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Pak should rein in militants in J&K: Human rights groups

Pak should rein in militants in J&K: Human rights groups

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Publication: The New Indian Express
Date: August 17, 2005
URL: http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=14517

Calling on Pakistan to rein in militant and extremist groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir, several human rights organisations said ''jehadi culture'' and spiralling violence in the state posed a serious threat to the fragile Indo-Pak peace process.

''In Kashmir, violence and peace cannot go together. If Pakistan fails to control the militant and extremist groups, which are conspiring to derail the peace process with India, it would be a serious blow to peace and tranquility in the area,'' representatives of several civil liberties groups said at a meeting of the U N Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Geneva.

Prominent Kashmiri leader Mumtaz Khan of the European Union of Public Relations flayed the jehadi forces for clandestinely working to derail the peace process. He, however, welcomed the launch of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service by India and Pakistan.

He also expressed concern over the violation of human rights in Gilgit and Baltistan in the Northern Areas.

''These areas remain economically very backward. The people of this region have been denied their democratic rights...

There is no legislative assembly or High Court,'' he said.

Mr Tahir Naseem Manhas of the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation said, ''terrorism is sought to be imposed in a manner, which would cripple the economy of the state.'' ''The sponsors of terrorism in the state are themselves seeking an agreement with India on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir,'' he added.

Mr Beersmans Paul of the Belgian Association for Solidarity with Jammu and Kashmir has hailed the Indo-Pak peace process.

''All the three parties to the issue-- India, Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir -- have to find a pragmatic solution to the problems. There is an urgent need to stop all forms of violence...the need of the hour is the protection of life.''
 


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