Srinagar: Mohammad Ashraf Hakak on Saturday joined as Administrator, Associated Hospitals Srinagar.
In a grand joining ceremony held at Government Medical College, Srinagar, a prestigious assembly of key officials extended a warm welcome to Mohammad Ashraf Hakak, the newly appointed Administrator.
The gathering comprised including Dr. Waseem Qureshi, Registrar Academics; Yasmeena Jan, Personnel Officer; Sabreena, Chief Accounts Officer; Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, Administrative
With JKNRLM support, Yasmeena Jan s small-scale venture creates employment opportunities, showcases Pampore s unique dry fruits, GI-tagged Saffron in Srinagar s tourist hub
Pampore: Yasmeena Jan, an LLB student from the Pampore area of south Kashmir s Pulwama district, has embarked on a commendable journey of women s empowerment by establishing a small-scale dry fruits business in Srinagar s Tourist Hub, Dal Lake.
Supported by the National
Three Kashmir DDC’s To Be Headed By Women
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SRINAGAR: Three districts in Kashmir valley are slated to have women as chairpersons of the recently elected District Development Councils while in Jammu division the number is also three but one is reserved for a woman of the Scheduled Tribe community.
As per a notification issued by State Election Commission, north Kashmir’s Baramulla, central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, and south Kashmir’s restive Shopian districts will be headed by a woman chairperson.
The notification further states that in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, the DDC chairperson would be a member of the Scheduled Tribe while in Jammu the districts of Poonch and Rajouri have been reserved for the Scheduled Tribe category candidates. The Poonch district seat is further reserved for a women candidate of the Scheduled Tribe category.
‘Example of democracy’?: Despite Modi’s claims, allegations of horsetrading mar Kashmir local polls
In the absence of an anti-defection law in the territory, the Centre-backed Apni Party has been courting winning candidates from other parties. Voters at a polling booth in Bandipora district. | Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
On December 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed the recently held District Development Council elections in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir were an “example of democracy”.
But the same day, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice-president, Omar Abdullah, held a press conference at which he accused the government of “discrediting” democracy in the Union territory.