Mehbooba Mufti addresses Party Workers in Pulwama presses centre for talks with youth of J&K. 

Pulwama/(Mudasir Maqbool) : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti & Ex CM of J&K on Sunday said that neither war nor the gun are solutions, and the issue of Jammu and Kashmir can be only settled through talks between India and Pakistan.The PDP President was addresses Party worker’s at Town Hall Pulwama of this Southern District.Talking to reporters in Pulwama Ms. Mufti regretted the loss of lives over the years in J&K and said it was “very unfortunate that the central government is not bothered about it”.She added if India can talk to China, talks should be held with Pakistan as well. The Centre should also engage the people especially youth from Union Territory in the dialogue process.War is not a solution to any issue. No issue is settled through gun – be it of the militants or the security forces. So, we think that like any issue is settled across the world by way of dialogue, there is a need to hold talks with Pakistan, as well as in Jammu and Kashmir,” she said.Mehbooba said, People have been facing a lot of hardships since August 5 last year when the special powers of J&K were removed,“The central government’s policy since then has been anti-people and anti-J&K. Recently, government introduced the provision to prematurely retire government employees after 22 years of service.people were barred to take gravel,Sand from rivulets who were auctioned to outside contractor’s which people will not accepted , she said.She was accompanied by Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, Ex MLA Pampore Zahoor Ahmad Mir and other PDP Activist’s.The DDC chairman Syed Abdul Bari and all DDC member’s from PDP were present in this Party Convention.Mudasir Maqbool is Journalist based from Kashmir writing for National media outlets.He has PG in Politics & have pursued Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication.He also works for Peace and are doing Social Activism.He tweets at @MudasirJourno and can be reached