TIL Desk/National/J&K/Terming resumption of dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad as “inevitable” for peace in south Asia, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the hand of friendship to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan for skae of Kashmir.
The People’s Democratic Party president also appealed to the prime minister to follow the steps of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to revive the peace process between the two neighbours. “Peace in south Asia will only be possible if it is ensured in Jammu and Kashmir,” the PDP president said, addressing a public meeting in border district of Rajauri.
Urging Modi to extend the hand of friendship to Khan and pick up the peace process from where Vajpayee had to leave it, Mehbooba said, “It will usher a new era of growth and tranquillity in the two countries.” If it’s done, the people would no longer live in constant fears and heave a sigh of relief, she said. She said opening new roads between “divided Jammu and Kashmir” and strengthening the people-to-people contact would lower the tension across the border.
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