Former IAS topper turned politician Shah Faesal with his family members at his residence, in Srinagar. Jammu & Kashmir government today revoked the PSA of Shah Faesal & two PDP lea...
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Shah Faesal at the launch of his party in Srinagar
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Former IAS officer Shah Faesal with former JNU student leader and activist Shehla Rashid during a rally organised to launch a new political party 'Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Moveme...
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Former IAS officer Shah Faesal (C) with former JNU student leader and activist Shehla Rashid during a rally organised to launch a new political party 'Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Mo...
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Shah Faesel, the first Kashmiri to top the Civil Service Examination, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who quit civil services last year, tells Outlook that he won't rejoin his post and that he will continue fighting for citizens' rights.
In conversation with Outlook, former IAS officer from Jammu and Kashmir, Shah Faesal, says that he will not return to politics because he does not want to 'sell false dreams'.
Shah Faesal was arrested in August last year after he criticised the BJP-led central government's move to abrogate Article 370. He was released from detention in June and placed under house arrest.
In 2018, Faesal was enrolled in the Mid-Career MPA program at HKS as a Fulbright Scholar. Simultaneously, he set up a political party - the Jammu Kashmir People’s Movement - in Jan 2019 and quit the civil services.
Jammu & Kashmir is under President's rule since December 2018. The BJP government's plan to give more assembly seats to Jammu, a Hindu majority region, is being seen as manipulative
Within a year’s time, Shah Faesal -- once touted as a role model for the youth of Kashmir -- has taken a complete U-turn on his stance on Kashmir politics. It takes years, sometimes decades, to realise the dreams in Kashmir politics.
With the Assembly elections likely to be held along with the parliamentary polls, how Omar deals with the Congress and independent leaders will be keenly watched.