Srinagar, May 28 -- President of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Front (PDF) and former minister, Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen, on Wednesday strongly appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to announce a comprehensive and time-bound special package for the residents of border areas recently affected by intense cross-border shelling from Pakistan.

In a statement issued to KNS, Hakeem Yaseen expressed deep concern over the prevailing humanitarian situation in the border belts of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in areas along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB), where several civilian families have been forced to flee their homes in the wake of recent cross border shelling.

"The recent spate of cross-border firing...