Overview

• Twenty-six people were killed on April 22 in Pahalgam by Pakistani nationals linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
• The NIA arrested Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad Jothar for allegedly providing food, shelter and logistical support to the attackers.
• Abdullah asserted that all gunmen were foreigners and emphasized that no Kashmiri was complicit in the assault.
• He suggested the two detainees may have acted under duress and urged investigators not to draw broad conclusions about local involvement.
• Abdullah renewed his demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, calling it a constitutional right rather than a bargaining chip.