Summary:
While Pakistani traders did not attend the three-day exhibition, some Kashmiri traders who were also displaying their wares reported a drop in sales post the Pulwama attack. AdvertisingOrganiser Pooja told Chandigarh Newsline that after the Pulwama attack, they had dropped their plan of having an India-Pakistan exhibition and changed the theme to international. When they pass by, they make objectionable remarks.”Amir, who was selling Kashmiri shawls, said that this was the worst response he had ever got at the exhibition. With some Kashmiri traders complaining of “insecurity” at an exhibition underway at Himachal Bhawan in Chandigarh, Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh, secretary general of the Jammu and Kashmir JD(U), arrived in the city Monday. AdvertisingEarlier, organisers of the India-Pakistan exhibition called ‘Libaas’ had covered up the phrase “Indo-Pak” using tape on all posters and hoardings of the event, amid anger over the Pulwama attack..