Saifullah Bashir News Today

KARACHI: A man committed suicide after stabbing his wife to death in Manzoor Colony on Thursday evening, officials ...

Once the transporter of last resorts, the premier SRTC is struggling to find a role that could help it survive, reports Saifullah Bashir after visiting the employees who are desperately waiting for their post-retirement benefits In February 2020, Ghulam Nabi Dar, a Ganderbal resident, retired as a...

In today's Live conversation, Sonam Lotus, Kashmir’s celebrity weatherman speaks to Saifullah Bashir about his life struggle and cherished memories.

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, which was founded by the then Chief Minister Shiekh Mohammad Abdullah of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has been referred to as “Shri Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar” in a document uploaded on th...

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: The enquiry in the controversial Hyderpora killings is still not complete even though the first deadline is already over. The families are desperate for justice.

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Bank suspended a female employee for an ''inappropriate'' reaction to a social media post about Coonoor helicopter crash.

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: Kashmir is not leaving former Chief Justice, Rajan Gogoi, even though his autobiography is offering detailed narratives of the crisis in his era. Recently he was asked if his Rajya Sabha berth was a reward to his judgments allegedly “favourable to the government”.

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: As electricity plays hide and seek in Kashmir – a situation that dominates the autumn and winter, the Jammu and Kashmir government has served a show-cause notice to an employee of the forest department for criticizing the Power Development Department (PDD) through a F...

By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: Muharram is the first month of the Muslim Hijri calendar. This year, it coincided with August 9. With the day one marks the beginning of the Ashoora mourning by the Shia Muslims that marks the Karbala anniversary, the martyrdom of Imam Husain (ra).

Saifullah Bashir is a Srinagar based journalist who covers conflict, human rights & education.