Naveed Iqbal

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Naveed Iqbal

“I don’t think I can go through watching this house go down again,” said 38-year-old Babar, exhausted after two sleepless nights when shells fired by Pakistani troops landed dangerously close to his home at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. It wasn’t just the sleepless nights, but also the “memories of the past” that kept him on edge. He recalled the shelling in 1999, which reduced his house to rubble. Then, in the earthquake of 2005, the house went down again.

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Naveed Iqbal

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and the Valley’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday called for de-escalation in the wake of hostilities along the border. “Children, women and the elderly are dying and getting displaced on both sides of the border. There is an urgent need for restraint. The heads of both countries should carefully consider the situation and aim for de-escalation,” Mufti said in Srinagar.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Naveed Iqbal

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday chaired an emergency meeting with Deputy Commissioners of all border districts through video conferencing to assess the situation in the wake of intense cross-border shelling by Pakistan. “The situation and preparedness to deal with exigencies was reviewed in view of the current developments and escalating tension, particularly along the LOC and districts close to the international border,” a government statement said.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Naveed Iqbal

On a visit to Srinagar, AIMM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday called on the government to respond effectively to the terror attack in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians last month. “This was a cowardly attack, and no words are enough to condemn it. We have seen how terrorists from Pakistan killed 26 people here. The most disturbing part is that women and children were separated from the men, who were asked their religion and then killed.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Naveed Iqbal

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called for caution to be exercised as security forces search for the perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam attack, so that “innocent people are not caught up in this”. “We all understand the situation. It will take some time. We cannot shut our eyes to it. However, in the effort to catch those responsible for Pahalgam, it should also be ensured that innocent people are not caught up in this.