Srinagar, March 24 -- Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday welcomed the release of former chief minister Omar Abdullah, and demanded that all other political detainees including former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti be also released at an earliest in view of COVID-19 outbreak.

In a statement issued here, Bukhari termed the revocation of PSA against Omar Abdullah a significant move that will help in making the situation more conducive in Jammu and Kashmir. He demanded the other chief minister-Mehbooba Mufti besides hundreds of political activists currently detained in and outside Jammu and Kashmir jails be freed especially in view of the Coronavirus pandemic.

"It has been our consistent demand t...