EU MPs to organize dialogue on Kashmir

Published February 28, 2004

LONDON, Feb 27: All Parties Kashmir Committee in the European Parliament will organize an intra-Kashmiri dialogue in Brussels in April, said the opposition leader in the AJK Legislative Assembly, Barrister Sultan Mahmood, here on Friday.

Mr Sultan, who returned from Brussels late Thursday after meeting with EU parliamentarians, told APP that the purpose of the dialogue was to invite the Kashmiri leaders from both sides of the Line of Control to discuss their political future.

During his stay in Brussels, he along with Barrister Majid Trambo, met with the chairman of the All Parties Kashmir Committee, James Eliaf, and other members of the European Parliament to apprise them of the latest situation in held Kashmir.

He told them that despite thaw between Pakistan and India, no relief had been given by New Delhi to the people in the held Kashmir. The human rights abuses continue, the black laws authorising Indian Security Forces to arrest and search their homes without warrant continue to make the life of people miserable there.

Mr Mahmood urged the EU to use its influence for stopping human rights violations in the held Kashmir and press New Delhi to withdraw troops, release the Kashmiri politicians, and allow APHC leaders to travel abroad.

The AJK opposition leader said that Mr Eliaf told him that All Parties Kashmir Committee in the EU would soon move another resolution on Kashmir to elicit the support of the EU Parliament. -APP

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