PDP condemns Showkat Ahmad Shah's killing

Condemning the killing of Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadees chief Moulvi Showkat Ahmad Shah in a blast outside a mosque in Maisuma area of the city, opposition PDP today decided to defer its tehsil-level protests demanding a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.

"In view of the situation created due to the assassination of noted religious leader and president of Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadees Showkat Ahmad, PDP has decided to defer its demonstration programme for the resolution of Kashmir issue which was to be held on April 9 at all tehsil headquarters in the Valley," a PDP spokesman said in a statement.

PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed And President Mehbooba Mufti strongly condemned the killing of Showkat Ahmad Shah.

Expressing grief over the attack on the religious leader, which also injured a few others, the PDP leaders said violence was "antithesis of both religion and politics".

"These killings are another painful addition to the larger Kashmir tragedy," they said.

Shah was today killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast outside a mosque in Maisuma area here.