Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq AbdullahIn a controversial statement, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Friday taunted the government saying Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is not a personal property to be inherited. He questioned India’s claim on PoK and said that it isn’t its paternal property. “Kya yeh tumare baap ka hai (Is this your fathers’ property),” Abdullah was quoted saying by News 18 website. “We bat for autonomy to both sides of Kashmir and converting LoC-IB as soft border,” said Abdullah. Earlier on Sunday, Farooq Abdullah, referring to the continuing disturbances between India and Pakistan, said that both the sides need to talk to each other.

Source: Indian Express November 25, 2016 07:03 UTC