Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a visit to Shahadra Sharif in Rajouri on Friday. PTI

Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 3

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today lambasted Pakistan for carrying out a terror attack in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir. Three BSF men died and three others were injured in the attack.“I fail to understand what such a situation will give,” Mehbooba said.Condemning the act of terror and expressing solidarity with the bereaved families, the Chief Minister said: “What if there would have been retaliation from the BSF? Children, women and men would have been killed and a situation like Handwara would have emerged.”Mehbooba was speaking during a ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ function after inaugurating an international convention centre in Jammu here this evening. She was critical of Pakistan’s response to the peace process.“Pakistan is itself fighting terrorism and their children are being killed but at the same time it is promoting terrorism in the state, which is not acceptable. We want to improve the relations but such incidents happen. Post the 1987 elections, a situation arose and people also supported the gun but now people don’t want it anymore and Pakistan must understand it,” she said.“Pakistan claims it loves people of Kashmir, but this is not the way to love,” Mehbooba added.Earlier in the day, immediately after the attack, the Chief Minister spoke to Director General, BSF, KK Sharma and expressed anguish and sorrow over the death of the BSF personnel in the attack.“Such senseless attack is a desperate attempt by the elements who want to derail the peace efforts of the government and subvert the rejuvenating economic activity in the state,” the Chief Minister said in a statement.She said such dastardly attacks and senseless killings had only brought miseries to the people and tragedies for the victim families, both security forces personnel and the civilians. “The only purpose of such gory acts seems to keep the turmoil in the state on and the latest attack is again aimed at vitiating the atmosphere,” she said.She also announced several schemes for girls, including 50 per cent subsidy on scooties for girl students of one college each in Jammu and Srinagar.CM takes on separatists over Pandit coloniesChief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday took on separatists over the construction of separate colonies for migrant Pandits in Kashmir. “We want to bring back Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir and instill a sense of security among them they will be absorbed in separate colonies where other people will also live with them. After living there and once they feel the atmosphere is right, they can head towards their homes,” the CM said, adding that even workers of various political parties in Kashmir live in hotels with personal security officers.