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But a new force had already emerged in Kurdish politics when Jalal Talabani left the KDP to found the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. These two men are still the dominant figures of Kurdish politics ...

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) The PUK was established in the 1970s by Jalal Talabani, a prominent Kurdish ... It is led by Mohammed’s brother Abdullah Haji Mahmoud, the Kurdistan Region ...

Srinagar- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Friday allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led cabinet. The lone woman minister — Sakeena Masood ...

The PUK has undergone a similar transition, if in much more chaotic fashion. Bafel Talabani, the eldest son of late party leader Jalal Talabani, has risen from relative insignificance to lead the ...

National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday took oath as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Five other ministers also took oath, three of them ...

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, followed by five of his ministers. Surinder Kumar Choudhary took oath as his Deputy ...

Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister for the second time. He is the first to assume office after the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the erstwhile state becoming a Union ...

Ahead of his oath-taking ceremony as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that he "looks forward" to working in cooperation ...

Omar Abdullah is poised to take the oath as the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir since it transitioned into a Union Territory. This follows the National Conference-Congress alliance's ...

The NC-Congress alliance, which won a combined 48 seats out of the total 90 in the recent J&K elections, is set to form the new government. The NC secured 42 seats, while Congress won six Abdullah was ...

In Sulaymaniyah, the region's second-largest city, it is the PUK and the Talabani family that are more visible. Political analyst Shivan Fazil, a researcher at US-based Boston University with a focus ...