“The irony is that the politicians in Jammu accuse us of power theft.”
Prominent civil society member Shakeel Qalander, tells Saima Bhat that Kashmir Center for Social and Development Studies (KCSDC) wants to sensitize people for the...
“A unit set in Kupwara should get more incentives than one set in Kathua.”
Mohammed Ashraf Mir is an entrepreneur dealing with steel and building construction since 1981. He is one of the founder members of Federation of...
“Talks do not mean a sellout. If Hurriyat leaders would have compromised their ...
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq tells Saima Bhat that India is trying to sell elections in Kashmir as an alternative to the resolution of Kashmir issue.
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“Our education sector is full with wives, daughters and acquaintances of bureaucrats.”
Abdul Qayoom Wani, a resident of Wasun Baghi, Tangmarg, after completing B A, B Ed joined education department as a teacher. In 1991, along...
“Our enforcement wing remains in the market round the clock to check black-marketing”
An alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, Mir Mushtaq, started his stint in government services as district social welfare officer. As his years in office spanned, he was...
NC thrives on boycott, confusion, chaos and instability
Scion of powerful Karra family of Batmaloo, Tariq Hamid Karra won bi-election in 2004, when Batmaloo seat got vacant after the demise of NC...
“There are people who pose themselves as resistance leaders, but in reality, they are...
In one of the narrow lanes of Batamaloo in Srinagar, a concrete building adjacent to medieval households, is hosting a barrage of people at...
Right now, people are migrating from Keran to safer parts of North Kashmir
Hailing from a political family, Panthers Party MLC Rafiq Shah made forays in politics early in his life. Known for being outspoken in the...
“Our political culture is more rhetoric rather than real”
Former spokesperson of Peoples Conference Junaid Azim Mattoo, tells Syed Asma that political parties in Kashmir still revolve around individuals and not ideologies.
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“Being part of a National party you have to sacrifice the local aspirations”
His entry into NC created a political storm between coalition partners. Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar tells Tasavur Mushtaq that without him Congress’s future in Ganderbal...
“NC in last five years did nothing but played rival politics. They made our...
Sheikh Muhammed Hussain Lutfi, Chairman Imam Khumaini Trust, Kargil, tells Syed Asma that alliance with Congress is in the interest of Kargil.
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“How does it matter what the police say? Let police say what they want!...
BJP’s state unit president and MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma tells Syed Asma that Kishtwar crisis is part of a larger conspiracy to force minorities...
“I think with elections round the corner all political parties, particularly the BJP, are...
Independent lawmaker Er Rasheed who risked his life to reach trouble torn Kishtwar town during communal clashes tells Bilal Handoo that the mainstream political...
“I am sure there is some force working behind the scene to create chaos...
Anjuman Shar-e-Shian president Agha Syed Hassan Al Moosvi Al Safavi tells Tasavur Mushtaq that unity among Shias and Sunnis is the only way forward...
We got a scheme called “Writers and artist’s welfare fund” approved by the centre.
Over the past few years, JK Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has multiplied its efforts to promote and preserve the composite culture of...
