Monday, April 25 2005 18:12 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Jammu: Asserting that it was keen on return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley, the Hurriyat Conference today (Apr 25, 2005) said that it will invite representatives of the displaced community next month to discuss the issue.

A meeting of the representatives of Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and other parts of the country would be held in Srinagar in the second half of next month with the Kashmiri leadership of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) where threadbare discussions are scheduled on the issue of return of Kashmiri Pandits, president of J-K Freedom Party Syed Salim Geelani said in Jammu.

"Kashmir is incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits and present Kashmiri leadership is trying to fill this gap," Geelani, incharge of public relations wing of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, said.

Geelani has been touring different areas of Jammu and interacting with Pandit representatives.

"As Kashmiri Muslims miss their Pandit brethren in the Valley on every occasion, so do Pandits feel nostalgic about their motherland," he said.

However, Geelani said, the demand for separate homeland by a few Pandit organisations is not a solution. "Homeland should be in the hearts and minds of Muslims in Valley for their Pandit brethren," he said.

Welcoming the recent Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) taken by India and Pakistan, Geelani said that they are expected to bring peace and prosperity for the people of South Asia.

He, however, urged the leadership of both the countries to take steps to help find a viable and amicable solution of Kashmir imbroglio by taking into confidence the genuine leadership of J-K.