Kashmiri American Council

The status of Jammu and Kashmir has been in dispute between India and Pakistan since both became independent in 1947. A U.N. commission obtained acceptance on January 5, 1949 by both parties of a peace plan involving a cease fire, demilitarization of the state and a plebiscite under the supervision of a U.N. appointed administrator. The Security Council urged that the people of Kashmir will have right of self-determination to decide the future status of their homeland. The resolution was negotiated with both India and Pakistan and accepted by all five members of the Commission, Argentina, Belgium, Columbia, Czechoslovakia and the United States.  The cease-fire took effect accordingly, but the plan bogged down when India balked...

JKLF seminar hails KAC Director’s role for K-resolution :: Ishfaq Ahmad Shah

Srinagar, Dec 31, 2011: If Kashmir issue is to be resolved peacefully, United States must show leniency in the case of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, said Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik here Saturday.

Addressing a seminar “Diplomatic Front of Kashmir Struggle and Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai” organized by JKLF, Malik said US will lose its “constituency” in Kashmir and create “anti-America sentiment” in the valley if it continues to detain the Kashmir American Council (KAC) director.

Terming him as a peace maker, JKLF chief said Fai provided a strong diplomatic front for “Kashmiri resistance” and that US and India should...

Speakers Hail Dr Fai As Ambassador Of Kashmir :: UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Dec 31, 2011: Hailing the contribution of Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai and Prof. Abdul Ahad Wani in the ongoing struggle, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Saturday said resistance movement needs a powerful diplomatic front for success.

Addressing a seminar titled “Diplomatic front of the movement and Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai” on the anniversary of the noted legal luminary Prof. Abdul Ahad Wani, Malik said resistance movement cannot achieve success without having a strong diplomatic front for lobbying of the cause.

Asking the United States to take lenient view in the case of Dr. Fai, Malik said, “I don’t want to question or confront US...