Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru)
(1928-1996)
When Abdul Razak Mir (Bachru), who fought on MUF ticket from Kulgam, would attract huge crowds during canvassing: courtesy his brand...
Mohammad Ismail Bhat
Mohammad Ismail Bhat
(1945 - October 5, 1994)
When Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) finally decided to fight 1987 elections as part of Muslim United Front (MUF), there were...
The Big Jama’at
Had Jama’at-e-Islami not offered its resource base and the vast organizational skeleton, MUF might not had been as important as it eventually proved, reveals...
D-Day: March 23, 1987
Muslim United Front had worked more on road-shows using the raw emotion of people and not on the process of elections. This contributed to...
Ghulam Mohammad Mir
Ghulam Mohammad Mir
(September 21, 1949 - December 16, 1993)
A man, who jumped into politics, contested an election unsuccessfully and was eventually killed as a...
Crisis Manager!
He literally kept Jama’at-e-Islami alive after its entire leadership was jailed post-1987 state assembly results. Mohammad Raafi talks to Mohammad Ashraf Khan to know...
Assassinated
After a new situation took over Kashmir within a year after the March 1987 elections, many players from the unionist camp were killed in...
Mohammad Sultan Bhat
Mohammad Sultan Bhat
(May 27, 1945 – August 13, 1996)
A Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) worker since he was 15 years old, Mohammad Sultan Bhat had contested assembly elections...
Dateline 1987
What happened on March 23, 1987 in Kashmir is even missing from newspaper archives. Shakir Mir painstakingly swifts through whatever material is available to...
Rigging, Where?
For the last more than two decades, almost everybody is accusing National Conference of resorting to rigging to retain power. Riyaz Ul Khaliq talks...
MUF’s Mind
After conceiving and creating Muslim United Front, turbulent nineties pushed ideologue Dr Ghulam Qadir Wani to the other Kashmir. Throughout his life, this brilliant...
‘No Change in National Policy on Kashmir,’ Pak Envoy tells Hurriyat Conference (m)
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A delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (m) led by its Chairperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq met Pakistan High Commissioner to India, in...
Chamber asks Government to Find Out Cause for Sudden Hike in Air fare
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The Kashmir based traders Thursday said that the situation arising out of the “unabated rise” in airfares has been noted with concern.
“For...
J&K Bank Opens Business Unit in Ganderbal, Conducts Camp in Jammu
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J&K Bank Thursday dedicated one more Business Unit (BU) to people in district Ganderbal at Power House Road.
Zonal Head Kashmir Central (II)...
‘To be’ First Woman CM, Mehbooba is PDP’s Legislative Party Leader
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For the first time in its history, Jammu and Kashmir is set to first its first Chief Minister.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President...
