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Hizbul Mujahideen rejects
call for ceasefire

Pakistan-backed Hizbul Mujahideen, one of Jammu and Kashmir's dominant militant groups, has rejected the call of Hurriyat Conference for a ceasefire. The group has also turned down Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's appeal to lay down arms and participate in the forthcoming assembly elections.

A spokesman of the outfit, Junid-ul-Islam, told a local news agency after a two-day conference of field commanders that the outfit has also chalked a "new military strategy" in view of the emerging scenario in the region.

The field commanders have been directed to strictly implement the "instructions," he said, but did not elaborate.

Meanwhile, the Hurriyat Conference has reiterated that it will not join the election fray and has termed the exercise "futile."

"Our struggle is not just to capture power for five to six years but for total resolution of the vexed issue of J&K once and for all," Hurriyat Chairman Abdul Gani Bhat told PTI.

PTI

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