Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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India Dec.19.19

Prayers after a long pause

The Jamia Masjid is the unofficial seat of power of moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is under house detention
By Muzaffar Raina
India Nov.20.19

In custody in Kashmir: Slap, kick and rats

How politicians were treated in captivity to make them fall in line
By Murtaza Shibli
India Nov.12.19

Kashmir: Decoding silence of the hawks

Separatists, too, have begun to wonder
By Muzaffar Raina
India Aug.9.19

Friday prayers allowed in local mosques, not Jamia Masjid in Srinagar

Security forces are on high alert across the Valley to guard against possible protests as reports of stone throwing surface
By PTI
India Jul.13.19

Separatists wake up to Kashmir drug menace

Study suggests nearly five per cent of state population are ‘opioid’ users
By Muzaffar Raina
India Jun.23.19

Olive branch to Hurriyat in Kashmir

Malik also claimed credit for the purported improvement in the situation since he took over the reins last year
By Our Special Correspondent
India Apr.8.19

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq appears before NIA in terror funding case

The NIA probe seeks to identify the chain of players behind the financing of terrorist activities
By PTI
India Mar.13.19

Scholars in Kashmir back Mirwaiz

The scholars under the banner of Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema congregated at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid to discuss the NIA summons to the Mirwaiz
By Our Special Correspondent
India Feb.23.19

Jammu and Kashmir police detain 150 people, most of them from Jamaat-e-Islami

Jamaat chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz was among those picked up by the police
By PTI
World Jan.31.19

Pakistan summons Indian envoy

It protests summoning of its top diplomat over Qureshi-Mirwaiz phone call
By PTI

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