Condemning the attack, PDP Minister and government spokesman Nayeem Akhtar said his party had “full confidence in Prime Minister Narndra Modi to take the dialogue with Pakistan to its logical conclusion.” “Such attacks are particularly against the interest of Jammu and Kashmir. The assault was nothing but subversion to derail the initiate of the Prime Minister,” said Mr. Akhtar. Former Chief Minister and NC working president Omar Abdullah also underlined the need to insulate Indo-Pak. dialogue in the backdrop of the Pathankot attack.
Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged New Delhi and Islamabad to solve all issues between them, including the vexed Kashmir issue.”
