Kashmir: ‘New Delhi Has Handed Over J&K To A Twitter Kid’
(Published in Tehelka Magazine, Volume 8 Issue 32, Dated August 13, 2011) PDP vice-president Moulvi Iftikhar Ansari tells Baba Umar that people in Sopore didn’t pelt stones at them, but at the police The government stopped People’s Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti from visiting the family of Nazim Rashid, who died in police custody. How do you feel about it? The Sopore incident […]
Kashmir: ‘CISF Killing Is Yet Another Example Of NC Mismanagement’
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti tells Baba Umar that Omar Abdullah has gone back on his poll promise of providing free power (Published in Tehelka Magazine, Volume 9 Issue 2, Dated January 14, 2012) What’s your reaction to recent media reports on the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting transcript released by the home ministry? It’s not the entire transcript. They (media) are […]
Is Kashmir’s Omar Passing The Buck On AFSPA?
Legal experts claim the J&K Assembly and the Cabinet have the power to revoke AFSPA in the state, says Baba Umar On 6 March, Tahir Rasool Sofi (27) of north Kashmir’s Baramulla town was allegedly shot dead by personnel of the 46 Rashtriya Rifles. Almost 380 km away, in the state Assembly in Jammu, Chief Minister Omar […]