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2007-04-29 India-Pakistan

'Safe passage' for Kashmir militants being considered: Sardar Qayyum

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 youths from several countries were lured by militant groups to join their ranks and were now holed up in Pakistan, AJK, or IHK. They want to return to their own countries, he said.

But..but.. I thought they were "Indian Rebels"?
The reuters and associated press said so..

So they are really armed foreign civilians?
Meaning the Indians can kill them like agricultural pests?

Safe passage you say?

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-29 06:07|| 2007-04-29 06:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Khan rejected the view that AJK lacked constitutional powers and was way behind IHK in terms of development and progress.

lets see.. in Indian Kashmir, they can elect their state government and elect representatives at the federal level. Several Kashmiris have been powerful Indian federal ministers. One has been a prime minister. In Pakistani Kashmir there has never been a proper election. Rulers are appointed by the Pak army from the Punjabi feudal elite.

There are medical and engineering schools in Indian Kashmir. This is not a big deal in India but visitors from Pak Kashmir are amazed to see such things..

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-29 06:22|| 2007-04-29 06:22|| Front Page Top

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