Tasaduq Mufti

Postponing Kashmir's Anantnag bypoll is a good idea, going ahead would have risked a bloodbath

The decision to postpone the by-election for the Anantnag seat is welcome. After the violence that accompanied the by-election for the Srinagar seat on Sunday, going ahead with Wednesday’s slated bypoll would have been bull-headed foolishness. Elections are meant to include people in the processes of governance, not for piling up bodies.

Anantnag bypoll: Voting deferred to 25 May as Kashmir Valley remains turbulent after Srinagar by-election

The Election Commission of India deferred the bypoll to Anantnag Parliamentary constituency to 25 May stating that situation is "not conducive to the holding of free and fair pole in the constituency on 12 April, as scheduled".

Tasaduq Mufti: The reluctant politician

From a top-notch Bollywood cinematographer to dedicated conservationist of Kashmir, Tasaduq Mufti’s journey has not been run-of-the-mill

J&K by-polls: PDP faces internal turmoil as Shia MLA protests against key Mehbooba Mufti aide

The split within the PDP came to the fore on Friday with party’s important Shia leader protesting against Mehbooba Mufti's aide chairing party leaders' meet.

Mehbooba Mufti's brother Tasaduq joins PDP on late father's first death anniversary

Tasaduq Mufti, the son of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today joined the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a function to commemorate his father's first death anniversary.