Ayaz Mughal

Ayaz Ahmed Mughal (born in Mahra, Tehsil Surankote District, Poonch) is an Indian social activist and journalist. He is an RTI activist   and was associated with the Right to Information Movement in Jammu and Kashmir.[1] He is the founder and Chairman of Awake India,[2] an organisation working against corruption and educating people at the grassroots level.

Ayaz Mughal
Ayaz in an IMPA RTI programme in Jammu.
Born (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India
NationalityIndian
OrganizationAwake India, Combat Against Corruption, Sangarsh RTI Movement in J&K, JK RTI Movement in J&K
Known forRight to Information Movement
[1] Freelance Journalism
Websitewww.ayazmughal.wordpress.com, www.awakeind.webs.com Awake India www.facebook.com/ayaz.mughal143

Early life

Ayaz Mughal was born in village Mahra District Poonch. He completed his early studies in Poonch and then shifted to Doda & Jammu for higher education. He is a post-graduate student in Political Science. From childhood, he had an interest in reading and writing and in social activities. He took part in the Assembly elections from Surankote Constituency as an Independent Candidate.

Activities

Mughal along with other activists met Governor N. N. Vohra, C. M. Omar Abdullah and opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti to seek the appointment of the CIC of J&K SIC. On 27 January 2011, G. R. Sufi was appointed as the first State CIC.[3][4][5][6]

On 17 October 2010, under the banner of the Sangarsh RTI Movement in J&K, he filed over 100 applications in one day.[7]

Articles
  • "An eye wash" Hillary4president[8], The Northlines[9]
  • "State on Fire" The Northlines[10]
  • "Headless & Heedless" Early Times[11], JK News Point[11]
  • "Set Struggle & Succeed" Early Times[12], JK NewsPoint[13]
  • "State Information Commission has still to make some redeeming difference"[14]
  • "Acid Test for Mufti"[15]
gollark: No, seriously, what's going on?
gollark: Saltkin? What saltkin?
gollark: Really, though, *all* dragons are SAltkins, except the ones spriters have.
gollark: Doesn't look SAltkinny.
gollark: *Is* there some sort of automated defense, actually?

References
  1. "Ayaz Mughal". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  2. "A Combat Against Corruption". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. "RTI activists call on Vohra". State Observer. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  4. "RTI Activists meet Mehbooba for Installation of Info Commissioner". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  5. Activists concerned about non-implementation of RTI Act
  6. "RTI activists call on CM". archive.is. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. "Sangarsh organizes interactive meet on RTI - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". www.earlytimes.in. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. J&K RTI: An Eye Wash | Hillary Clinton 4 President Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "J&K RTI Eyewash". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  10. "State on Fire". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  11. J&K RTI Act: Headless and Heedless – Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir
  12. Set Struggle & Succeed – Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir
  13. "Two huts gutted in fire". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  14. "State Information Commission has still to make some redeeming difference". Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  15. Mughal, Ayaz (9 June 2015). "Acid test for Mufti". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
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