Kashmir

Filed PIL for shifting J&K prisoners in UT jails aimed at easing their families’ suffering: Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said her petition to the high court for shifting prisoners of Jammu and Kashmir from outside the Union Territory (UT) to J-K was aimed at easing the suffering of their families. Talking to reporters here, Mehbooba said while the government has not provided accurate […]

Kashmir

Mehbooba Mufti appears before J&K HC in petition seeking transfers of undertrials jailed outside UT

JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday appeared before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, urging it to take a humanitarian view and transfer all undertrial prisoners from the Union Territory who are currently lodged in jails outside J-K. The former chief minister questioned why such detainees, apprehended before and after […]

Kashmir

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq appealed Centre to release ailing separatist leaders on humanitarian grounds

SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to show compassion and release ailing separatist leaders on humanitarian grounds. In a statement here, Mirwaiz expressed concern over the critical health condition of Democratic Freedom Party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah and JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik. Mirwaiz said Shah’s wife had conveyed to […]

Politics

Tarigami, Sajad Lone urge J&K govt to shift Kashmiri prisoners back from jails outside Union Territory

SRINAGAR — CPI(M) MLA from Kulgam M Y Tarigami on Wednesday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to facilitate the shifting back of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails outside the Union Territory. Speaking during the Zero Hour proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Tarigami said the detainees from J-K, including Democratic Freedom Party chief […]