Pakistan invites Hurriyat leaders to visit country on June 2
Pakistan today extended an invitation to all Hurriyat leaders, including hardline separatist leader Sayeed Ali Geelani to visit the country and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) on June 2 by the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus.
"We have extended an invitation to Hurriyat leaders to visit Pakistan on the bus on June 2. The people of Pakistan and government and the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Hurriyat leaders to Pakistan and we hope that they would be able to make it this time. "A very warm welcome awaits the Hurriyat leaders," Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani said at a media briefing here.
To a question, he said the invitation to Hurriyat leaders included Geelani and discounted reports that Pakistan may not extend invitation to him due to his hardline stance on the peace process.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Geelani is well regarded in Pakistan and he has been extended the invitation along with others, he said.
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