Omar asks India-Pak to observe ceasefire; attacks PDP of not being sincere

March 18, 2018 20:30

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today called upon India and Pakistan to uphold the ceasefire on the Line of Control, saying innocent lives were being lost to border skirmishes.

Ceasefire was the best gift India and Pakistan gave to the areas near the border and the LoC, but since the last few years, we are continuously seeing that it has remained confined to paper only. It is not being implemented. I request both New Delhi as well as Islamabad to please follow the ceasefire as part of the CBMs (confidence building measures)," Abdullah said.

Innocent lives are being lost, he said and referred to the killing of five members of a family in Pakistani shelling today. The former J&K chief minister added that two girls were in hospital.

"This is too much. We want there should be peace on the border and the LoC, Abdullah said.

The National Conference working president was speaking to reporters after a party convention at Damhal Hanjipora in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on the occasion of the 23rd death anniversary of NC leader and former speaker Wali Muhammad Itoo.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Abdullah asked what happened to her announcement of an inquiry into the allegations of nepotism in the recruitment in Khadi Village and Industrial Board.

-- PTI

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