Hurriyat invited to Nepal meet on J-K

Sources said the recently floated options on solving the Kashmir issue would come up for the discussions at Kathmandu. According to sources, Kathmandu has been chosen as the venue to ensure greater participation of Kashmiri separatist leaders as getting there won’t require passports. Apart from Mirwaiz, who has been given a travel document for a period of three months, the travel documents of most of the separatist leaders have been impounded. Sources said Mirwaiz, Malik and Shah are willing to attend the meet ‘‘if allowed by the authorities’’.

Confirming he has got an invite from Pugwash secretary-general Polcotta Romusin, Shah said he would ‘‘like to attend any conference which aims at looking for a viable, amicable and practicable solution on Kashmir’’. It was, however, not clear whether the other Hurriyat faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been invited to the meet.