Srinagar: Commenting on the incident at Lethpora Pulwama, Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik said that people and leadership of Kashmir “regret every killing that happens on its soil.”
“As we witness killing of our loved ones our young, and shoulder their coffins each day, we can feel and understand the pain and sense of loss that the family and friends of those who are killed go through, not for a day or two when everyone is expressing grief and condolences to them but the silent grief and loss that stays with them for a lifetime,” the JRL said in a statement issued here.
The JRL said that the delay in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute, the denial to engage with the sentiments and aspirations of the people of J&K and instead the use of a muscular military approach to counter an essentially political and human problem, is wreaking havoc in Kashmir especially on “our next generation and consuming them while those who are here to execute this policy are also under stress and paying a price with their lives.”
JRL said militarization, CASOs use of bullets and pellets blowing up homes, blinding and maiming, PSAs and torture as a means to crush legitimate political aspirations of a people has not only failed but worsened the situation.
JRL said that if this death dance has to stop, if hatred and revenge have to stop, if killing and counter-killings has to stop and “if we really want peace in the region we have to put an end to hostilities.”
And the most effective and civilized manner to do so, the JRL said is to reach out and engage and listen to the concerns of all three stakeholders and address them in the spirit of humanity and justice. “Resolve the Kashmir dispute for all times.”
Meanwhile JRL strongly condemned the incidents of arson in Jammu in Gujjar Nagar and elsewhere incident where some communal elements freely torched the vehicles of Kashmiri Muslims and injured many others.
JRL said right that right from 1947 communal forces active in Jammu who leave no stone unturned to attack and intimidate Muslims and Kashmiri people, adding, that it is responsibility of the government administration to ensure the safety and security of Muslims and Kashmiris and living there.
