Even as the Hurriyat Conference was seeking to overcome its own contradictions vis-à-vis talks with Centre to resolve Kashmir issue, Pakistan Friday threw a spanner the way it did nine years ago, and also to breach the secrecy of the quiet diplomacy and talks propounded by Delhi and the Hurriyat Conference.The statement of Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Multan, Pakistan, Friday...
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Facing allegations of holding secret parleys with New Delhi and teaming up with mainstream political parties, the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday decided to reject Home Minister P Chidambaram’s 'quiet diplomacy plan'.“We reject any quiet diplomacy on Kashmir. We are bound by the constitution of the Hurriyat Conference that stands for right to self determination. We are not...
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Facing allegations of holding secret parleys with New Delhi and teaming up with mainstream political parties, the Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday decided to reject Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s quiet diplomacy plan.“We reject any quiet diplomacy on Kashmir. We are bound by the constitution of the Hurriyat Conference that stands for right to self determination. We are not...
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SRINAGAR: Stating that participation of India, Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and people of Kashmir was imperative for resolution of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference on Friday announced readiness for “sincere and meaningful talks”” with New Delhi.“Hurriyat Conference believes in talks, but it should be sincere and meaningful for resolving Kashmir. The government...
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SRINAGAR: Stating that participation of India, Islamabad, Muzaffarabad and people of Kashmir was imperative for resolution of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference on Friday announced readiness for “sincere and meaningful talks”” with New Delhi.“Hurriyat Conference believes in talks, but it should be sincere and meaningful for resolving Kashmir. The government...
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Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided on the efficacy of the 'quiet' talks with the central government.The executive meeting of the moderate Hurriyat group, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, ended late Thursday without any consensus on the proposed resumption of talks with New Delhi.Although the executive members said they would be meeting again...
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Jammu and Kashmir state Congress president Saifuddin Soz today said the Hurriyat Conference will enter into talks with the Centre to find a solution to the Kashmir issue."My information is that Hurriyat will talk to Delhi to find a solution to the Kashmir issue," Soz told reporters after addressing a public meeting here.His said this to a query that the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq...
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Moderate Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is facing a revolt within its ranks over the "quiet diplomacy and quiet talks" formula propounded by the Union home minister P Chidambaram to rope-in separatists for resolving the Kashmir issue.Two senior leaders of Hurriyat, Nayeem Khan of Nationalist Front (NF) and Shabir Shah of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), have openly rejected bilateralism...
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Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided on the efficacy of the "quiet" talks with the central government.The executive meeting of the moderate Hurriyat group, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, ended late Thursday without any consensus on the proposed resumption of talks with New Delhi.Although the executive members said they would be meeting again...
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Hurriyat Conference (moderate) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq speaks at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday.SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (moderate) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday virtually said “no” to quiet diplomacy, advocated by New Delhi, and reiterated that some measures need to be taken first to make the situation conducive for dialogue.After three days of deliberations over the issue...
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