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Bazaz asks

India for steps

to resolve

Kashmir dispute

NEW DELHI: Expressing relief on the safe return of the passengers onboard the hijacked Indian Airlines plane, Bhushan Bazaz, president of Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front (JKDF), Monday urged Indian government to have a fresh look at the Kashmir problem and take immediate measures for its peaceful solution.

In a statement he said that Kashmir issue cannot be solved through force India has deployed large army contingents in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. It has seen itself during the last one decade that the use of force will bring nothing but misery to the people of Kashmir. Thousands of the Kashmiri youth have lost their lives and the people of Kashmir are living in fear. Jails are full of the Kashmiris. He said that Kashmiris will continue to suffer agony unless a peaceful solution is found according to their aspirations.ÑAPP