JKLF chairman Yasin Malik

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, May 13

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik said today that his party would not allow the establishment of Sainik Colony and composite townships for Pandits in Kashmir valley.“JKLF will not allow the establishment of Sainik Colony in Kashmir, be it for state subjects or non-state subjects,” Malik told reporters here.“We have one lakh police personnel in the state. The government allows them to stay in police colonies up to the age of retirement. However, after their retirement, they move to their personal homes,” said Malik.On proposed composite townships for Pandits in Kashmir, Malik alleged the government was planning the townships “on the pattern of Israeli settlements in Palestine”. He said Pandits are a part and parcel of Kashmir but settling them in separate colonies will not be allowed.