Convenor of All Parties Hurriyet Conference AJK chapter Mehmood Ahmed Saghar deploring conviction of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai by a US court, saying that he was a proud son of Kashmir who had been championing Kashmiris' legitimate case at international level for more than 20 years.
Saghar, in a statement issued on Friday, said Dr Fai was a great patriot, who served Kashmiris' cause of right to self-determination diligently and selflessly, KMS reported. He said that the US court's judgement came as a shock to the Kashmiris, struggling to get the long running dispute of Kashmir resolved peacefully in accordance with the UN resolutions.
He said that Dr Fai's years-long struggle on diplomatic front stood witness to the fact that he worked within the parameters and in accordance with the US policy on Kashmir. He maintained that the United States was the co-sponsor of the historic resolution that gave legitimacy to the Kashmir issue.
Saghar stated that it was under the direction of the then President Harry Truman that the US ambassador to the UN Huston wrote the resolution guaranteeing right to self-determination to Kashmiris. He also expressed sympathy with Dr Fai and his family.