Mirwaiz defends Fai

He hoped justice will be done.

“It is every Kashmiri’s duty to work for the cause of Kashmir,” he said.

The Hurriyat dove said it was unlikely that Fai’s arrest will have any impact on coming Indo-Pak Foriegn Ministers’ talks.

“It (the arrest) has caused a setback to the peaceful efforts to solve the Kashmir issue. Hurriyat wants to clear it that Kashmir struggle is indigenous,not at the behest of any country or organisation,” Mirwaiz said.

He said it was unfair to say that the Kashmir struggle was for monetary gains when America in its “war on terror” is spending billions of dollars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“We support the work being done by Kashmiri diaspora and we are sure while keeping in view the laws of their respective countries they will continue to work for the Kashmir cause,” he said.

Earlier,the Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar met Mirwaiz and other leaders of the moderate faction in Srinagar.

“This time there is peace in Srinagar and we talked how this peace can be sustained,” Shankar said after the meeting.

Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednessday said Fai’s arrest was unjustified and claimed it was carried out at the behest of New Delhi.He has called for peaceful protests against the arrest on Friday.