Female doctor’s post highlights bureaucratic apathy in IIOJK
Srinagar: A female Kashmiri doctor’s social media post has triggered fresh criticism of bureaucratic apathy in the School Education Department (SED) of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) after she said that her mother’s leave applications remained pending for months.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Dr Salfiya, a Kashmiri doctor settled in Bristol, England, said in a post on X that her mother, a government school teacher, was unable to travel to the United Kingdom during her pregnancy because the authorities failed to process her leave application in time.
She said her mother had applied for station/country leave in December 2025 for the period from June to August 2026, but the application was still pending despite the sanctioned leave period having already begun. She further said that an earlier leave application submitted during her pregnancy had also lapsed due to delays by the department.
Describing the delay as administrative negligence, Dr Salfiya said, “Because of this administrative apathy, my mother couldn’t be with me during my pregnancy, my C-section or my postpartum recovery in the UK. This is not just a delayed file, it is a family that has suffered because of bureaucratic negligence.”
The doctor tagged IIOJK Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Education Minister Sakina Itoo in her post, urging their immediate intervention and demanding accountability from the officials concerned.
The incident has sparked renewed debate over bureaucratic inefficiency and administrative delays in the occupied territory, with social media users calling for greater accountability in the functioning of government departments.
