Srinagar, Publish Date: Jan 19 2018
Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday asked India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue to put an end to bloodshed at the border and the Line of Control (LoC).
Addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jama Masjid, Mirwaiz expressed grave concern and distress at the bloodshed taking place on the LoC.
He said each day civilians including children on both sides of LoC are getting killed and becoming the target of the unresolved Kashmir conflict, which is very sad and painful.
“Soldiers also become cannon fodder of this hate as a consequence of the lingering Kashmir dispute. These soldiers on either side belong to the poor segment of society and join forces to make a living and support their poor families and their killing is equally sad,” he said.
“It is strange that both sides boast of killing soldiers of the other side and swear that deaths will be avenged leading to more killings and destruction, including those of civilians.”
“This senselessness and bloodshed is given the name of nationalism and defence of national honour,” he said.
Mirwaiz appealed to both the countries to stop these “senseless killings”. He said that the only beneficiaries of this death and destruction are those who provide the arms and ammunition for this mayhem.
