MMA slams Musharraf's 'obsession for peace'

Indo-Asian News Service, Islamabad
While an upbeat Pakistan government terms President Pervez Musharraf's India visit as highly successful, the opposition Mutta-hida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has said the changed stand on Kashmir would weaken the Kashmiris' "freedom struggle".

"By changing Pakistan's stand on Kashmir, we would be denting the freedom struggle of Kashmiris," said MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed.

The MMA is an alliance of six Islamist parties that is in power in two provinces - North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Balochistan.

The MMA leader said Kashmiris had already rejected Musharraf's "division plan" and vowed to continue their struggle.

"The unilateral confidence-building measures by Pakistan cannot camouflage the Indian forces' atrocities against Kashmiris," Ahmed said.