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Hurriyat to set up economic advisory council: Mirwaiz

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Press Trust of India Srinagar

It will also review the water-sharing accords between India and Pakistan pertaining to Kashmir, he told reporters at Hurriyat's Rajbagh head office.

"We have decided to form an economic advisory council. It will comprise members of the Hurriyat and civil society, those associated with trade and people from different walks of life.

"The council will discuss all issues where we feel that injustice has been done or is being done to Kashmiris," Mirwaiz said.

The advisory council will be part of several working groups and committees which will be formed within a week or two, he said

The main aim of these groups will be to reach out to the people on their day-to-day problems, the separatist leader said.

 

On Kashmir's natural resource, he said "the Hurriyat will not accept any such plan where our resources are exploited."

"Kashmiris have no say in the formulation of these policies and civil society also has no role in it. The government of India and the state government are hand-in-glove in exploiting these resources," Mirwaiz said.

He said "the past agreements between India and Pakistan on Kashmir's water resources has caused loss to Kashmiris."

"All agreements need to be relooked, agreements on our resources, on water, on electricity which belongs to people of Kashmir," the Hurriyat leader said. MORE

  

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First Published: Jul 10 2012 | 6:06 PM IST

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