Jammu and Kashmir, May 15, 2017: J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti spoke to media on Saturday after the meeting of youth delegations at her hometown Srinagar.
CM said that India and Pakistan have to learn how to be good and peaceful neighbors.
Mehbooba further expressed her grief over the killings on the border after two civilians lost their lives on Saturday during a shootout between Indian and Pakistani troops on LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district, mentioned HT report.
The CM said "It is very unfortunate that the firing which is going on for past few days has led to deaths. First a lady died. Today there have been more deaths. Our stand has always remained that war and confrontation (between the two countries) has always affected (Kashmir) Valley and our people."
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She added, "That is why I will ask both nations; Pakistan should think that this type of shelling leads to killings of people in Jammu and Kashmir. I believe there will be deaths on the other side as well because in retaliatory fire people were killed there also and here also they are killed."
Mufti said that no one will benefit from these exchanges of fire. Only the innocent people will lose their lives and that is the last thing any nation wants.
Remembering the time of BJP government under former PM Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, she said "Jaise ki Vajpayee ji ke time par tha, Jaise ek dusre ke hamsaye hai, hume miljul ke rehne ki aadat dalni padegi aur aman se rehni ki aadat dalni padegi (Like it was during (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's time, we should learn to live peacefully as neighbours."
The CM ensured the state of security and said that the state government will consider any request for security from separatist leaders following a threat by Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Rashid Bhat.
"When somebody will seek security from us, we will think over it," Mufti told reporters.
It is to be noted here that Zakir had earlier threatened Hurriyat leaders if they "create hurdles in the path of making Kashmir an Islamic State," she further added.
– prepared by Nikita Tayal of NewsGram, Twitter: @NikitaTayal6