SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti defended her party’s contributions to Jammu and Kashmir, particularly South Kashmir, during a media briefing on Thursday. Mufti claimed the PDP has been crucial in addressing the region’s challenges. “The people of South Kashmir have understood what the PDP has done for them. The biggest difficulties […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said her PDP is the only party that can fight the BJP’s onslaught on the identity, resources and jobs of the people of the Union Territory. She said when her People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was in power, it took the people of J&K, especially […]
SRINAGAR — Former J&K Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday that if the Centre wants the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) to take part in the democracy then the ban on the organisation should be lifted. “If the Centre wants the JeI to take a party in the democratic process […]
SRINAGAR — Jailed MP Engineer Rashid has been granted bail to fetch votes from the people of Kashmir, not serve them, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. Abdullah’s remarks came after Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, was granted interim bail in a terror funding case by a Delhi court. “We […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asserted that only her party advocates the resolution of Kashmir issue and speaks about the youths “languishing in jails”. She targeted jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), saying a person in jail is contesting elections, while a poor person’s family is […]
ANANTNAG — The Bijbehara constituency of Anantnag has been a bastion of Mufti family since 1990s. The Peoples Democratic Party – formed by Mehbooba Mufti’s father and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed — has been winning from this seat since 1996. This time, the third generation of the Mufti family – Mufti’s grand-daughter Iltija […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn its support for senior leader Taj Mohiuddin in Uri constituency after Apni Party extended its support to him. The PDP states that it will now field their own candidate for the upcoming elections from Uri constituency. Confirming the development to the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), […]
ANANTNAG — president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused jailed MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party of being a proxy of the BJP, and warned the people of Jammu and Kashmir not to come under the influence of such parties. Her remarks came a day after PDP candidate from south Kashmir’s Shopian assembly segment Yawar […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the National Conference forged an alliance with Congress, its nemesis, in the 1980s, only after her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed turned the national party into a viable option in the valley. Addressing an election rally in Kokernag assembly segment of Anantnag district, Mufti recalled the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, criticised National Conference leader Omar Abdullah for contesting on two seats for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Omar Abdullah was reiterating one thing from the last 3-4 years, that he would not contest elections till […]