Highlighting that making Kani shawls is ancestral work for him, which his children have also learnt about, Ahmad Mir mentioned to ANI, "This is our ancestral work... I was conferred with the National Award after they saw the shawl... I worked on calligraphy."
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 29 (ANI): Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir, the Vice-chairman of District Development Council (DDC), Kupwara and ex-Congress leader, joined the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference on Sunday. Along with him, 150 of his workers also joined the party.