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Pak-based militant groups harden stand on Kashmir

The head of Pakistan's Jamait-e-Islami party has echoed President General Pervez Musharraf's statement that there can be no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue unless India changes its attitude, the NNI news agency reported on Monday.

Qazi Hussain Ahmed said, "The progress of the Indo-Pak summit depends largely on India's attitude. If it continues to dance to the old tune of Kashmir being its integral part no positive outcome can be expected."

He said jihad is the only solution to the Kashmir issue.

"If there is no jihad, all avenues leading to the liberation of Kashmir would close," he added.

Meanwhile, the Hizbul Mujahideen said the implementation of the UN resolutions is the only solution to the Kashmir issue.

Hizb spokesman Saleem Hashmi said if Pakistan and India agree to implement the resolutions and have tripartite talks, the Hizb would not create any obstacles.

He said the Hizb believes in Kashmir's accession to Pakistan.

Former information minister Mushahid Hussain termed Vajpayee's acceptance of Musharraf's invitation to visit Pakistan as positive. He said it shows the two countries had begun to tread the path of dialogue instead of following a course of war.

Indo-Asian News Service

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