Firdous Tak | |
Birth Name: | Firdous Ahmed Tak |
Birth Place: | Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Residence: | Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Office: | Additional Spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |
Term Start: | 2022 |
1Blankname: | Lieutenant Governor |
1Namedata: | Manoj Sinha |
2Blankname: | President |
2Namedata: | Mehbooba Mufti |
Office1: | Member of Legislative Council |
Term Start1: | 3 March 2015 |
Term End1: | 16 March 2019 |
Governor1: | N.N Vohra, Satya Pal Malik |
Constituency1: | Kishtwar |
Office2: | President of J&K Water Sports Association |
Term Start2: | 2015 |
Term End2: | 2021 |
Party: | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party |
Firdous Ahmed Tak (born 1977) is an Indian lawyer, journalist, author, and politician from the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir and member of People's Democratic Party.[1] He was elected as member of legislative council from 2015 to 2019. He remained president of Jammu and Kashmir Water Sports Association from 2015 to 2021.[2] [3] He also served as J&K Waqf Board member from 2015 to 2019.[4]
Firdous Tak has worked as a journalist with Los Angeles Times[5] and as of 2022, he is the resident editor of Greater Kashmir.[3] He is also a columnist at Indian Express.[6]
On 3 March 2015, Tak was elected as Member of Legislative Council during PDP-BJP alliance.[4] He was also appointed president of J&K Water Sports Association in the same year.[2]