Vohra to visit J&K next week

Centre's pointsman N N Vohra is visiting Kashmir next week to attend the Indo-European Union round table conference in Srinagar [ Images ] and is likely to meet Hurriyat Conference leaders during his three-day stay.

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Vohra, who has been designated special representative for talks in Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ] by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance [ Images ], is the co-chairman of the Indo-EU committee.

On the sidelines of the conference, which begins on June 17, Vohra is likely to meet senior Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq whose uncle, Maulvi Mushtaq, was shot dead by militants earlier this week.

Former Hurriyat chairman Abdul Gani Bhat said that the amalgam has not yet decided whether or not to meet Vohra.