Srinagar, May 2 -- Kashmir's chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the situation between India and Pakistan was worsening and hoped the countries would resolve all issues without going to war.

He was addressing the Friday congregation at Srinagar's historic Jamia Masjid.

"We pray that the situation between India and Pakistan, that is getting worse by the day, is resolved without going to war," Mirwaiz said

He said the events unfolding after the horrendous Pahalgam incident have again shown that whenever such things happen it is the people of Kashmir who bear the brunt and suffer.

"Despite peoples unanimous condemnation of it (Pahalgam attack) , it is people of Kashmir who are being held to account and tar...