Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 15: The chairman of moderate faction of Huriyat Conference (HC), Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, today hoped that unlike past Indo-Pak dialogue process would be meaningful this time.
Mirwaiz welcomed the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan. He said that Hurriyat (M) has always been for the cordial relationship between India and Pakistan and dialogue is the most effective way to resolve the contentious issues between the two countries.
“Unlike the past when dialogue would be stalled on one or the other pretext, this time, we hope, the dialogue would be carried forward with all seriousness and in a meaningful way”, said Huriyat Chairman.
Mirwaiz said: “Kashmir being the most important pending issue between the two countries would get the attention it deserves because the continuation of this issue has been a stumbling block in the overall stability and progress of South Asian region.”
Huriyat Chairman expre-ssed hope that the dialogue will lead to fresh confidence building measures over Kashmir both within Kashmir and across the Line of Control.
“Kashmir is basically a political and a human issue and needs a political solution. Both the countries shall have to devise a mechanism in order to include the people of Kashmir in the dialogue because without their participation and without taking their aspirations into account there cannot be a just and agreeable solution to this issue,” Mirwaiz said.
Huriyat chief called upon the Indo-Pak leadership to rise above their traditional political stances and show statesmanship and seriousness in resolving the complex issues for ensuring long-lasting peace and stability in the region.
Mirwaiz said this while addressing a religious gathering at the shrine of Khawaja Bahuddin Naqshband on the occasion of Khawaja Digar. He said the Muslim world was encountering various political and social problems and Muslim societies were getting more materialistic and getting caught in other menaces as they were getting far from the message and teachings of the Allah, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and saints like Hazrat Naqshband and suggested that the only way to encounter these problems was to follow their teachings in letter and spirit.
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