SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its silence over the US-Israel strikes on Iran, saying the grouping has betrayed the Muslim world. “It is deeply disturbing that the OIC stands as a mute spectator while America and Israel commit blatant aggression against the sovereignty of […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the discharge of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders by a court in a corruption case had exposed the “high-handedness” of the investigative agencies. “Today’s judgement discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia & Kavitha in the excise policy case exposes the high handedness of investigative […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel was against the country’s policy and not a good sign for Mahatma Gandhi’s India. She called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “criminal” who is afraid of visiting many countries lest he be arrested. “I think […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revisit the interim Indo-US trade deal and impose a 50 per cent import duty on apples to protect Jammu and Kashmir’s horticulture sector. Addressing reporters, Mufti said the trade deal would adversely affect farmers and fruit growers across the country, particularly […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to clarify a Kashmiri Pandit leader’s claim that a demographic change is being made in the Valley. BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo had recently told a national daily that the Centre was working on changing Kashmir’s demography by settling […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday called for a dedicated fruit corridor through a rail link to ensure movement of horticulture produce from Kashmir to rest of the valley. In a letter to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Mufti sought a dedicated railway line for movement of fruit from valley to rest of […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to either ensure bail to Kashmiri detenues lodged in outside jails or shift them to prisons in the valley in cases where the trial has not started even after five years of arrest. “During our public dialogue programme in Shehr-e-Khaas (old Srinagar city), […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that state governments appeared to be granting patronage to mob violence against Kashmiris outside the Union Territory, allowing hatred to replace the rule of law. “Instead of upholding Raj Dharma, the state governments appear to be granting silent patronage to mob violence, treating hatred as a […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday lashed out the BJP saying that its leaders rolled out red carpets for Sheikhs from the Middle East but watched with glee when the shrine of Sufi poet Baba Bulleh Shah was vandalised. “BJP leaders pose in mosques abroad and roll out red carpets for […]
JAMMU — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party’s sole agenda is the restoration of peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir through dialogue and development and unity of its regions. The former chief minister criticised the National Conference and the BJP for linking her proposal for granting divisional status to the Pir […]