Srinagar : Chairman Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday criticised the centre’s decision to suspend the cross LoC trade with Pakistan.The pro-freedom leader said that measures like suspending of trade by government of India were short term measures that come at huge price for people.
“That GOI instead of enhancing people to people contact as families of bothside of LOC stand divided &improving trade &other ties,even whatever little had been achieved since Vajpayee time is being blocked &stopped.Such measures for short term gains come at a huge price for people.”
He said.Commenting on the low turnout in the Lok Sabha elections for the Srinagar parliamentary constituency Mirwaiz said that people have conveyed a clear message of what they seek, “Again people have peacefully conveyed a clear message of what they seek and where their priority lies which is resolution of the lingering #KashmirConflict that has consumed generations,inflicted suffering& pain and put the whole region in peril.Extremely unfortunate.” He tweeted.