Srinagar, December 16: Rejecting a solution within the present framework, moderate Hurriyat Conference today called for a comprehensive dialogue between the three parties to the Kashmir issue to arrive at a negotiated settlement.
“Time has come for India, Pakistan and representatives of Jammu and Kashmir to thrash out a negotiated settlement to Kashmir issue,” Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told reporters here.
He, however, said a solution to Kashmir issue within the present frame work was not possible and the right to self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir was non-negotiable.
The Mirwaiz was responding to a question about the statement of veteran journalist and Centre’s interlocutor on Kashmir Dilip Padgaonkar in which he had reportedly said PDP’s self-rule formula could be one of the solutions to Kashmir issue.
–Agencies