Indian JI emir favours dialogue on Kashmir

Published November 20, 2014
Jamaat-i-Islami Hind (India) emir Maulana Jalalud Din Umri  talking to media at Allama Iqbal International Airport. - INP
Jamaat-i-Islami Hind (India) emir Maulana Jalalud Din Umri talking to media at Allama Iqbal International Airport. - INP

LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Hind (India) emir Maulana Jalalud Din Umri says his party favours dialogue between India and Pakistan on all issues, including Kashmir.

He was talking to the media at the airport after arriving here on Wednesday to participate in the JI Pakistan’s annual Ijtema (congregation) beginning from Friday at Minar-i-Pakistan.

“All issues, including Kashmir, can be resolved through bilateral talks between India and Pakistan,” he said.

Maulana Umri said the JI-Hind had strongly condemned the prosecution of the JI leaders in Bangladesh and also presented a memorandum to the BD envoy in New Delhi, stating that their convictions were a gross violation of human rights.

He hoped the issues facing the Muslim world would be discussed at the JI congregation.

Earlier, JI-Pakistan naib emir Hafiz Muhammad Idrees, secretary general Liaqat Baloch and foreign wing in-charge Abdul Ghaffar Aziz received Maulana Umri, who was accompanied by Dr Raziul Islam Nadvi, at the airport.

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2014

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