Srinagar: chairman of the Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that India should ‘show maturity of a democracy’ and accept the repeated offers of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan.
In a tweet, Mirwaiz said that Military approach to the Kashmir issue will never solve it but a humane approach will.
At #JamaMasjid today,Military approach to issues can never succeed,but human approach to them as witnessed in the opening of #KartarpurCorridor is the best way forward,appeal to Govt of India to stop the killing of Kashmiri youth & blinding them by pellets and show the maturity.. pic.twitter.com/xiWC7iYAsb
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) November 30, 2018
of a democracy they claim to be by engaging with Pakistan & Kashmir and resolving this long standing dispute in a peaceful manner. @narendramodi should positively respond to @ImranKhanPTI repeated offer of engagement so that both can be build trust and give peace a real chance. pic.twitter.com/FEav2qftaq
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) November 30, 2018
On Thursday, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, said that he is ready to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and there can’t be a military solution to the Kashmir problem.He also added that it was not in the interest of his country to allow terror activities from its territory.
“It is not in our interest to allow use of Pakistan’s territory for terror outside,” Khan, who is celebrating 100 days of his government Thursday, said during an interaction with a group of Indian journalists in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
Khan said that people in Pakistan want peace with India and he will be happy to meet Modi and talk to him on any issue.
“I am ready for talks on any issue. There can’t be a military solution for Kashmir,” he said, adding “nothing is impossible” when asked whether it is possible to resolve the Kashmir issue.