have never accepted the illegal Indian occupation and will continue their struggle to achieve their right to self-determination”, Ansari maintained.

Ansari urged India to end its policy of oppression in Kashmir and create a conducive atmosphere for tripartite resolution of the Kashmir dispute.

Masroor Ansari said that the recent disclosures of Wikileaks about gross human rights violations were not new to the people of Kashmir who themselves were witnessing and bearing various forms of torture being inflicted upon them by the Indian police and troops for the last two decades.

Masroor Ansari appealed UN, OIC and human rights organizations including Amnesty International and Asia Watch to put pressure on India to stop human right violations and settle the Kashmir dispute.