Srinagar, May 10 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday hit out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for granting loan to Pakistan claiming that it would enable Pakistan to devastate border areas of the Union Territory that have seen cross-border shelling.

The IMF cleared a USD 1-billion tranche for Pakistan as part of its USD 7-billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) lending program and USD1.3 billion tranche under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) in its board meeting held Friday. India abstained from vote and registered a 'strong dissent'

"I'm not sure how the "International Community" thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when the IMF essentially reimburses Pakista...