Kashmiri separatist leaders today said the appointment of former IB chief Dineshwar Sharma as the Centres representative was nothing more than time-buying tactic “adopted under international pressure and regional compulsions”. Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Yasin Malik issued a joint statement here, giving their first reaction eight days after Sharma’s appointment was announced. They said that Sharma’s assertion that he is coming to Kashmir with the directive from Government of India to “restore peace” rather than…
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