A political activist has lambasted Pakistan for creating turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir for decades by using terrorism as a tool to set its agenda.

Sardar Saghir, a leader of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) told Tanveer Ahmad, a local journalist, that Pakistan has been using terrorists as proxies to create instability in Jammu and Kashmir."The indigenous movement of Kashmir's liberation was sabotaged in 1947 (by Pakistan)by sending Pashtun tribal forces in the region. In the late 1980s, when the people of Jammu and Kashmir launched another movement, it was high jacked (byPakistan) in 1989 by forming terror groups such as Hizbul Mujahideen and Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen," Saghir said.

"Later, Hafiz Saeed's Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) andJamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) was also brought in. In 1992-93, we condemned thesenon-state actors, which were brought in by Pakistan's spy agencies. It hassabotaged our peaceful struggle. The world community is now looking it as anact of terrorism," he added.Saghir is one of the vocal activists inPakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), where people are suffering from persecutionand terrorism."After the 9/11 incident, strict measures were taken againstterrorism and our peaceful struggle was backtracked. However, we continued toprotest. When Pakistan was pressurised by the international community thenbesides LeT, they further started promoting Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) headed byMaulana Masood Azhar."

Recently, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan confessed thatabout 30,000-40,000 terrorists have been trained in some parts of Afghanistanand Kashmir.The activist added that Pakistan has been using PoK's territory asa launchpad for terrorists to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir.

"Now, JeM terrorists are getting trained at a verylarge scale to infiltrate into India. The world attention was towards theKashmir valley, but Pakistan's intelligence agencies have diverted itdeliberately. These militants are infiltrating, getting killed and will bekilled in future," he said.