Andrabi slams Pak, Mirwaiz for Kashmir ‘sellout’

At her first press conference since her release, Andrabi warned the Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led moderate faction of the Hurriyat against adopting the ‘‘road map of others’’ in the resolution of the Kashmir issue.

‘‘After 1947, the governments of India, Pakistan and a section of separatist leaders have agreed under the leadership of the United States on a sellout on Kashmir,’’ she said. ‘‘All agreements on Kashmir so far were bilateral in content, but this time (the process) is being projected as a trilateral one, and that can make it the worst sellout in our history….The Pakistan government is supporting self governance for the Kashmiris and this can end the international status of Kashmir issue.’’

On the one hand, she said, ‘‘Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq are not explaining what self governance is and on the other hand India is adamant that Kashmir is integral to it and that it will not give up an inch of it.’’

Andrabi said that if Pakistan was not in a position to be of practical assistance to the ‘‘Kashimir freedom struggle’’, it should not ‘‘unintentionally take any step that will harm the international standing of Kashmir issue’’. The Kashmiris had once waged an indigenous struggle against the Dogra autocracy, Andrabi said, and they were in a position to sustain an ongoing struggle of their own. ‘‘Pakistan should remain our patron and not become our tormenter,’’ she said.

Affirming that she would continue her campaign against obscenity and liquor consumption, Andrabi also said she would try to address the concerns of women engaged in prostitution by providing assistance.