Situation in Pak Controlled Kashmir worse than in J&K

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>[bJP News]: 'Situation in PoK worse than in J&K'

>Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:06:38 -0500

>

>Title: 'Situation in PoK worse than in J&K'

>Author: PTI

>Publication: Times of India

>Dec. 4, 2000

>

> NEW DELHI: Some leaders from

>Pakistan-occupied

> Kashmir (PoK) have said the people in PoK

>were

> "worse-off" than their brethren in Jammu and

>Kashmir and

> blamed Pakistan for using the area for its

>"own vested

> interests".

>

> Terming PoK as a training ground for

>militants, these

> leaders said "development in that part of

>Kashmir is a

> distant dream and people are missing even

>most important

> necessities of life."

>

> A senior leader from PoK's Rawalakote area

>Mohammed

> Mumtaz Khan said "In PoK even the right hand

>does not

> know what the left is doing."

>

> Khan, who was here to attend a seminar, said

>the PoK area

> is full of militant camps and it seems the

>people in these

> areas were living in a "guerilla warfare

>school".

>

> Speaking on the developmental front in PoK,

>Khan said

> "The area lags by ages behind Jammu and

>Kashmir, where

> development had moved at almost the same

>pace as that of

> other cities in India."

>

> Khan, who has sought political asylum in

>Canada, says even

> the medical facilities in PoK were "pitiable

>and god forbid,

> if an epidemic broke in there, it could

>prove to be a

> catastrophe."

>

> Founding father of JKLF Nazir-ul-Haq feels

>that Pakistan

> has neglected the area and has only used the

>region for its

> own vested interests.

>

> About the continued opposition to giving

>peace a chance in

> the state by Pakistan, Mumtaz Khan said

>"there is

> deep-rooted psyche in Pakistan, instilled by

>its political

> leaders and military rulers, that Kashmir is

>the only cause

> for the people of Pakistan."

>

> The PoK leader, whose party stands for

>independent Jammu

> and Kashmir, also flayed Pakistan for gross

>violation of

> human rights in PoK and northern areas.

>

> Khan, who has been raising voice against

>these violations in

> the United Nations Human Rights Conference,

>said people

> from Kashmir should be allowed to cross over

>to PoK so

> that their perception about that area would

>end.

>

> Khan said "If I am asked to compare PoK with

>Jammu and

> Kashmir, the former lags ages behind."

>

> He said PoK has absolutely no powers and has

>only to

> follow the diktats from those at the helm of

>affairs in

> Islamabad.

>

> "The moment there is a change of guard in

>Islamabad, the

> PoK government also ensures effective

>changes as per the

> wishes of masters," Khan said.

>

> Nazir-ul-Haq also endorsed the views of slow

>development

> pace in PoK and said Pakistan has even

>illegally annexed the

> northern areas including Gilgit and

>Baltistan.

>

> Haq, who has formed Jammu and Kashmir

>national

> liberation front said his party along with

>the people of PoK

> would continue their struggle against it.

>

> Disputing the claims of militant groups like

> Lashker-e-Toiba (leT) and

>Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, haq Said

> "These groups are determined neither to

>allow peace to

> return to Jammu and Kashmir nor to PoK as

>they would be

> jobless... But has anyone asked them why are

>you spreading

> terror. Islam religion disapproves of it."

>

> He said in the name of jehad (armed crusade)

>no one can

> continue to harm the interests of people as

>"This is the most

> heinous crime even as per Islam, whose

>warriors they claim

> to be."

>

> Mumtaz Khan also doubted the sincerity of

>Pakistan in

> implementing the UN resolution on Kashmir

>saying "For so

> many years, Pakistan has not even

>implemented its own

> Supreme Court order which said northern

>areas including

> Gilgit and Baltistan were a part of disputed

>Jammu and

> Kashmir and should be restored back."

>

> However, Pakistan continues with its earlier

>order of

> annexing these areas and has even

>implemented draconian

> Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

>Law to quell

> any uprising in the region.

>

> He said his party was of the belief that an

>independent

> struggle was more needed in PoK rather than

>Jammu and

> Kashmir as Pakistan had completely spoiled

>the area by

> setting up training camps for militants. PTI

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