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Lahore: Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) is one militant group, which does not feel optimistic about new Indo- Pak peace moves.

"This time will be no different from the failed efforts of the past", according to a source in HuM which attended a meeting of other militant groups at Muzzaffarabad in PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) on May 12, reports 'Gulf News'.

This statement echoes the views shared by the other groups and elements within establishment circles, who say "jihad" is essential to "keep pressure" on India.

The newspaper also quoted sources as saying that "this pressure is also on Musharraf" to keep the jihad going. Jamat ud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, former head of the Lashkar-e-Taiyaba, said in Lahore that the recent talks offer from India was an attempt to work out the US agenda in the region.

"America wants to get control of some peaks in Kashmir to monitor the area and to put pressure in the region. It wants to solve this long-standing issue between Pakistan and India for its own interests," he reportedly said.

Saeed declared, "Mujahideen are not bound to leave the jihad on Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri's request," adding that instead of talking about the issue with a few politicians, the government should take the whole nation into confidence.

He also claimed that he was "reflecting the opinion of most jihadis" involved in the cause. "All the nation is raising its voice for the legitimate right of Kashmiris but the rulers are speaking for Americans. The Pakistani government should keep in mind the prime interest of the country, not of any other power," Saeed said.

Jihad, according to Saeed, is the only way to bring India to the negotiating table and force her to act according to the UN Resolutions. Summer is the season of jihad as Mujahideen launch vigorous attacks during this period, he stressed.

A middle rung leader of the Badrul Mujahideen emphasised that "we are committed to fighting for Kashmiris at all costs."

'Gulf News' further quoted sources as suggesting that other rebel groups, at the meeting of commanders, also underlined that they were "ready to fight on" and saw the approaching summer as "the right time for this".

At the Lahore meeting, leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) also rejected the peace moves, and said "only jihad could guarantee world peace".

ANI