Farzana Mumtaz Archives - News Kashmir Magazine

November 14, 2017 No Responses

Mission interlocutor

Farzana Mumtaz In a major development, the Centre few weeks back appointed Shri Dineshwar Sharma, former Director of Intelligence Bureau, as the Representative of Government of India to initiate and carry forward a dialogue with the elected representatives,...

August 14, 2017 No Responses

Untying Knots

Farzana Mumtaz The political temperatures , overall situation is heating up in already tensed Valley of Kashmir over talk of striking down of article 35 A and also with Supreme court accepting the plea in this regard . Article 35A...

May 22, 2017 No Responses

GST Is Beneficial For Consuming States : Zenith M.Sangma

Taxation, Housing, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Meghalaya Zenith M. Sangma, who is also an GST expert and attended the Srinagar GST meet held recently talked to News Kashmir in an exclusive interview with Rameez Makhdoomi and Farzana Mumtaz. How...

April 8, 2017 No Responses

Muzzling Media

Farzana Mumtaz In contemporary times, media is considered as the fourth pillar of the state all over the world; first and foremost British Member of Parliament Lord Macaulay had given this important status to the media . Pertinently, Media plays ...

February 19, 2017 No Responses

Water Scarcity- Mother HelpAge showing way in Kashmir

Farzana Mumtaz/ Rameez Makhdoomi As 1.2 billion people live in areas of water scarcity, Inhabitants of several areas of Kashmir are facing acute water shortage from past several years now . Pertinently, once water resource rich Kashmir owing to...

January 30, 2017 No Responses

There are no boundaries to humanitarian work: Dr. Sohail Nasti

Having travelled, served in more than 150 countries Dr. Sohail Nasti , doctor turned pilot and eminent philanthropist is a personality of great caliber, dynamic nature who has made Kashmir proud .Pertinently, one among the world’s highest paid professio...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

WCD Ministry Second All India Women Journalists’ Workshop Ponders on Important Issues

News Kashmir Desk Recently, on 21 November, 2016 ,over 100 top women journalists from across the country, representing various media organizations came together on a single platform at the second ‘All India Women Journalists’ Workshop’ organized by the M...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

2017 Hopes

Farzana Mumtaz 2017 (MMXVII) will be a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the...

December 25, 2016 No Responses

Wounded Kashmir

Farzana Mumtaz 2016 was a very rough year of Kashmir owing to about 100 deaths, hundreds blinded in 2016 agitation post militant commander Burhan Wani killing. When Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti, who has stepped into the shoes...

December 18, 2016 No Responses

What Next? (Hurriyat restricts shutdown to two days)

Farzana Mumtaz Recently, the joint resistance leadership issued a new protest calendar in which there would be full-day relaxation on five days. Pertinently, Kashmir has seen almost continuous shutdowns since July 8, 2016, when Hizbul Mujahideen commander ...