NC, Hurriyat oppose residency status to West Pak refugees
13 Jan 2015 12:55 AM GMT
Mainstream parties as well as separatist groups of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday voiced opposition to any move by the Central government to grant permanent residency status and voting rights to West Pakistan Refugees, who have settled in various parts of the state. National Conference even threatened agitation if any such move was initiated by the Centre on the recommendations of a Parliamentary Standing Committee.
“We will launch an agitation if that happens. We will protest it,” NC leader Mohd Akbar Lone told reporters while commenting on the recommendations of the Committee for giving residency and voting rights to West Pakistan refugees Around 5,764 families consisting of 47,215 persons, who migrated from West Pakistan, have got settled in different areas of Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts decades back, as per the Home Ministry data.
However, they are not permanent residents of the state as per the J&K Constitution. Prior to creation of Bangladesh in 1971, current Pakistan was known as West Pakistan.
“We will launch an agitation if that happens. We will protest it,” NC leader Mohd Akbar Lone told reporters while commenting on the recommendations of the Committee for giving residency and voting rights to West Pakistan refugees Around 5,764 families consisting of 47,215 persons, who migrated from West Pakistan, have got settled in different areas of Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts decades back, as per the Home Ministry data.
However, they are not permanent residents of the state as per the J&K Constitution. Prior to creation of Bangladesh in 1971, current Pakistan was known as West Pakistan.
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