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Act of cowardice, says Farooq

SRINAGAR: The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and opposition National Conference Patron Farooq Abdullah termed the assassination an act of cowardice.

“It is an act of cowardice which should be condemned by one and all in the strongest possible words,” Mr. Abdullah said.

He appealed to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and all political parties of that country to save Pakistan by joining hands in fighting terrorism.

The moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front also condemned the assassination.

“We strongly condemn the killing of Benazir Bhutto ... it is an attempt to destabilise Pakistan,” Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said.

Describing it as a sad day for the people of Pakistan and also for the people of Kashmir, he said Ms. Bhutto was a friend of Kashmir and Kashmiris and expressed sympathies for the Bhutto family, the Pakistan People’s Party and the people of Pakistan.

JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said the former Prime Minister was a representative of a large section of Pakistani society.

Whosoever did it could neither claim to be part of human society nor a good Muslim, Mr. Malik said.

Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani could not be reached for his reaction.

- PTI

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