Gafira Qadir

3 weeks ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Gafira Qadir

In early May, Maktoob Media’s newsroom was buzzing with urgency. Like many independent media outlets, its journalists were working around the clock to report on the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. They had been sharing ground reports with their readers on X, formerly Twitter, for over two weeks. On May 8, readers told Maktoob’s founder-editor, Aslah Kayyalakkath, that the media outlet’s X account had been withheld in India. “We received no official notice or email.

3 weeks ago | thediplomat.com | Gafira Qadir

Amid escalating India-Pakistan tensions, TV channels peddled misinformation and sensationalized news. But independent voices, including 8,000 X accounts, were silenced. Subscribe for ads-free reading In early May, Maktoob Media’s newsroom was buzzing with urgency. Like many independent media outlets, its journalists were working around the clock to report on the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

1 month ago | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

After days of intensifying conflict, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed on Saturday evening that India had agreed to a ceasefire with Pakistan. “The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan called the DGMO of India at 3:30 pm. It was agreed between them that both sides would cease all firing and military action on land, in the air, and at sea with effect from 17:00 hours (5 pm) onwards,” Misri said at a press conference held in South Block.

2 months ago | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

Twenty-seven-year-old Taiyuba Amin didn’t know what was happening back home when her phone started buzzing with back-to-back anxious calls from home. She ignored it, thinking the family would understand that she was busy. However, it didn’t stop. “I hadn’t read the news yet. I was busy,” she said. “I thought if I didn’t answer the call, Mamma would know I was busy as always. But when it didn’t stop ringing, I answered.”Amin’s anxious mother asked her to return to the valley.

Mar 13, 2025 | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

Earlier this week, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) banned two political and religious outfits, Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM), headed by Masroor Abbas Ansari, and Awami Action Committee (AAC), headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under an anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) 1967 for the next five years.