Pak will never hand me over to India: Salahuddin

Islamabad, Dec 22 (UNI) Hizbul Mujahideen chief and United Jehad Council chairman Syed Salahuddin has reposed full faith in the Pakistani leadership and expressed confidence that Islamabad would never hand him over to India as he was a ''Kashmiri citizen''.

Salahuddin told Geo News that he had absolutely no trust in India which ''is manipulating Pakistan's recommendations on Kashmir to suit its own interests''.

The Hizb chief asserted that since he was a Kashmiri citizen and not a foreign element, he would not be turned over to India.

Vowing to carry on the armed struggle, he ruled out the possibility of a cease-fire until India agreed to tripartite talks.

Salahuddin also indirectly blamed the leaders of the moderate Hurriyat Conference, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, of trying to make the tripartite dialogue ''redundant'' by holding their own talks with India. They were damaging the Kashmir cause, he alleged.

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