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Former JK Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu quits PDP

December 06, 2018 9:29 pm

Drabu has been upset with the party leadership Drabu ever since he was shown the door by then CM Mufti and removed from the Finance ministry in a cabinet reshuffle in May this year. 

Excerpts from Haseeb Drabu's speech: ‘We have been barking up wrong tree for 50, 70 years, talking about politics of it’

March 14, 2018 2:43 am

Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Drabu had said, “Don’t see J&K as a conflict state and a political issue."

He rarely came, never listened: villagers who elected Haseeb Drabu

March 14, 2018 2:36 am

Drabu had won the election, his first, with 18,103 votes to National Conference candidate’s 13,830.

My speech not against party position, says Haseeb Drabu

March 14, 2018 2:31 am

Speaking at an event in New Delhi on March 9, Drabu had said, “Don’t see J&K as a conflict state and a political issue. It is a society which has social issues right now.”

Who is Haseeb Drabu?

March 13, 2018 10:40 am

Drabu was made J&K's finance minister by late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed after the PDP formed an alliance with BJP following the 2014 state elections. Drabu played an instrumental role while negotiating the terms and conditions of the agenda of the alliance.

J&K: Mehbooba Mufti sacks minister Haseeb Drabu for saying Kashmir not a political issue

March 13, 2018 7:15 am

While addressing an event themed 'Kashmir: the way forward', Haseeb Drabu had asked people to "introspect" over the nature and origins of the situation in the state and how it can be resolved.

Delaying GST due to fragile situation in Valley: J-K Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu

June 29, 2017 3:25 am

Haseeb Drabu said the GST cannot be implemented directly in the state as it has its own constitution. “... the state’s own GST will be put before the Assembly and it will be passed. After that, the GST regime will become operational in Jammu and Kashmir.’’

Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu's PRO assaulted me: J&K forest official

November 29, 2015 2:19 am

The PRO, however, denied that he or villagers assaulted any staff member of the forest department.

Our alliance is an experiment in engaging with a new idea of India: J&K Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu

November 22, 2015 4:57 pm

The package was part of a legacy — after the devastating floods, the previous government had submitted a package of Rs 44,000 crore. A reassessment by the World Bank pointed out that the package was of Rs 21,000 crore.

PM's 80,000 cr J&K package above plan, non-plan assistance: Haseeb Drabu

November 07, 2015 4:27 pm

"I call it TAMEIR plan - The Aggregative Macro-Economic and Infrastructure Rebuilding plan which will be used in the key sectors of the state," he said.

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