PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said Amit Shah's visit should have been preceded by a follow-up on assurances that were given during the all-party meeting convened by PM Modi in June.
The PDP chief Sunday said that questions surrounding an alliance are premature but ruled out any alliance with BJP. The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is far from normal, she added.
Mufti, in her plea, has sought to declare section 50 of PMLA as void and inoperative, being discriminatory, bereft of safeguards, and violative of Article 20(3) of the Constitution.
Mufti took to Twitter to slam the Centre alleging that while the govt was expressing concern for the rights of the people in Afghanistan, the same were being denied to Kashmiris.
Curfew-like restrictions have been imposed in Kashmir as a precaution. Roads leading upto Geelani's residence have been sealed and internet is likely to be suspended, police said.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Sunday had asked the Centre to take a lesson from Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and urged the govt to hold dialogue in J&K and return its special status.
The criminal case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is linked to the recovery of at least two diaries by the ED after raids on an alleged associate of Mehbooba.
The mother of PDP chief, Gulshan Nazir, who is in her late 70s, has been asked to appear in ED's Srinagar office on 18 August. She had been summoned by ED on earlier occasions also.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
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21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
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