NC leader Akbar Lone faces heat for his Pakistani Zindabad slogan in J&K assembly

A fresh controversy was stirred by a National Conference (NC) leader after he shouted pro-Pakistan slogans in the Kashmiri Legislative Assembly on Saturday. Speaking to the reporters over the matter, Akbar Lone stated that he started shouting 'Pakistan Zindabad' after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs started shouting 'Pakistan Murdabad'. Meanwhile, slamming Akbar Lone over his pro-Pakistani slogans National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said that he must not forget that NC does not agree with the two-nation theory that brought Pakistan into existence.