Ifrah Mufti
Ifrah Mufti was a Principal Correspondent with ThePrint, and wrote on aviation and railways. Prior to this, she had worked with The Indian Express and Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, as a multimedia correspondent for two-and-a-half years each. Ifrah completed her graduation in Economics (Hons) from Panjab University's Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Chandigarh. She pursued her Journalism from the Express Institute of Media Studies (EXIMS), Delhi. Besides work, she loves reading and writing Urdu poetry, phone photography, baking cakes and exploring cafes. She can be reached on Twitter handle @ifrahmufti
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Defence
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