Schools set ablaze in Pulwama, Shopian; PDP seeks postponement: Anantnag by-polls

In a bid to obstruct the upcoming Anantnag by-polls, miscreants on Monday set the government schools designated as polling booths on fire. A Government Middle school in Shopian`s Padarpora was set ablaze by unidentified people today. On Sunday, the Government High School in Pulwama was razed to the ground in a similar manner. Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Election Commission to postpone the by-polls in Anantnag. “April 12th by-polls in Anantnag should be postponed,” said Tasaduq Mufti, the brother of Jammu and Kashmir…

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