Jammu, Sept. 19 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, Sep 19 (KNS): Former IAS officer Khursheed Ganie on Saturday said restoration of statehood was important for effective governance in Jammu and Kashmir, arguing that the elected government would continue to face limitations as long as the Union Territory status remained in place. Speaking at a memorial lecture for former bureaucrat Muhammad Shafi Pandit, Ganie said former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, who delivered the lecture, had spoken about statehood and the need to restore the old sense of brotherhood in Kashmir. He said Quraishi's lecture, titled "What Kashmir Taught Me: Democracy, Courage and Belonging", reflected on his experiences of Kashmir and the lessons he drew from th...