Mehbooba demands India-Pak dialogue to stop cross LoC firing

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Daily Excelsior
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Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speaks to the media after the reopening of the state's winter capital at the Civil Secretariat in Jammu, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. India's Jammu-Kashmir state government functions from two capital cities, Jammu in winter and Srinagar in summer, a practice locally known as "durbar move" and started by Kashmir's ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1872.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

SRINAGAR: Saddened over the killing of a woman in unprovoked shelling by Pakistani troops in Poonch in Jammu region on Thursday, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said opening of dialogue between India and Pakistan would stop loss of lives on the borders.
Taking to micro-blogging site twitter she said ” Saddened to hear of a 45 year old woman losing her life in the crossfire along the LoC in Poonch. We must open a dialogue to avoid further casualties”.
A woman was killed Thursday when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked shelling from across the border in Poonch. (AGENCIES)

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