The decks have been cleared for the visit of Hurriyat Conference leaders to Pakistan as the authorities concerned have issued passports to separatist leaders who are part of the delegation.
A six-member delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will be leaving Srinagar for Pakistan on December 15. The leaders are expected to return on December 23 after meeting Pakistan government officials and the Opposition there.
While terming its forthcoming visit to the neighboring country “crucial”, the moderate Hurriyat had on December 5 said its three members Moulvi Abbas Hussain Ansari, Mukhtar Waza and Mussadiq Aadil had not been issued passports and other related travel documents by the authorities.
However, the government has now issued the passports of “short validity” to two leaders, Hurriyat insiders say.
“The passports have been issued to Moulana Abbas Hussain Ansari and Mussadiq Aadil. However, the travel documents to Mussadiq Aadil are yet to be issued,” said a Hurriyat leader privy to the developments.
The other members of the Pakistan delegation led by Mirwaiz include Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Aga Syed Hassan and Bilal Gani Lone. The passports to these leaders have already been issued.
The delegation led by Mirwaiz, he added, will be flying first to New Delhi from Srinagar airport on December 15. From New Delhi, the delegation is scheduled to catch a flight for Pakistan on Saturday.
During their stay in Pakistan, sources said, the Hurriyat leaders will meet Pakistan Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Besides, the Hurriyat delegation is also scheduled to meet and interact with the chairman and members of the Pakistan parliamentary special committee on Kashmir.
While spelling out the agenda of its visit, the Moderate Hurriyat last week had said that the delegation would “take stock of the developments” aimed at reaching a “long-term and permanent solution to the Kashmir dispute”.
Meanwhile, sources said another senior Hurriyat leader and head of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabbir Ahmad Shah is planning to travel separately via Kaman Post in Uri on a cross-LoC permit.
The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani has already rejected the invite to Pakistan, saying its leaders will not go there merely to “decorate newspapers for a few days and take part in photo sessions.”
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