ISLAMABAD, July 2: Abdul Rasheed Turabi, the newly elected amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Azad Kashmir, has urged the government of Pakistan to re-design its “flawed Kashmir policy” and pull out of what he called “meaningless composite dialogue”.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he said the government should play its role to get the Kashmir issue resolved in accordance with UN resolutions. He said the role of the base camp of the Kashmir liberation movement (Azad Kashmir) should be restored so that it could play its role at diplomatic and political levels.

Mr Turabi said the four-point formula proposed by President Pervez Musharraf had harmed the Kashmir cause and Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan had been given the power in Azad Kashmir as a reward for supporting the formula.

The JI leader said there were expectations that the new parliament and the new government in Pakistan would formulate a Kashmir policy in line with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir and Pakistan. But, he said that the new government was following the same old policy. This was the reason for another wave of revolution in occupied Kashmir, he added.

Mr Turabi said the All Parties Hurriet Conference (APHC) had timely sensed the Indian plot of ending the Islamic identity of the state by allotting thousands of acres of land to the shrine board and settling of non-Muslim and non-state people in the occupied territory.

He said raids were being conducted for people who protested against the Indian government’s move and regretted that the government of Pakistan was playing the role of a silent spectator.

The JI leader said political parties of Azad Kashmir would observe a protest day on July 4 to draw world’s attention to the reign of terror let loose by Indian occupation troops. He appealed to the international community and human rights organisations to take notice of the violation of human rights and press India to stop terrorism.

Mr Turabi said a strong, stable and democratic Pakistan was a guarantee for the liberation of Kashmir. He called for ending the dictatorship in Pakistan and restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary.