JOURNALIST’S MURDER AND CEASEFIRE

With reference to news ‘Top Kashmir editor shot dead in Srinagar attack’ (June 15), the killing of the editor of ‘Rising Kashmir’, Shujaat Bukhari, is an attack on free expression, democracy and on the idea that people of Kashmir deserve peace. This is a concerted effort by the non-state actors to hijack the political process in Kashmir. Home minister Rajnath Singh said the Centre will decide whether or not to extend the unilateral ceasefire after Eid. While considering the next step, the Centre must not let terror define