A biography for Mehbooba Muftihasn’t been written yet.
“It is part of our political thinking that democracy is a battle of ideas.”
“My father was not in power when I started my political career, or when I fought my first election in 1996. Starting like any ordinary person, I reached out to people everywhere.”
“But when I entered politics, I found that this was the space that could be used for making lives of people better.”
“You cannot imprison an idea. You have to fight it with a better idea.”
“Mufti sahab, apart from being my father, was one of the tallest leaders of the state and the country.”
“I strongly feel that there has to be a dialogue process internally as well as externally, with Pakistan.”
“Democracy is about electoral competition.”