SRINAGAR — Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, terming it a significant step towards peace and stability while emphasising the need for sustained dialogue. Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, said: “Thousands of people were killed in the attacks on Iran. It […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday rejected a private member’s bill moved by PDP MLA from Pulwama, Waheed Para, seeking regularisation of ad-hoc daily wagers, need-based and temporary workers. The bill was turned down by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the Leader of the House, soon after it was […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to reopen the tourist places that were closed in the wake of last year’s Pahalgam terror attack. Mufti said several delegations from Anantnag called on her during her visit to the south Kashmir district on […]
JAMMU — Former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday called for united efforts by the government and opposition to restore the strength and dignity of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Mufti made the remark after watching the Assembly proceedings from the speaker’s gallery, her first appearance in the House after the […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called for reviewing the life sentence of separatist Asiya Andrabi and reducing it to the earlier provision of 14 years. “This life imprisonment till the person is alive should be abolished in the whole country. It should be 14 years like it used to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the Iranian Cultural Centre and Embassy in New Delhi to offer condolences to the people of Iran following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on X, the former chief minister said she paid tributes to Khamenei […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Jammu and Kashmir Police to release people detained during protests in Kashmir over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a post on X, the former chief minister said that scores of protesters including women were arrested across Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene to ensure the safe evacuation of students from Jammu and Kashmir stranded in Iran amid the deteriorating situation there. In a post on X, the former chief minister said thousands of students from Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said India’s silence on the US-Israel aggression against Iran was incomprehensible for her, as only Tehran had stood by New Delhi when sanctions were imposed against the latter for nuclear tests. “I fail to understand that we are a democratic country, but neither has our country’s leadership […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the cases registered against ruling National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former Mayor of Srinagar Junaid Azim Mattu were “egregiously unwarranted” and should be withdrawn immediately. She was reacting to Jammu and Kashmir Police registering cases against Mehdi and Mattu on Tuesday for allegedly […]