The J&K Government on Tuesday withdrew ban on a prominent English daily Kashmir Reader whose publication was stopped three months ago during the height of public protests triggered by the killing of a militant leader. The authorities had described the contents of the newspaper as inciting acts of violence and disturb public peace and tranquillity. The newspaper’s editors denied the allegation and maintained that they reported the ground situation in Kashmir as per the laid down rules of journalism. Mehbooba Mufti, during a meeting with a grouping of prominent editors of Kashmir based newspapers—Kashmir Editors Guild—said that the ban had been revoked and she would like to see the newspaper on Wednesday morning. “I am looking forward to read the newspaper ‘Kashmir Reader’ tomorrow morning,” she said. later in the day, DM of Srinagar sent a formal order to the newspaper office informing withdrawal of the ban. The ban on newspaper drew a lot of flak within Kashmir and outside. The Amnesty International had termed the ban as infringement on the freedom of expression.