Government must evolve a comprehensive policy to fight terrorism: JKUF

This was a unanimous resolution passed at a conference "26/11 Lessons for Future" organized by JKUF here to remember the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack as a war-like act which exposed the entire dimension of the Pak-sponsored low-intensity aggression against India. The panelists were unanimous in their views that after the neutralization of 370 and reorganization of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state into two UTs, a pedestal has been created to defeat the Pak designs and a hope has been generated that Jihadi terrorism would now be understood in its entirety and dealt with comprehensively. Speaking of the occasion, Major General G S Jamwal (Retd) said, "We have not fought terrorism as a nation." To ensure zero-tolerance to terrorism, a law which would take care of all aspects from preventive detentions to investigations, procedure, evidence and trial has to be enacted, he said. Tribal Research & Cultural Foundation secretary Jawaid Rahi said all communities have to fight the menace of terrorism unitedly. He said Gujjar community living in Jammu and Kashmir has been in the fore-front of the fight against terrorism and has played a stellar role in its elimination. In his address, Prof Shujaat Khan said, "Pakistan is the hub of illegal mafia economy. Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo said the 26/11 was enacted by Lashkar-e-Taiba , the foremost terror instrument of Pakistan. "It's high time to realize that the entire terrorist campaign in Jammu and Kashmir has been spearheaded by Lashkar-e-Taiba," he said. "It is intriguing that while the Government of India has banned Jamaat-e-Islami and JKLF, the ideological and indoctrination mother of Lashkar-e-Taiba known as AhlEHadith has been left free," he said, adding the reasons for this cannot be understood.