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Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti

DOB: 22nd May, 1959

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.

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Mehbooba Mufti, under house arrest since August 2019, released

India | Oct 13, 2020, 11:44 PM IST

People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has been under house arrest under Public Safety Act since August 2019, was released from detention, informed J&K Administration spokesperson Rohit Kansal.

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Mehbooba Mufti's daughter wants her mother's name changed in passport

India | Aug 23, 2020, 08:03 PM IST

The elder daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has sought to change her mother's name in her passport to Mehbooba Syed. 

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's detention under Public Safety Act extended by 3 months

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's detention under Public Safety Act extended by 3 months

India | Jul 31, 2020, 04:27 PM IST

The detention of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday extended by three more months. Mufti has been in detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). 

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Mehbooba Mufti's detention under PSA extended by 3 months

India | May 05, 2020, 09:56 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention has been extended by three months.

Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her residence, detention continues

Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her residence, detention continues

India | Apr 07, 2020, 12:39 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, at present detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted from a make-shift jail to her residence, officials said here on Tuesday.

NC chief Farooq Abdullah visits detained Mehbooba's residence in Srinagar

NC chief Farooq Abdullah visits detained Mehbooba's residence in Srinagar

India | Mar 17, 2020, 11:56 PM IST

In a goodwill gesture, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday met Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti and her family and spent nearly an hour with them.

Supreme Court seeks J&K admin's response on plea against Mehbooba Mufti's detention under PSA

Supreme Court seeks J&K admin's response on plea against Mehbooba Mufti's detention under PSA

India | Feb 26, 2020, 05:36 PM IST

The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response of the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea challenging former J-K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention under the Public Safety Act.

I pray for early release of Abdullahs and Mehbooba from

I pray for early release of Abdullahs and Mehbooba from detention: Rajnath Singh

India | Feb 22, 2020, 09:37 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that he is praying for the early release of three former chief ministers of Jammu & Kashmir from their detention and hoping that they will contribute to normalizing situation in Kashmir.

Not ready for politics: Iltija Mufti

Not ready for politics: Iltija Mufti

India | Feb 21, 2020, 08:36 PM IST

Iltija Mufti, daughter of detained former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said she is not yet ready to join politics

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned the basis on which former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministe

Priyanka Gandhi PSA charge Omar Abdullah Mehbooba Mufti

India | Feb 07, 2020, 02:13 PM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned the basis on which former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act and said they deserve to be freed

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti booked under Public Safety Act (PSA)

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti booked under Public Safety Act

India | Feb 07, 2020, 12:00 AM IST

Former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA). Both the leaders are already under detainment. They were detained in the immediate aftermath of abrogation of Article 370 in the month of August last year.

PDP leader resigns in protest against expulsions from party

PDP leader resigns in protest against expulsions from party

India | Jan 11, 2020, 02:58 PM IST

Two days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expelled eight of its leaders after they met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, a former MLC Javed Mirchal resigned from the party on Saturday in protest against the expulsions.

Mehbooba Mufti's PDP expels 8 party leaders who met foreign envoys' delegation in J&K today

Mehbooba Mufti's PDP expels 8 party leaders who met foreign envoys' delegation in J&K today

India | Jan 09, 2020, 07:02 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti PDP expels 8 party leaders who met foreign envoys' delegation in Jammu and Kashmir today

Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija says barred from visiting grandfather's grave

Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija says barred from visiting grandfather's grave

India | Jan 02, 2020, 05:10 PM IST

Days after five Kashmir politicians were released from detention after five months, Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday said that authorities have barred her from moving out of her residence at Gupkar Road here to visit her grandfather's grave.

BJP has ensured 'Kashmir-like' situation in every part of India: Mehbooba Mufti

BJP has ensured 'Kashmir-like' situation in every part of India, says Mehbooba Mufti

India | Dec 19, 2019, 07:12 PM IST

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said people of the country need not visit Kashmir to experience the subjugation of the locals in the valley as the BJP has ensured that a "Kashmir-like" situation prevails in every part of India.

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Mehbooba Mufti shifted from Chashme Shahi guest house to govt accommodation

India | Nov 15, 2019, 06:38 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was shifted from Chashme Shahi guest house to a government accommodation in Srinagar on Friday. This comes after Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti made a request to the administration to shift her mother from the Chashme Shashi guest house.

Shift my mother to place equipped for winter: Mehbooba

Shift my mother to place equipped for winter: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter to J-K admin

India | Nov 05, 2019, 04:17 PM IST

​Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter has asked the administration to shift her mother, under detention at a guesthouse here for the last three months, to a place equipped to deal with the Valley's harsh winter.  

Mehbooba's brother meets her

Mehbooba's brother meets her: PDP sources

India | Oct 18, 2019, 09:33 PM IST

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's brother Tassaduq Hussain Mufti on Friday met her at the government guest house here where she has been kept under detention, party sources said.

Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti

PDP delegation not to meet Mehbooba Mufti on Monday

India | Oct 07, 2019, 12:08 AM IST

People's Democratic Party (PDP) delegation will not meet their leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday (October 7).

Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija allowed to travel to Srinagar meet mother

Supreme Court allows Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija to meet her in Srinagar

India | Sep 05, 2019, 11:55 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija to travel to Srinagar to meet her mother, who is in under detention for over a month after abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.