Mehbooba urges GoI to consider altering alignment of Shopian railway line

Mehbooba urges GoI to consider altering alignment of Shopian railway line

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has written to the Union Railways Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging him to consider altering the alignment of the railway line in Shopian district of south Kashmir. She pointed out the concerns of locals over land acquisition for a railway project in the Reshi Pora, […]

Voting Only Power Left With People: Mufti

Voting Only Power Left With People: Mufti

SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said voting is the only power left with people of Jammu and Kashmir as the BJP-ruled Centre is making all efforts to suppress their voices. “All kinds of injustices are being done and Jammu and Kashmir has been turned into a jail. To suppress the voice […]

PDP committed to dignified, prosperous J&K: Mehbooba

PDP committed to dignified, prosperous J&K: Mehbooba

Srinagar: Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that the party’s unwavering commitment to their ideological principles is drawing inspiration from the founding ethos laid down by Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. She was addressing a function here in the party office in which Advocate Haq Nawaz Choudhary of Nowshera Rajouri affiliated earlier with the […]

CAA notified to divert attention from ‘failures’ of BJP: Mehbooba

CAA notified to divert attention from ‘failures’ of BJP: Mehbooba

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday alleged that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was notified to divert attention from the “failures” of the BJP in the last ten years. She asked Muslims to not protest on CAA instead use their vote to respond to laws and fight legally. “I urge the people, […]

Winning or losing not a big thing, unity must: Mehbooba

Winning or losing not a big thing, unity must: Mehbooba

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said to win or lose the elections is not a big thing, but a combined voice of all people of Jammu and Kashmir to show the opponents that “we can fight for our rights democratically.” Referring to the cracks in the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar […]

Mehbooba Accuses NC Of Reducing PAGD To ‘Joke’

Mehbooba Accuses NC Of Reducing PAGD To ‘Joke’

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused the National Conference (NC) of reducing the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to a “joke” after the Farooq Abdullah-led party unilaterally decided to contest all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. PAGD is an alliance of five political parties seeking the restoration of the […]

Mehbooba stopped from meeting families of 3 civilians killed in Poonch

Mehbooba stopped from meeting families of 3 civilians killed in Poonch

Poonch/Jammu: Police on Saturday stopped PDP president Mehbooba Mufti from meeting the families of three people found dead a day after being picked up for questioning by the Army following a terror attack in Poonch last week, her colleagues said. On December 21, four soldiers were killed and three others injured in an ambush on […]

‘Mehbooba put under house arrest’

‘Mehbooba put under house arrest’

Srinagar: The PDP on Monday claimed that party president Mehbooba Mufti was placed under house arrest ahead of her scheduled visit to Surankote in Pooch district where three civilians died allegedly in Army custody. Four soldiers lost their lives when their vehicles were ambushed by terrorists at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Buffliaz […]

‘SC ruling not God’s verdict’: Mehbooba

‘SC ruling not God’s verdict’: Mehbooba

Vows To Continue Struggle For Article 370 Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said her party will continue its struggle for restoration of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the Supreme Court’s decision on Article 370 is “not God’s verdict”. Her remarks came days after the apex court on December 11 upheld […]

A death sentence, defeat of the idea of India: Mehbooba

A death sentence, defeat of the idea of India: Mehbooba

Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Article 370 abrogation is “nothing less than a death sentence”, adding that it marked the defeat of the idea of India with which the Muslim-majority state had acceded in 1947. “Today an unconstitutional and illegal act that took […]