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Pakistan asks Hurriyat leaders to avoid talks with India: report

New Delhi, Jan 28: Pakistan has reportedly told the Hurriyat Conference leaders not to start any direct negotiations with India for at least another year, says a media report. The Hurriyat leaders led by their

India TV News Desk Updated on: January 28, 2013 9:07 IST
 

PML(N) leader and former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif told them that he had laid an excellent foundation for this through the Lahore Declaration with former PM Vajpayee  in February 1999, but the Army under Gen Musharraf had sabotaged it by staging the Kargil attack.
 
The most accommodating was cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan. He is believed to have told the delegation that they could frame their demands and give it to him, which he promised to reflect verbatim in his manifesto.
 
In other words, he told the separatist leaders that their formulation would be his party's position.
 
But the larger message was not lost on the Hurriyat leaders: no direct channel with the Indian government for, at least, a year.
 
This, insiders said, has also got New Delhi thinking that there is more than what meets the eye in this election year for Pakistan. Kayani, it may be noted, also finishes his term in September this year.
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