The Centre's special envoy on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, today paid his maiden visit to Pulwama district in South Kashmir, an area which was the epicentre of last year's unrest in the Valley. The 61-year-old Sharma arrived here from Jammu and met around 12 delegations which comprised youths and students from the area, an official said. An all-girls delegation also met Sharma and urged him to improve the education sector and create avenues for employment in the state. Some of the youth delegations requested Sharma for an early and impartial probe into the arrest of photojournalist Kamran Yousuf by NIA, the official said. He said Sharma was likely to visit Anantnag district in South Kashmir tomorrow.

Source: Economic Times November 26, 2017 11:37 UTC