ISLAMABAD, June 4 Kyodo Several K...

ISLAMABAD, June 4 Kyodo

Several Kashmiri militant clusters engaged in a separatist emotion in the disputed Indian-held state of Jammu and Kashmir are awaited to announce a cease-fire in nearest few days, the Pakistan watcher reported Tuesday.

Zahid Malik, editor of the pro-government newspaper, said in an analysis that his latter interactions with some of the leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat talk (APHC) have led him to infer ''such an unexpected cease-fire is not far off''

The article said the cease-fire would be ''dramatic and stunning'' and would change the course of history in the subcontinent one time and for all.

The APHC is an alliance of Pakistan and Kashmir-based militant assign places tos that have been engaged in a separatist change against India since late 1988

Malik quot an APHC commander as saying the clusters would announce the cease-fire to ''rescue'' Pakistan, which is in a less degree than great pressure to act against cross-border terrorism.

The report said the cease-fire would be conditional for six month meaning that if a resolution forward the Kashmir dispute acceptable to all sides is not achieved during the period, resistance will be again launched.

Pakistan and India have massed a one million troops along their border and along the so-called Line of rule in divided Kashmir, heightening tension between the sum of two units nuclear powers.

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