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J&K quota row may flare up as govt data reveals the big Jammu-Kashmir gap

October 28, 2025 11:31 pm

Citing figures shared by Revenue Dept in response to a query by him, PDP MLA Waheed Para calls it “deliberate structural disempowerment of the people of Kashmir”

Waheed Para, who criticised Assembly Secretariat over PSA against Mehraj Malik, issued show-cause notice by J&K Speaker

September 12, 2025 7:11 pm

Notice reads: “Post (on X) not based on facts, you have tried to mislead the public at large by passing false information’

J&K In his Private Member Bill, PDP's Waheed Para seeks restoration of the holiday on July 13 – a day that, until the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status in 2019 – was commemorated as 'Kashmir Martyrs' Day'. (Express Archive Photo)

J&K Speaker admits Waheed Para’s Private Member Bills on 2 key issues — one emotional, another ecological

March 26, 2025 10:37 pm

While the holiday on martyrs' day is a contentious but emotional issue in the Valley, deep mining has caused concerns of ecological disaster.

J&K PDP Legislature Party leader Waheed Para said they are raising issues of the people. "Where the Centre is concerned, we raise our voice against the Central government and where there are issues of governance, we hold Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accountable," he said. (Express File Photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

PDP's Waheed Para: 'BJP is half the J&K government ... The opposition within the Assembly is about five of us'

February 27, 2025 7:55 pm

PDP Legislature Party leader says: 'Liquor revenue is not the only thing that runs J&K government. We have so much religious tourism — from Mata Vaishno Devi to Amarnath Yatra… Societal concerns… should drown out fiscal concerns,”

J&K: PDP's Waheed Para moves Bill for proprietary rights to residents on public land

February 24, 2025 6:23 am

The Bill seeks to provide special provisions for the residents of the UT for recognising the proprietary rights of houses “constructed on State land, Kacharia land, Common land and Shamilat land

PDP’s Waheed Para given 7 days to explain ‘derogatory’ remarks on National Conference MLA, he says ‘won’t get scared’

November 28, 2024 12:31 am

The incident occurred in the J&K Assembly on November 8, when Para spoke on the floor of the house and countered the NC MLA for “his language used against PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and the Jamaat-e-Islami”.

"More than political empowerment, the first thing we need is our voice," says PDP's Srinagar candidate Waheed Para. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

PDP’s Srinagar candidate: 'This election is not about NC and PDP… The real challenge, if they win or lose, continues to be BJP policies'

May 12, 2024 8:27 am

‘There has been a complete sense of suffocation… We need to reclaim the agency to feel, to speak, to breathe freely,' Wahee ur Rehman Para tells The Indian Express