Iltija Mufti, 35, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, was granted a regular passport on Friday by the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar, months after she was issued a country-specific two-year passport.
“I finally got a 10-year passport after a long-drawn battle that lasted 18 months. It’s a huge relief but sad to see that an intelligence agency here has been given carte blanche by GOI (Government of India) to harass and punish Kashmiris by depriving them of something as basic yet a fundamental right like a passport,” Ms. Mufti told The Hindu.
She said a fresh copy of a regular passport was handed over to her on Friday in Srinagar.
