Don't sideline Kashmir issue: Hurriyat leader Geelani to Pakistan

SRINAGAR: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday said Pakistan should not sideline the Kashmir issue and place it on the backburner. "Pakistan has been a party to the Jammu and Kashmir issue since 1947," the chairman of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference said here. "It is not acceptable if Pakistan sidelines the Kashmir issue and places it on the backburner," Geelani said.