NC asks Centre to initiate dialogue for Kashmir solution

The National Conference (NC) Monday asked the Centre to "see the writing on the wall" and initiate a time-bound inclusive political process, saying the solution to Kashmir lies only in dialogue.

"NC is of the firm belief that the solution to Kashmir lies only in dialogue.We will make every possible effort to get the state out of the morass of uncertainty and chaos," NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said after meeting senior party functionaries at the NC headquarters at Nawa-e Subah here.

Seven civilians were killed Sunday in a blast at an encounter site in Laroo village in Kulgam district, after the gunfight with security forces in which three militants were also eliminated, had ended.

On the death of civilians in Kulgam, the NC leader said, "What happened in Kulgam has shaken us to the core and I am sure all the right thinking people in the country have certainly expressed regret over the barbaric killing of seven youth there."