Irfan Quraishi

SRINAGAR: Kaneez Fatima, Iram Habib, Captain Tanvi Raina and Ayesha Aziz are the recent entrants to the exclusive high-flying club. With these women pilots, Kashmir is now gradually getting a good group of women who fly the aircraft. …

SRINAGAR: Hailing from a far flung area of Daksum, 110 kilometer from Kashmir summer capital Srinagar in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, Ruhani Syed a 27 year old Kashmiri woman has braved all odds to become a successful unique artist…

SRINAGAR: Shujaat Bukhari, the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir born on 25 February 1968 was shot dead on 14 June 2018 outside his office in Srinagar’s Press Enclave by unknown assailants around 7 pm (Near to Iftar Time) in the Month of…

Patriot Correspondent SRINAGAR: Afaq Rashid (30), a colon cancer patient despite his illness has been volunteering at the SMHS Hospital on several occasions to take the injured to the wards, procure medicines for the needy, and…

Patriot Correspondent SRINAGAR: The unemployment in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a difficult challenge for the successive regimes besides a gravest problem the youth is facing. The unemployment problem, among youth…

Patriot Correspondent SRINAGAR: The rising number of road mishaps is growing concern in the state of Jammu and Kashmir; especially the deadly blind curves across mountainous roads gives tough time to commuters and passengers traveling all…

Journalist Javed Mir’s struggle to recover from 100 pellets in his body, with no help, mirrors the experience of hundreds of other victims in Kashmir IRFAN QURAISHI tells his story SRINAGAR: In Kashmir, telling a story doesn’t demand…

For the first time in last 28-year history of militancy in the Valley a top militant commander threatened Hurriyat leaders, talks about Aazadi for Islam and opposes Pakistani flag. Zakir Musa, who rose to become the Hizbul Mujahideen’s top…

IRFAN QURAISHI SRINAGAR: After almost 15 years, a major crackdown on separatists by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection to their pro-freedom activities and fund raising only shows that the BJP government is trying to score…

SRINAGAR: Kashmir is a place where the role of National media has been subject matter of debate for a long time as the national media has contributed a lot to the insensitivities of turbulent Kashmir time and again. The prime time debates…