The Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
The invitation by prime minister Vajpayee to chief executive of Pakistan Gen Pervez Musharraf is "bold and welcome step if the Kashmir dispute is intented to be resolved in a honourable and practicable manner", a spokesman of the JKPDP, led by former minister Mufit Mohd Sayeed, said.
He blamed the state government for "failure" of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the centre.
"Our party in principle is in favour of a practical ceasefire from all the sides and the one announced by the centre six months back did reflect some positive signs on the ground in the first month which led to a considerable sigh of relief among common masses. However, with passage of time the ceasefire effects started diminishing on the ground," he added.
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Pro-Pakistan Al-Umer Mujahideen
''Pakistan is the best lawyer and can plead Kashmiris' case very well''.
Chief commander of the outfit Mushtaq Ahmad Zarger told a local news agency on telephone that there were only two options for people of Kashmir under UN resolutions - either to accede to India or Pakistan.
Zarger, who was one of the three top militants released by New Delhi in exchange of the passengers of the hijacked indian airlines flight in December 1999, reiterated his outfit's ''death warrants'' against JKDFP president Shabir Ahmad Shah and his two close lieuteants, Maulana Mohammad Abdullah Tari and Syed Saleem Geelani.
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''We had issued death warrants against Shabir Shah, Abdullah Tari and Saleem Geelani, secretary-general and chief organiser, respectively, of JKDFP, for showing interest in entering into bilateral dialogue with New Delhi," Zarger said.
Decision On Talks After Consultation Process Is Over: Shabir Shah
"We will take a decision on entering into a dialogue after the process of consultation with pro-freedom political leaders and law experts ends." Shah told a public meeting here. "We did not reject the centre's invitation for talks on kashmir as it believed in peaceful negotiations."
