Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, Geelani rejected outright Musharraf's four-point solution to the vexed Kashmir issue.
'Jack', 'John' and 'Alpha' were among the National Investigation Agency's protected witnesses who helped nail banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik.
The separatists left no stone unturned in making their differences obvious
Senior separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Ahmad Shah were placed under house arrest as the funeral of a youth, found dead under mysterious circumstances in New Delhi, was carried out amidst tight security in Srinagar on Thursday.
Chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was again put under house arrest on Thursday to prevent him from taking part in the Friday congregation at the holy Hazratbal shrine.Geelani had given a 'Hazratbal chalo' call to offer special prayers for the 'victory' in the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board forest land issue. A spokesman of the HC, Aiyaz Akbar, told UNI that a large number of police personnel were deployed outside his residence.
The police picked up Masrat Alam, chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League, a constituent of the hard-line Hurriyat faction, from Srinagar's Shaheedgunj area.
Geelani claimed since there was no change in the ground situation even after the initiation of a comprehensive dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad, its suspension would make no difference.
Denying any ambition of capturing power, Geelani said, "I am neither struggling for power, nor for any office. I want to see my nation free. If I die in the struggle it is my fortune," he said.
"We will take part in the talks, which are meant for resolution of the issue," the firebrand leader said.
Geelani was operated at Tata Memorial Hospital on Monday and the doctors had successfully removed the malignant tumour from his only surviving kidney.
The separatist leader suffers from kidney cancer.
The Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said organisations that missed the first roundtable, will be persuaded to attend the May round.
"The government's claims of democracy in the context of Jammu and Kashmir are hollow and baseless," Geelani said.
Chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was Friday taken into preventive custody near his Rawalpora residence.
Breakaway Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Friday put under house arrest, official sources said.
Several senior separatist leaders have rejected outright their participation in any such meet at the moment.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led faction of Hurriyat Conference has rejected the invitation for next week's round table conference on the Kashmir issue.
However, the APC failed to make any headway in his proposed formation of working groups as some political parties opposed the move.
Militants shot at and killed a shopkeeper in north Kashmir apple rich Sopore town late Friday evening.
Authorities were gearing up to question Geelani following claims made by his aide G M Bhat that the money was meant for Geelani and his Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, an amalgam created as a parallel to Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.
Geelani cleared for Haj pilgrimage: J&K govt
The strike called by the senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was supported by underground groups and the National Conference.
Geelani did not attach much significance to the resumption of the dialogue process between India and Pakistan, saying it will revolve around checking terrorism and not for settling Kashmir issue, which is the 'mother of all problems.'
A spokesman for the HC Aiyaz Akbar told UNI that a large number of Jammu and Kashmir police personnel had been deployed outside Geelani's residence in Hyderpora locality of the state since early Saturday morning.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Wednesday re-elected unanimously for a second term as chairman of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference.
A spokesman said Geelani was to lead a procession in the city in protest against the alleged increase in the Human Rights violations, particularly the killing of a student by security forces at Dalgate on August 9.
She also hit out at the Centre alleging that while the Government of India was expressing concern for the rights of people in Afghanistan, the same were denied to Kashmiris.
Chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Tuesday put under house arrest, official sources said.
The Hizbul Mujahideen chief said he could not back their peace moves or any future Kashmir solution unless hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was taken on board, local media reported.
Geelani, who was scheduled to address a Friday congregation at Rajouri town and Thanamandi, was arrested at Chingus, 90 km from Jammu.
"Several innocent people have been killed and I strongly feel violence should come to an end," Abdullah said.
In a surprise snub to Pakistan, hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani decided to "boycott" the Eid Milan being hosted by Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit in Delhi on July 21, making it the first time that he has turned down such an invite.
The BJP members asked the government why it was not coming forward to condemn Geelani's action.
Both the Houses were thrown into pandemonium soon after swearing-in of new members and obituary references.
This was disclosed by party spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad at a press conference in New Delhi.
Earlier this month, Geelani was given a passport valid for a year on humanitarian grounds after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened so that he could seek treatment abroad.
Following intervention from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the ministry of external affairs issued him a passport to Geelani so that he could travel for treatment of his illness abroad.
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