Srinagar, April 23 -- JKPC President and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone led a solemn candlelight protest at Polo View in Srinagar, joined by the party's rank and file, to condemn the brutal Pahalgam attack that claimed innocent lives.

Addressing the media, Lone described the Pahalgam killings as "profoundly regrettable," underscoring that "this is the gravest attack on our people in the past thirty years."

He lamented that tourists-who come "in good faith," stay in Kashmiri hotels, travel in local vehicles, dine in our restaurants, and shop in our markets-have been ambushed by outsiders, asking, "If they kill our guests, who bears responsibility?"

"All of Kashmir today is shedding tears of blood," Lone continued. "These slain tourists were pa...