Omar govt to hold special cabinet meet in Pahalgam today

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday held a special cabinet meeting in resort town of Pahalgam, which recently witnessed a ghastly terror attack, to give a clear message that the government will not be “intimidated by cowardly acts of terrorism".

While speaking to the reporters, Abdullah said that this is the first time that the cabinet meeting took place outside the usual summer capital, Srinagar, or winter capital, Jammu, during this government’s tenure.

He also emphasised that the choice of Pahalgam for holding the meeting was to show solidarity with the residents of the tourist town, which has experienced a sharp decline in tourist footfall since the devastating April 22 terror attack.