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Friday, April 19, 2024
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Interview

This is a simple Q and A on issues that matter with the experts and practitioners who hold the answers. Interviews are across the various facets of life including politicians, artists, businessmen, academics and social activists.

“India and Pakistan had come close to clinching a deal on Kashmir”

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (74), occupied the post of Pakistan’s foreign minister between November 2002 and November 2007, under the regime headed by then President...

“You never know who is behind such attacks. There are so many agencies working...

 The attack on a Kashmiri trucker in Udhampur recently brought back memories of 2008 economic blockade and subsequent cry for an alternative route. To...

“Around 300 kanals of industrial state land is under non-state subjects”

Mushtaq A Wani, the President of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) tell Saima Bhat that restrictions on communication and movement only hamper...

“A major part of illegally occupied land is under Army in J&K”

Revenue Minister Javaid Mustafa Mir tells Saima Bhat that people should come forward and help the government in identifying land grabbers so that action...

“There is substantial number of lymphoma/leukemia patients in the valley”

Javeed Iqbal - Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska, USA -...

“Drinking tap water is as good as drinking from your toilet”

Sheba Hafiz, an Environmental Engineer from Srinagar’s Brein Nishat, works as a Programme Management Consultant for the Sewer System Improvement Programme of AECOM Company,...

“What is the point of saying we are pro-resistance when we cannot preserve the...

Suvir Kaul, the A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, describes himself as part belonging to, and part being an outsider...

“I always say that Jammu should be considered from Lakhanpur, Poonch and up to...

Minister CAPD Choudhary Zulfikar Ali who represents Darhal in state legislative assembly tells Saima Bhat that Jammu is developed at the cost of Pir...

“I trust my god. Another flood won’t hit our state. You should also trust...

Sukhnandan Kumar, minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control tells Saima Bhat that people of Kashmir should have sumps or water tanks to store...

“Kashmiris should demand connectivity from the state rather than govt jobs”

Dr Dinesh Kumar Tyagi, CEO, CSC e-Governance services India limited tells Saima Rashid that both state government and the people need to do their...

“…There is some realignment within the administration (in Jammu)”

Minutes after his Kashmir conflict and Muslims of Jammu was formally released last week, journalist Zafar Choudhary spoke to Durdana Bhat about the state...

“Time is ripe to promote Brand Kashmir”

Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad, President Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) tells Saima Bhat that the recently concluded 6th international buyer-seller meet is aimed...

“Whether it is a hydro electric project, Indus water treaty, it is the people...

Beyond the visible causes for September 2014 deluge in valley, lie the subtle reasons rooted in the network of occupation. The recently released document...

“The mess NC created in last six years is huge. If they think it...

 Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari tells Saima Bhat that common man will start noticing the change on ground within next 5 months Kashmir Life (KL): When...

“I am Mulla, I am an Aalim. I am a religious theologian, who has...

Minister for IT and youth sports, Imran Ansari tells R S Gull that it is time to come out of isolation and get connected...