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MUZAFFARABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday paid tribute to the Kashmiri separatist executed in India in February for plotting to attack the Indian parliament and called his hanging “abuse of judicial process”.
Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged in New Delhi on February 9 for his part in a deadly attack on the Indian parliament in 2001, sparking more than a week of protests in the disputed Himalayan territory.
Zardari’s remarks to the joint session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in Muzaffarabad are likely to inflame tempers in India.
Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir.
Zardari said “force and oppression” would not silence calls for self-determination in Kashmir, where a separatist conflict has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives over the last 20 years.
“The hanging of Afzal Guru through abuse of judicial process has further angered the Kashmiris.”
He praised Guru by quoting a verse written by the Urdu language poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
“The dignity and esteem with which a person heads towards the place of execution is immortal. On contrary, the life is but a transitory phase.”
Guru was convicted of conspiring with militants who raided the Indian parliament in 2001, killing 10 people and bringing nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
The one-time fruit merchant and medical college dropout had insisted he was innocent and that he was denied a proper legal defence. Protesters have accused police of framing him.
Guru’s execution was mired in further controversy after his family said they learned about his death from television.
There were warnings the hanging could lead to more violence and last month militants disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary police in an ambush in the main city of Indian Kashmir, the area’s deadliest attack for nearly five years.
Zardari also said that counter-terrorism requires practical cooperation and terrorism could not be fought through blame game and hostile propaganda.
“We believe that Pakistan and India should not allow terrorists and militants to dictate the agenda,” he stressed.
“The Kashmiris have paid in their blood for the failure of the international community. I salute the courage, the resolve and the determination of the Kashmiris.”
The President said that history had taught them that oppression could not endure.
“People cannot be suppressed indefinitely. Suppression cannot long endure. This is the lesson of history.”
Zardari reiterated Pakistan’s stance that they would not give up on Kashmir.
“If we are to surrender the people of Jammu and Kashmir, we will be surrendering Pakistan. The governments may come and go, but we cannot abandon the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”
Zardari calls Guru hanging
 
I want the Judiciary to murder all those who attack our parliament and try to hide behind their religious flags...
 
Did this clown just wake up, oh wait its election time. I Am still surprised that this b@stard have not sold us into slavery. Or has he.

Our elections don't bank on India related issues so this statement has nothing to do with impending elections. Notice, he was addressing joint session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir assembly in Muzaffarabad.
 
Our elections don't bank on India related issues so this statement has nothing to do with impending elections. Notice, he was addressing joint session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir assembly in Muzaffarabad.

Still too little too late sir, and also he might be addressing anyone its the timing that matters. Again the same question was he sleeping then. And he cares about Kashmiris, to me his party and gov has caused more harm then good to the Kashmir cause then any one else in the past.
 
And still we r giving them MFN status n talking abt trade with them n transit routes:drag:
 
Being the terror central of the world, it understandable that Pakistanis and Pakistani leaders have deep sympathy for terrorist and those aiding and abetting it.Perhaps that is why they acquit, most of the terrorist they capture.

Pakistanis better save their breaths, for we(Indians) will give no quarter to terrorist regardless of their religion or their 'cause' for becoming one.
 
Being the terror central of the world, it understandable that Pakistanis and Pakistani leaders have deep sympathy for terrorist and those aiding and abetting it.Perhaps that is why they acquit, most of the terrorist they capture.

Pakistanis better save their breadths, for we(Indians) will give no quarter to terrorist regardless of their religion or their 'cause' for becoming one.


Too rich coming from someone own country is on record to rendering assistance to not one but 2 diff terror organizations in 2 different countries. I am sure as smart as you pretend to be u know the names alright.
 
I think hanging Afzal Guru was a great example set by India. Pakistan shoud also follow it. ;)
 
In other news....2 days before elections President Zardari condemns drone bombings and denies that he sanctioned the USA conducting these nefarious activities promising that he will teach the infidel USA a lesson if re-elected :D
 

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