Besides the general focus on the healing touch policy of the new government, the Urdu press also focused on two important events, one took place inside the Valley and the other outside it – the massacre in Nadimarg and the American attack on Iraq.

Srinagar Times, in its editorial (25 March 2003), predicted that the blame game between Delhi and militant organizations operating in the Valley would begin after the Nadimarg massacre as usual. Further, the Hurriyat Conference and militant organizations would demand an impartial inquiry into the incident. People would be sincere enough to express sorrow and grief over the incident as they did at the time of the Chattisinghpora massacre in the past. "Mufti-led coalition government, much vocal about restoring long awaited peace in the Valley, has failed miserably to bring changes on the ground. During its five months tenure, there has been no decrease in the bloodshed. Nadimarg massacre has come just few days after eight people were killed in Poonch market, not to speak of eight innocent people who were killed in Gool Gulabgarh.â€Â