Maintain ceasefire at any cost to consolidate peace: Mufti

"We stress on the need of maintaining spirit of the ceasefire all along the Line of Control (LoC) at any cost", Sayeed said.

He said peace on the borders was in the interest of Jammu and Kashmir people because they bear brunt of the hostility between the two countries.

Welcoming Sayeed Najeeb Naqui, a Youth Congress leader from Uri, who joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here today, Sayeed expressed his concern over unpleasant events on the LoC recently and emphasised on the need of taking some concerted steps to avoid reoccurrence of the unfortunate incidents in future.

In a gruesome attack on Tuesday, Pakistan regular soldiers crossed into Indian territory in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed an Indian patrol killing two soldiers, both of them were decapitated.

He said that the ceasefire, which was announced on the border by the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the year 2003, had brought positives changes in lives of the common people in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The ceasefire all along the border from Kathua to Kargil had proved to be a very important event not only for the two countries but also for the people in all the regions of Jammu & Kashmir", he said.

"I appealed Prime Minister of India and political leadership of Pakistan to adopt realistic and purposeful policy to establish lasting and sustainable peace in this region", he added.