“Feedback from people is important and our aim is to dispel misconceptions about our party — past and present — besides present information about our day-to-day work,” he said.

The PDP is likely to launch its website soon, “but we don’t have any fixed date for the launch,” said Mansoor Hussain, the party spokeman. Though the party leadership refused to give any details about the website, the spokesman said the website will have PDP’s self-rule formula, demilitarisation plan, party documents, agenda, goals.

“All major parties have websites, so it was high time we did as well,” said Hussain.

The separatist websites, however, have made much progress since their launch. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference website has already had nearly 1,20,000 hits. Sajjad Lone says his “vision document” gets 100 hits per month.

“The response was more than expected. We are soon having a website for our party with the party flag as the backdrop,” said Lone, a computer-savvy politician who likes to carry his Compaq laptop around.