Excelsior Correspondent
-Excelsior/ Gautam
SAMBA/KATHUA, Oct 11: President of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today called upon India and Pakistan to try peace instead of hostility which has brought only miseries to the people of this region.
She said that latest violence across the International Border (IB) comes at a time when both the countries should have been utilizing their resources and energies to provide relief to the people of the erstwhile State which has been reeling under the unprecedented floods.
Expressing her grave concern over loss of precious human lives and properties in recent firing across the IB, she said that it is unfortunate that our country and Pakistan are wasting their energies and capabilities on the senseless war exercises rather than addressing genuine problems of the people.
Mehbooba Mufti along with senior leaders of the PDP today visited different border areas of Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts. She also interacted with people who were forced to leave their homes and hearths due to escalation of hostility on the borders.
She said on both sides the civilians have died and lost their properties without being able to achieve anything except creating individual tragedies and making us a laughing stock before the whole world.
Asking India and Pakistan to resume talks to restore lasting and sustainable peace in this region, Mehbooba Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir should not be made a battle-ground.
“Alternative land should be provided to the border residents so that they can shift to the safer places with their families at the time of escalation of tension on the border”, she said.
PDP president also endorsed the demand that benefits given to the people living on Line of Control (LoC) should be extended to those living near the International Border (IB) also. She also assured that she will take up the issue of special recruitment drive in border areas so as to provide employment to the youth of these areas.
Yuvraj Vikramaditya Singh, Trilok Singh Bajwa, Yashpal Sharma, Ved Mahajan, Shanti Devi, Rashid Malik, besides many others expressed their views.
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