Gafira Qadir

4 days 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.

3 weeks 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.

2 months ago | 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.

Jan 25, 2025 | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

The Jammu and Kashmir administration made it mandatory for students in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to take part in a ‘Tiranga rally’ on Thursday for Republic Day celebrations, organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student wing of Hindu nationalist militancy Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Oct 31, 2024 | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

In a landmark ruling, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued strong criticism of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) assigned to investigate the 1996 custodial killing of a Kashmiri civilian. This critical intervention follows nearly three decades of relentless efforts by Jameela Begum, a widow who has sought justice for her husband, Mohammad Ramzan Bhat, who was allegedly abducted and killed by police personnel on May 31, 1996.