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Pak moved militant camps to Gilgit- Baltistan’ NEW DELHI, Jan 29: After assurance to India that it will not allow its soil to be used as "terrorist" breeding ground, Pakistan has, under US pressure, shifted all militant camps to Gilgit where no ordinary Kashmiri had any access, claims a Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) leader. "Pakistan establishment has merged several of these camps and moved them away from periphery of Muzzafarabad and other areas in PoK," says Shazia Ghulam Din, daughter-in-law of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhatt. Shazia, whose husband Showkat Bhat formed an all parties national alliance, said the militant camps located in PoK had been moved away right now under United States pressure. "I think they have been shifted to Gilgit and Baltistan areas and no Kashmiri or ordinary Pakistani has the right to visit these places," Shazia, who is in the capital now, said. She said the large presence of foreign mercenaries in PoK had created major social problems for the locals and the world community would come to know about the real situation there once the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is launched. Terming the ‘Jehadis’ as ‘Fasadis’ (trouble-mongers), Shazia said "large number of mercenaries from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Muslim countries have invaded the rich cultural heritage and history of Kashmir in PoK." Shazia, who was here in connection with the world social forum meet, told PTI that "if the bus service between Srinagar and Muzzafarabad is launched, it would be an eye-opener for the people in PoK." "There is a general perception that large scale human rights violation is taking place in Jammu and Kashmir. But unfortunately, no one talks about violations in PoK, where people are deprived of even basic right to live," Shazia, who leads Jammu and Kashmir National Liberation Front, said. She said Pakistan was giving an impression of PoK as being "Azad Kashmir" but in real terms it was "Ghulam (slave) Kashmir." Shazia, who maintained that she had been constantly facing threats from the "establishment" in PoK, said she regretted the day when Kashmiris took up the gun to fight for their cause. "They picked up the gun under the influence of ISI without realising that the bullet will only kill a Kashmiri and no one else," she said and recited a couplet "Lamhon Ne Khata Ki, Sadiyon Ne Saza Payi" (momentary mistake led to sufferings of centuries). Though she refused to comment on the ongoing Centre and Hurriyat dialogue, Shazia questioned their representative character and accused their wing in PoK of "selling Kashmiris and their rights for their petty gains." In an indirect reference to JKLF chief Yaseen Malik, Shazia said that her aim was to carry forward the name of her father-in-law’s party which was being misutilised by "some people as of now." (PTI) http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04jan30/news.htm#3 |
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