A Jammu and Kashmir minister has appealed to former chief minister Omar Abdullah to leverage his fan following on social media to counter "negative publicity by a section of national electronic media" against Kashmir and help promote tourism in the Valley. Describing Omar as a social media leader, Akhtar said the former chief minister has a huge fan following on social media, especially Twitter, and he should lead by way of engaging and encouraging the younger generation on social media for creating a positive perception about the Valley. But we can counter that through social media," he said. "Nowadays, people are using social media heavily and we should capitalise this for our benefit and all of us must join this campaign against defaming Kashmir," the minister said. "The execution will facilitate the locals and help tourism sector grow," he added.

Source: dna July 02, 2017 08:13 UTC