Farooq Abdullah calls for end to West Asia conflict to ensure global peace

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday (March 27, 2026) called for an end to the conflict in West Asia so that people across the world could live in peace.

"We are in a war situation. We all pray that God ends this war and peace prevails so that we all can live in peace," Mr. Abdullah told reporters after offering the Friday congregational prayers at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar.

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He said stopping the war was a question for "the big powers" and the people can only pray that God somehow gets rid of the conflict.

To a question about Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's appeal in the Assembly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his influence to end the war in the interest of humanity, he said the CM has said the right thing.