Goodwill gestures, rallies, tributes mark first anniversary of Pahalgam attack in J&K

Goodwill gestures, rallies and soundless tributes astatine the memorial connected Wednesday (April 22, 2026) marked the archetypal day of the Pahalgam massacre, which near 26 civilians dead, successful Jammu and Kashmir. Top J&K leaders, from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to Kashmir main cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, paid tributes and utilized the juncture to subtly draw attraction to respective agendas.

Security was enactment connected precocious alert connected the occasion. Checkpoints were acceptable up successful Pahalgam with further deployments. In ones, twos and groups, tourists stood astatine the memorial erected for each those who fell to the bullets of terrorists connected April 22 astatine the high-altitude Baisaran meadow.