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| Kashmiri Hardliner Upbeat on Pakistan Poll Results |
| 2008-02-22 |
| Poll results in Pakistan buoyed up the hardline Kashmiri separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is presently undergoing treatment in the Indian capital, New Delhi. Geelani, a critical opponent of Pakistan president Parvez Musharraf's Kashmir policy, termed the poll verdict in that country as a "Vote against Musharraf". "Pakistani people have been very supportive to the freedom struggle of people of Kashmir and they have voted reiterating their support to Kashmiris by voting against Parvez Musharraf and his Kashmir policies," he said. The ailing Kashmiri hardline leader further said that Musharraf had shown a one-sided flexibility to India and this had weakened the 'cause of people of Kashmir'. "The new democratically elected government in Pakistan will do away with Musharraf's Kashmir policy and instead frame their own policy supporting people of Kashmir," he said. Geelani also expressed the hope that the new government in Pakistan will not offer any unilateral concessions to India and instead press it to resolve Kashmir dispute as per wishes and aspirations of the people of Kashmir. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Notice that Geelani (a) is getting free medical care (the best that India can offer) at the Indian taxpayer's expense (b) has not commented on the fact that people on the Pakistani side of Kashmir and Gilgit (part of J+K the Pakistani insist is the "northern areas" were not allowed to vote. Pakistan has never allowed an election to be held in its part of Kashmir |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-02-22 15:32 |
| #1 The name "Geelani" rang a bell for me. Oh, yes. Yes of course. Gates of Vienna has a little background and first-person reporting on the Geelani (Gilani) influence in America. Follow all the links. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-02-22 00:11 |