'Pak moved militant camps to Gilgit-Baltistan areas' Thursday, January 29 2004 16:29 Hrs (IST) New Delhi:
After assurance to India that it will not allow its soil to be used as "terrorist" breeding ground, Pakistan has, under US pressure, shifted all militant camps to Gilgit where no ordinary Kashmiri had any access, claims a Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) leader.
"Pakistan establishment has merged several of these camps and moved them away from periphery of Muzzaffarabad and other areas in PoK," says Shazia Ghulam Din, daughter-in-law of JKLF (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) founder Maqbool Bhatt.
Shazia, whose husband Showkat Bhat formed an All Parties National Alliance, said the militant camps located in PoK had been moved away right now under United States pressure.
"I think they have been shifted to Gilgit and Baltistan areas and no Kashmiri or ordinary Pakistani has the right to visit these places," Shazia, who is in New Delhi now, said.
She said the large presence of foreign mercenaries in PoK had created major social problems for the locals and the world community would come to know about the real situation there once the Srinagar-Muzzaffarabad bus service is launched.
Terming the 'jihadis' as 'fasadis' (trouble-mongers), Shazia said, "Large number of mercenaries from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Muslim countries have invaded the rich cultural heritage and history of Kashmir in PoK."
Shazia, who was in New Delhi in connection with the World Social Forum meet said, "If the bus service between Srinagar and Muzzaffarabad is launched, it would be an eye-opener for the people in PoK."
PTI
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