Nisar Ahmed Thakur
It seems ironic that veteran Kashmiri scholar and director of Washington-based Kashmiri-American Council Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai fell prey to deteriorating relationship between the CIA and the ISI. Dr Fai had been championing the cause of the oppressed people of Jammu and Kashmir for more than 25 years. However, Indians were not comfortable with his diplomatic activities in the United States as he ran an effective campaign across the US besides highlighting in the American print and electronic media the atrocities inflicted on the people of Kashmir by Indian troops in Kashmir. He facilitated intra-Kashmir dialogue enabling the Kashmiri leaders hailing from both sides of the line of control and the intellectuals of both India and Pakistan to share their expertise and observations on the issue that happens to be the bone of contention between the two nuclear neighbours of South Asia. He is perhaps the first Kashmiri leader who talked about the aspirations of the people belonging to all religious and ethnic entities and groups of Jammu and Kashmir. He worked for a political and negotiated settlement of the Kashmir dispute, and so, it was quite astonishing to note that the Americans have branded him ‘a Pakistani agent’.
As a law-abiding citizen of the US, Dr Fai never indulged in subversive activities. His decades-long peaceful struggle on diplomatic fronts bears witness to this fact. There are many Indian-American citizens who lobby for the core interests of their country, India, making huge political contributions in the election campaigns, and similarly, there are people hailing from other countries who work for their respective countries. Did any of these US citizens ever register themselves as private agents of their countries? http://images.thenews.com.pk/27-07-2011/ethenews/e-59769.htm#.Ti_BZOF6mvo.facebook
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