Srinagar, May 19: Jammu and Kashmir Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) President GM Shaheen said that it is not the first time that Pakistan has tried to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir while reacting to the killing of a former Sarpanch in the Shopian terror attack on Saturday. He also said that the Army and J-K Police have the capability to deal with such elements.
“This was unfortunate because you know that the Pakistani people are the neighbours, they are very bad neighbours and that is their routine work. It is not the first time in the last many years they have tried to disturb the peace in Jammu and Kashmir… You can’t compare the situation to 1996, 98 or 93 (with) today,” Shaheen told ANI.
He said that normalcy returned to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 6, 2019. “We had peace again back in Jammu and Kashmir for the last four to five years after the abrogation of Article 370. And if you can see the situation of these sorts of incidents, many more incidents happen in Uttar Pradesh or other places. So these things happen sometimes. But our police and army are very strong, and they will answer these elements,” he added.
The latest terror attack came days ahead of the polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency scheduled for May 25.
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Hakeem urges govt to take fresh review of law & order
Srinagar, May 19: Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) and former minister Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen has strongly condemned the killing of a former Sarpanch in Herpora, Shopian, by gunmen and the injuring of a couple from Rajasthan at Yanner near Pahalgam in South Kashmir. He said such incidents of violence are detrimental to peace and the booming tourism activities in Kashmir.
In a statement issued here, Hakeem condemned the terror incidents urged the government to take a fresh review of the law and order situation to ensure that peace and the ongoing tourist season are not affected. “Any disturbance in the law and order situation would be detrimental to the tourist season,” he said.
The PDF chairman stated that the killing of human beings is against the tenets of all religions, especially Islam, and that manifestations of violence and terror in any form have no place in a civilized society. He expressed his sympathies with the bereaved family of the deceased Sarpanch and prayed for the early recovery of the injured tourist couple involved in the unfortunate incident near Pahalgam.
