Mehbooba Mufti is an Indian politician and former chief minister of Indian Occupied Kashmir (4th April 2016-19th June 2018). Mehbooba is the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and India's second Muslim woman chief minister after Syeda Anwara Taimur of Assam. She is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mehbooba suppoted the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2016 but however she resigned on 19th June,2018 after BJP withdrew support from the coalition government. Mehbooba Mufti was a member of Indian parliament representing Anantnag in the 16th Lok Sabha. She had also represented Anantnag in the 14th Lok Sabha. Her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was appointed as India's home minister in 1989 and was released after a few days in exchange for some terrorists. In 1996 state assembly elections, Mehbooba Mufti was one of the popular elected members from Bijbehra on INC ticket. Mehbooba Mufti contested in the parliamentary elections in 1999 from Srinagar and she lost to the sitting member Omar Abdullah. She won her Pahalgam seat from South Kashmir, when assembly elections were held again in 2002.
Read MoreJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that Pakistan and the separatist leaders deliberately triggered the unrest in Kashmir by inciting violence and planning conspiracies in the Valley. While replying to a debate
A total of 59 Kashmiri youths joined militant ranks after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8 last year.
Mehbooba Mufti government has cleared ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the next of kin of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani's brother and 16 others who were killed in militancy-related incidents in the Valley.
Professor Amitabh Mattoo, the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, resigned from the post on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that demotivating newly-recruited militants and bringing them back to their homes will be the thrust of the state government.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, tonight reviewed the situation arising out of intermittent cross-border firing in the Jammu region, at a high level meeting here.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that the severe hostile ties between India and Pakistan have created a humanitarian crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today urged protesting people to support the government to bring back normalcy. Reiterating that her government wants to revoke the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from the border state, Mufti
In the wake of mounting tensions between India and Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the situation in the state with him. During
Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday kicked up a row when he asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti if she considers Burhan Wani a terrorist
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today voiced concerns over the escalation of ‘war-like situation’ along the border areas after Indian Army conducted surgical operation in PoK.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday said that the state has suffered losses due to Indus Water Treaty and should be compensated by the Centre.
Sharing her college days experience with students in Jammu, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that instead of studying, she used to eat more golgappas during her class 12th days.
Muzaffar Baig on Thursday suggested that Mehbooba Mufti should step down from the post of Chief Minister is she feels she cannot control the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today took separatist leaders head-on and accused them of instigating the children in the Valley to engage in violence.
BJP’s firebrand leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at Jamm and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti comparing her with the “tail of a dog, which can’t be straightened”.
Hurriyat leaders rejected J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s invitation to join the talks with the all-party delegation of Parliamentarians and said delegation does not have a clear agenda.
Parliamentarians belonging to various political parties arrived in Srinagar to hold talks with sections of society, over a hundred people have been injured during protests in south Kashmir on Sunday.
An all-party delegation led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit the state today even as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has invited separatist leaders to meet the delegation.
On the eve of the visit of an all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for engaging all sections of the society, including Hurriyat Conference, in a credible and meaningful
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