THE J&K government Sunday banned the publication of Srinagar-based English daily Kashmir Reader, calling it a threat to the “public tranquility”. In his order, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Lone said, “I District Magistrate Srinagar do hereby direct the printer, publisher and owner of daily Kashmir Reader to abstain from printing and publishing of the newspaper till further orders so that disturbance of public tranquility is prevented.”