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 asked the electorate of Anantnag Assembly constituency to give a decisive mandate to her party in the bypolls scheduled to be held on June 22.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today appealed for calm in the wake of the desecration of a temple in Jammu city by a “mentally disturbed” person on June 14 evening.
Retaining her father's assembly seat is the first major political challenge Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti faces after she took over the reins of power in the state on April 4.
In a reflection of growing unease in the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP over the functioning of Mehbooba Mufti government, the party today asked state CM Mehbooba Mufti to rethink her government's ‘soft policy’ towards separatists.
Jammu: Questioning Pakistan's stand on Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked whether the militant attack on the BSF convoy in Bijbehara was the way to show its love for the people.
New Delhi: The June 19 by-election to the Anantnag Assembly seat, where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is contesting, is likely to be postponed by a few days as the Jammu and Kashmir government apprehends law
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday filed her nomination papers for Anantnag assembly constituency by-elections in south Kashmir, which had fallen vacant after the death of her father and then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sa
Mehbooba Mufti today described PDP's alliance with BJP and the common minimum programme between the two parties as a "challenge" but said it was necessary for bringing out the state from the "morass".
Srinagar: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti today stressed that the government was committed to the return of Kashmiri Pandits and other migrants into the valley and that a transit accommodation would be
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has given the charge of Science and Technology Department to separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajjad Lone, in addition to the other departments that he holds, ending suspense over his
Amid a controversy over the Sainik Colony issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said no land has been allotted by the government for such a purpose.
Srinagar: People of Jammu and Kashmir become the first casualty of any hostile environment between India and Pakistan, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said, underlining that only sustained peace in the region can allow her
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has termed as a possible "ruse to settle non-state subjects" in the Valley the PDP-BJP government's reported proposal to allocate land for setting up a 'Sainik colony'.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought structural revamp of state Wakf Board, asking it to take a cue from similar religious organisations which have created a huge social sector infrastructure base
Jammu:Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) support for youth empowerment in the state, while urging premier banking institutions to reach out to young, budding entrepreneurs and
Srinagar: As long as Kashmiris play with bats and not guns, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sees no problem in a cricket league that glorified young militant commanders with teams named after them.
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government today welcomed the resumption of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan saying the peace process is quite significant for the state. The State cabinet met under the chairperson-ship of
Mehbooba Mufti today said India and Pakistan should begin a new era of peace and prosperity in the region on similar lines as US and Iran have recently ended hostilities
On the fifth consecutive day of tensions prevailing in the Kashmir Valley over the alleged molestation of a girl in Handwara by an army personnel,the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Saturday directed the police to cite the law under which they detained
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and sought inclusion of Srinagar and Jammu among smart cities besides allocation of an additional over four lakh
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