{"id":8519,"date":"2017-01-08T09:48:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T04:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=8519"},"modified":"2017-01-08T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T04:18:25","slug":"jk-must-create-atmosphere-unite-india-pak-cm-mehbooba-mufti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=8519","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K must create atmosphere to unite India, Pak: CM Mehbooba Mufti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Srinagar:\u00a0<\/strong>Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that J&amp;K had to create \u201csuch an atmosphere so that India and Pakistan are compelled to come together.\u201d\u201cThe relations between India and Pakistan are bad at this point but they cannot remain the same always. Both nations have to live and die together. We have to create such a good atmosphere in the state so that India and Pakistan are compelled to come together,\u201d Mehbooba said while addressing an impressive party function to commemorate her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed\u2019s first death anniversary. \u201cThis enmity between the two (India and Pakistan) has a direct impact on the J&amp;K situation. However, this enmity is not going to continue.\u201dLater, talking to reporters after the function, Mehbooba said that after taking over as CM in 2002, her father had started a political process and it had resulted in good relations between India and Pakistan.\u201c\u2026But unfortunately, because of the governments here as well as in Delhi, that process could not be taken forward. Then when he took over again in 2015, he had to start from zero but unfortunately he did not get the opportunity,\u201d she said.The Chief minister said that they were again trying to create such an atmosphere in J&amp;K. \u201cI wrote a letter (to the separatists) but we did not get a desired response. I am trying that we together create such a situation so that a process is started,\u201d she said.Mehbooba said she was hopeful that they would succeed.\u201cFirst we should talk within us. Our people are fighting against each other. Our children should be in schools, with pens in their hands. Sometimes, certain elements push stones in their hands in place of balls. It will take time and we are hopeful to succeed,\u201d she said.Earlier in the day, Mehbooba visited Bijbehara in Anantnag and paid floral tributes at the mausoleum of her father at Dara Shikoh Park. She offered \u2018fatiha\u2019 and joined \u2018Koran Khwani\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PDP observes first death anniversary of Mufti<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jammu:<\/strong> Rich tributes were paid to former Chief Minister and PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on his first death anniversary at a commemoration function organised at Zorawar Singh Auditorium of here on Saturday. MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig was the chief guest at the function that was also attended by Legislative Council Chairman Haji Inayat Ali, ministers, PDP legislators and leaders. Baig said Mufti was gifted with a charismatic aura and it was with this unique attribute that whosoever, used to meet the great leader felt an immediate connection with him. \u201cEven if you had a brief interaction with him, he made you feel like you were his son, or his daughter or his sister or brother,\u201d Baig said. \u2014 TNS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar:\u00a0Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that J&amp;K had to create \u201csuch an atmosphere so that India and Pakistan are compelled to come together.\u201d\u201cThe relations between India and Pakistan are bad at this point but they cannot remain the same always. Both nations have to live and die together. We have to create such a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}