Praveen Swami , citing friends of Dar , has written that soon afterwards , he went for Hajj , and had a revelation standing in front of the Kaaba , and where saw " a vision of the suffering that a decade of terror had inflicted on Jammu and Kashmir . " Eventually , after the much-maligned Chittisinghpura massacre of March 2000 , several voices within the Hizb joined Dar in seeking a return to more peaceful approaches . In July 2000 , Dar , along with four other Hizb commanders , declared a unilateral ceasefire in a declaration from the outskirts of Srinagar . The ceasefire was ratified by the Azad Kashmir-based commander Sayeed Salahudeen , but was criticized strongly in the Pakistan media . It was withdrawn by Salahudeen by September
Chittisinghpura massacre
Chittisinghpura massacre
Abdul Majeed Dar