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Pant to continue as interlocutor

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

Though the Hurriyat Conference leaders think that KC Pant's job as the government interlocutor is over after the summit meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, K C Pant, however, is firm on continuing his job as government emissary on Kashmir.

"I intend to continue my job as the interlocutor and hold talks with political leaders from various parties and people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir at large," Pant told newsmen at a press conference in New Delhi this evening.

Former chairman of the Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq had said after the summit meeting that there is no role for Pant.

He clarified that even though the government of India had extended invitation to the Pakistan government to hold talks on Kashmir, the process of holding dialogue with the people and leaders of political parties on Kashmir continued.

"I went to Kashmir after the government had extended invitation to Pakistan to hold talks with India on Kashmir. I would continue my job even now. In due course we would inform you about development on this front," he said.

According to him there is a definite utility of holding dialogue. "The discussions must go on," he said.

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