Srinagar, April 23 -- Tasleema Akhter, the Chairperson of the Association of Terror Victims in Kashmir (ATVK), has vehemently denounced the recent attack in Pahalgam, labelling it a "historical black day" for both Jammu and Kashmir and the entire country.

The attack, carried out by terrorists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, is one of the deadliest in the Valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.

"There was tranquillity in Kashmir, and India was investing in tourism to uplift the local economy," she remarked, mourning how this "atrocious act" jeopardised the progress that had been painstakingly achieved.

"This is a day we will never forget, until the end of time...Every Indian has given blood f...