Srinagar, April 12 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, senior liberation leader, Bilal Siddiqui has said that Kashmiris should be given a chance to decide their future themselves.

Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, Bilal Siddiqi said that peaceful relations between Pakistan and India were linked to the resolution of Kashmir dispute. Siddiqi was recently released after remaining incarcerated for 15 years in various jails across India and occupied Kashmir.

Bilal Siddiqi pointed out that besides militarily, India was pursuing war in the occupied territory on political, economical, and cultural fronts aimed at forcing Kashmiris to give up their right to self-determination. He maintained that conspiracies hatched by India to malign the liberation movement would not be allowed to succeed.