Kashmir Observer
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor | Sajjad Haider |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Srinagar |
| Website | kashmirobserver |
Kashmir Observer is a daily English language newspaper published from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir since 1996.[1][2] Sajjad Haider, a past president of Kashmir Editors Guild, is its editor-in-chief.[3][4] Besides the print and online formats, its stories are republished by other media outlets.[5][6]
Controversies
[edit | edit source]Police raided offices of several newspapers in Srinagar including Kashmir Observer in 2016, and halted printing presses, confiscated printed papers due for delivery, and briefly detained printing and delivery staff.[7][8]
Auqib Javed, a reporter with Kashmir Observer, was questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2018 in the Asiya Andrabi case.[9][10]
Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai, a reporter for Kashmir Observer, was thrashed and arrested by the police when he was out for work during COVID lockdown in 2020.[11][12]
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