[DAWN] MUZAFFARABAD: United Jihad Council (UJC) chairman Syed Salahuddin...the aging, morbidly obese chief of Hizbul Mujaheddin and the titular head of the United Jihad Council in idyllic Kashmire. Originally owned body and theoretical soul by Jamaat-e-Islami he and his organization are currently controlled by Pakistain's ISI. Salahuddin's hobbies include crocheting doilies shaped like the Taj Mahal, combing his enormous beard, and eating....
on Thursday asked Pakistain to extend "military support" to Kashmiri freedom fighters to help them accomplish their long-cherished goal of freedom from India.
"The festering (Kashmire) issue is not going to resolve through talks or resolutions... Pakistain should militarily support Kashmiris by providing resources to the mujahideen," he said at a presser here.
"If the mujahideen get military support, not only Kashmire will clinch freedom but the map of the subcontinent will also undergo a change," he added.
He, however, declined to elaborate the kind of military support required by the freedom fighters.
"India invaded and Indian Kashmiree at the strength of its military might and military occupation can hardly be brought to end through politics or diplomacy," he maintained.
The UJC chief said that since the killing of Burhan Wani, the mass movement in Kashmire had been on the rise.
Over the past 105 days, the Indian government exercised each and every measure to suppress the unarmed freedom-seeking people, but, ironically, neither did the international community appeared upset over the atrocities nor the world powers tried to rein in the oppressor.
"When the world is paying no heed to us, the only option left with us is the armed struggle," he said.
Along with brutal killings, the India government had also resorted to economic terrorism in Kashmire in a bid to pressure Kashmiris into surrendering their legitimate struggle, he said.
According to him, Indian intelligence agencies and their "touts" were trying to create disunity among the Hurriyat leadership as well as Kashmiri public. He was of the view that the base camp of the freedom movement -- a reference to Azad Kashmire -- should not only send a strong message of solidarity across the divide, but also adopt a forceful, rather aggressive, role in this regard.