Srinagar, April 24 -- A two-minute silence was observed at the beginning of the All-Party Meeting in Srinagar on Thursday to honour the innocent lives lost in the Pahalgam terror attack.

This was a solemn moment of shared grief and determination among the leaders in attendance.

The meeting, convened by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, brought together leaders from across the political spectrum to deliberate on the path forward in the wake of the April 22 terror attack that shook the region.

Senior PDP leader and former Law Minister Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari called the incident "shocking" ahead of the high-level deliberations.

"The incident was shocking. Everyone wa...