Rethink dialogue policy with India: Geelani tells Pak

Srinagar, June 26 (UNI) Pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today attacked Islamabad for its dialogue policy with India, saying continuation of such a process tantamount to ''applying salt on the wounds of innocent Kashmiris''.

Addressing a news conference here, Mr Geelani asked the Pakistani leadership to ''rethink and reconsider'' their policy of dialogue process with India.

''I want to tell the Pakistani leadership in clear terms that you started a dialogue process with India in January 2004 and have repeatedly admitted that there is no progress vis-a-vis the resolution of the Kashmir issue,'' he added.

''So, there is a need to rethink and reconsider that policy. The continuation of the dialogue process with India amounts to applying salt on the wounds of innocent and suppressed Kashmiris,'' said Mr Geelani who heads the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference.

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