Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the national media to desist from portraying all Kashmiri youth as stone-pelters and not to show discussions that develop hatred against the people of the state.

She said Kashmir has seen far more worse days since 1947 and expressed hope that peace will return to the troubled valley where protests have been going on intermittently over the past nearly two months. "All of us are concerned about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. But we should know that this has not happened for the first time.Since 1947, there have been many occasions when J-K has gone through bad times.Today we are again at crossroads," Mehbooba told reporters at a brief interaction at the opening of the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar.


Image: J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti reviewing the guard of honour at the opening of the Civil Secretariat in the state capital today. Pic: Umar Ganie