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PDP MLA Waheed Parra on Tuesday said that cancer has emerged as a far deadlier threat than conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, calling the situation a major health emergency and a failure of governance.
In a social media post, Parra said nearly 67,000 people have died of cancer in the last five years, a figure comparable to the total number of conflict-related deaths recorded over the past three decades. \u201cCancer is killing 300 times more people than conflict in J&K,\u201d he said.
The Pulwama legislator said families, especially from economically weaker sections, are being forced to sell land and other assets to seek treatment outside the Union Territory due to limited facilities and overburdened hospitals. He said the lack of adequate cancer care infrastructure is pushing patients into financial distress and leading to avoidable deaths.
\u201cThe biggest battles are often the ones we don\u2019t see,\u201d Parra said, urging the government to address the crisis with urgency.
Tagging Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Parra called on the administration to immediately strengthen cancer treatment facilities within Jammu and Kashmir to reduce the burden on patients and their families.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCancer deaths far outpace conflict fatalities in J&K, says PDP MLA Waheed Parra - Daily Taskeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cancer deaths far outpace conflict fatalities in J&K, says PDP MLA Waheed Parra - Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T07:26:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snapshot_1325.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949\",\"name\":\"Cancer deaths far outpace conflict fatalities in J&K, says PDP MLA Waheed Parra - Daily Taskeen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snapshot_1325-300x169.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-21T07:26:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6cfa84d9ff0700972e0c05932c80c5a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=36949#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snapshot_1325.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Snapshot_1325.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"PDP MLA Waheed Parra on Tuesday said that cancer has emerged as a far deadlier threat than conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, calling the situation a major health emergency and a failure of governance. 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