Mehbooba Mufti's daughter gets passport with 2-year validity

Iltiza, the daughter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport for two years after she filed a petition in High Court. The passport has been issued to pursue Masters in UAE.

She had approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court after the travel document was denied by the passport office citing no clearance from the CID department of police.

According to a letter written by the Regional Passport Office to the additional solicitor general, Iltiza, who wishes to pursue higher studies, has been issued passport which is valid from April 5, 2023 till April 4, 2025.

Iltiza told PTI that by giving the passport, no favour had been extended and wondered why the validity was for only two years whereas the travel document is valid for 10 years.

In March 2021, Mehbooba and her 80-year-old mother Gulshan Nazir were refused passport by J&K Police citing an ''adverse report'' against her.

Mehbooba's passport expired on May 31, 2019 and she had applied for a fresh one on December 11, the next year, while her mother and wife of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had also applied for a passport in 2020 to undertake a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

Mehbooba's passport application is still pending though the authorities issued the travel document of her mother in February on the directions of the high court.