ISLAMABAD, SEPT 27: Pakistan government has reportedly decided not to stop the planned crossing of the Line of Control (LoC) by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on October 4, for fear of a strong reaction from Kashmiri people and let the Indian Army ``do the job''.Urdu daily Ausaf, quoting reliable government sources, said that the government has decided to ``keep quiet'' about the rally and not to try to stop it, after it came to be known that Kashmiris living in Europe and United States have planned to launch a propaganda against Pakistan if it tries to stop the planned crossing.
The government has been advised to follow a non-interference policy in this regard and let the Indian Army stop the JKLF marchers, the newspaper said.
The JKLF chairman Amanullah Khan also confirmed, over the telephone from his temporary control room for this purpose at Rawlakot in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), that the Pakistan government is yet to approach him directly.
``There has not been anydirect communication to us asking to refrain from crossing the LoC,'' he said, adding that however, there have been some indirect signals not to create more problems for the government.
Khan, however, said that their decision to cross the LoC from the Poonch sector next Monday stands till now and that they are busy building up momentum for the same.
``We expect more than 20,000 Kashmiris to join the JKLF march to cross the LoC to express their resentment over the move to convert LoC into an international boundary between India and Pakistan,'' the JKLF chief said. But Amanullah Khan said that in view of ``indirect'' appeals by the Pakistani authorities to refrain from crossing the LoC, the central executive committee of JKLF will be meeting in Rawlakot on Thursday to take a final decision in this regard.
The Indian Foreign Office had summoned the Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner in New Delhi last Wednesday and handed him a note saying that the Pakistani government should stop the JKLF march to crossLoC.
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