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Jama Masjid Shahi Imam
welcomes cease-fire offer: PTI

Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari Monday welcomed the announcement of a unilateral cease-fire in Jammu and Kashmir by the Centre and asked Pakistan "to take all possible steps for maintaining peace in the valley" during the holy month of Ramzan.

In a statement issued in New Delhi by Jama Masjid Delhi Mushawarti Council spokesman Rahat Mohammood Chowdhry, the Shahi Imam asked Kashmiri leaders, including the Hurriyat Conference, to extend all co-operation to this move as such steps would prove helpful in maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the valley.

The spokesman said the Shahi Imam had talked to former Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and appealed to him that this step of the Centre should be welcomed "so that Muslims may offer prayers fearlessly in the valley in the holy month of Ramzan".

According to the spokesman, "The Mirwaiz has assured the Shahi Imam of his co-operation in this regard."

Bukhari held talks with Hurriyat leaders, including Abdul Ghani Lone, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Shabir Shah, Fazal Haq Quereshi and chairman of the so-called Jihad Council and Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin during the last one month to stress "that in respect of Ramzan, the bloodshed should be stopped," the statement added.

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