He inherited both his religious and political stature after the assassination of his father, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, in 1990. Maulvi Farooq, a revered religious leader and then-chairman of the Awami ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq criticizes his recurrent house arrests and the closure of Jama Masjid on Fridays, asserting it's an infringement of personal freedom and hurts Kashmiri sentiments. Farooq questions ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq criticized the dismissal of three employees by the lieutenant governor, questioning if there's an agenda to remove Kashmiris from government roles. He also condemned the seizure of ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the religious head of Kashmir, will appear before the parliamentary panel on Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday to convey his reservations about the draft legislation. The ...

Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said on Sunday (February 16, 2025) that there was “no meaningful consultation with stakeholders before the Waqf Bill was ...

Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also Kashmir’s chief cleric, on Saturday (February 1, 2025) made a fresh move to reach out to Kashmiri Pandits who were displaced due to militancy in the ...

Meanwhile, the occupation authorities have once again placed senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, under house arrest in Srinagar to prevent his participation in ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Head of Mutahida Majlis-E-Ulema, voiced strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, during his meeting with the Joint Parliamentary ...

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File) “After large scale arbitrary arrests throughout valley, deaths of two persons, one in Kathua of a Gujjar tribal youth ...

Mirwaiz’s security cover had been withdrawn in 2019 following the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. His recent trip to the national capital marked his first visit since the removal ...