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 MoreKashmiri separatist leaders have asked MLAs of the ruling PDP to abandon the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and come back to their people.
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir government has told the Centre that there is no ban on publication of newspapers in the Valley, amid the alleged clampdown on media in Kashmir. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that while he learnt from his mistakes, the incumbent CM Mehbooba Mufti was not only repeating but actually multiplying her mistakes.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday paid tributes to the martyrs of the 1931 struggle against the Dogra rule and appealed for calm in the violence-gripped Kashmir Valley.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today launched a scathing attack on Mehbooba Mufti and accused her of “shamelessly” trying to convey message of normalcy in the state.
New Delhi: Centre's effort to stabilise situation in Kashmir got a major boost as CM Mehbooba Mufti blamed 'vested interests' to create seige in the valley and appealed to parents not to allow anybody to
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today made an emotional appeal to the people of state and regretted that despite all the efforts by her government, lives were lost.
Srinagar: As the violence in Kashmir valley continued on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said some elements are hell-bent on fomenting trouble and mayhem in Kashmir for their vested interests. Mufti said
Kashmir continued to be on the boil with five more people, including a cop, getting killed in violence today, raising the death toll to 20.
Mehbooba Mufti needs to take this battle to Kashmir valley and tell the common Kashmiri that killing innocent people in the name of Islam is in fact a grave injustice to their religion.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state would need critical review of the security situation.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti took oath as an MLA here today, almost a week after winning the Anantnag by-poll.
There have been 11,270 ceasefire violations and border firing incidents by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir since 2002 which have resulted in the killing of 313 people, including 144 security forces personnel, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told the Legi
Srinagar: Paying tributes to the CRPF jawans killed in the Pampore attack, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said those who carried out the attack were “bringing a bad name to Kashmir
BJP today said that the victory of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in the assembly bypoll in Anantnag constituency reflected people's total "rejection" of the "divisive politics" of National Conference and Congress as well as endorsement of the state's
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for revival of the reconciliation process between India and Pakistan.
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