The J&K Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather told the state assembly on March 9 that the state government will provide basic amenities to West Pakistani refugees but will not accord State Subject rights to them. He noted that a consensus was earlier reached in an all-party meeting convened by former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that the state government would provide all basic amenities to the refugees as was provided to its state subjects1.

• 1. “Govt rules out giving State Subject rights to Pak refugees,” Daily Excelsior, March 9, 2009, at http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/09mar09/newsupdate.htm#4