SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged the Jammu and Kashmir assembly to pass a resolution, rejecting the amendments to the Waqf Act passed by Parliament. Wednesday is the last day of the Budget session of the assembly. “With today possibly marking the end of this assembly session the ruling alliance should prioritise […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir did not allow the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of several religious bodies — to hold a meeting over the issue of Waqf Act, the office of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed on Wednesday. The MMU was scheduled to meet at the mirwaiz’s residence in the Nigeen locality of the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for three hours on Wednesday as the House witnessed ruckus for the third consecutive day over the denial of adjournment of business to discuss the Waqf Act. According to the revised calendar, Wednesday is the last day of the Budget Session that began on March 3. […]
JAMMU — PDP MLA from Pulwama Waheed Ur Rehman Para was marshalled out of the J&K Assembly after he pressed for a fresh resolution against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Tuesday. The Assembly witnessed pandemonium for the second straight day on the issue, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to initially adjourn the House for 30 […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for half-an-hour following a ruckus in the House by National Conference (NC), Congress, and PDP members over the disallowance of adjournment of the business to discuss the Waqf Amendment Bill. This is the second consecutive day on which the treasury benches did not allow the House […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Monday termed the Waqf (Amendment) Act as “unconstitutional”, saying his party was against it and was hoping for justice from the Supreme Court. “NC is against this (Waqf) Bill. We think it is unconstitutional and parties have gone to the Supreme Court… that is why (Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused the National Conference government of yielding to the BJP’s “anti-Muslim” agenda, after an adjournment motion on the Waqf Amendment Act was rejected in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Lashing out at Omar Abdullah, she said Muslims in the country expected that a Muslim chief […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday termed the rejection of the adjournment motion on the Waqf Amendment Act “profoundly disappointing” and accused the National Conference government of yielding to the BJP’s “anti-Muslim” agenda. “It’s profoundly disappointing that the speaker J&K Assembly has rejected the motion on the Waqf Bill. Despite […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker for rejecting the adjournment motion on the Waqf issue. “It is ridiculous and condemnable that Tamil Nadu which only has 6% Muslim population, passes a strong anti-Wakf resolution in its assembly, while the Muslim majority J&K assembly speaker […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday met Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Asia’s largest Tulip Garden here, a meeting which drew flak from opposition parties which dubbed it as “Waqf law bonhomie”. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was also present during the meeting. The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
