There was a mixed response to the strike in Hyderabad city, says the BBC's Omer Farooq.
On the other, the federal government might not be all that angry with Farooq.
But Presi-dent Farooq Leghari refused to sign the bill into law, precipitating a bitter feud.
"Sir, it is not safe for you to go to Kulgam today, " he tells Farooq.
Later, Farooq returns to his ancestral home on Gupkar Road where many dignitaries live.
Soon after take-off, Farooq saunters down the aisle, dressed in a stylish tweed jacket.
Not to worry, say officials, now everything is "normal" and Farooq is on his way.
Farooq and his handlers walk towards the airport exit where three bullet-proof Ambassadors are lined up.
Farooq can choose to ride in any one, a security strategy employed to foil assassins.
Already a large number of dignitaries and members of Farooq's Cabinet are in attendance.
Farooq Abdullah, the son and political heir of Sheik Abdullah, is now the state's elected chief minister.
Now, after surviving 100 days in office, Farooq is willing to talk frankly about his past errors.
Each day Farooq's aides collect more than 300 such requests and claim to act on each one.
Farooq lost his main plank of autonomy and, after the poll, was accused of rigging the results.
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Farooq said late Monday it was "too early" to comment on turnout.
But CEO Farooq Kathwari says the worst has come and gone for the Danbury, CT-based home furnishings company.
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Farooq held the health portfolio in his father's Cabinet and when the Sheikh died became his natural successor.
On his first day in a new school last autumn, Dr Farooq knew what he was up against.
Farooq recalls how he once strolled by himself down the boulevard and freely spent time on the golf course.
The cordial and courteous Dr Farooq had just come face to face with a group of former Taliban recruits.
Kashmir Tourism Minister Ajat Shatru Singh will vouch for Farooq's coming of age.
After getting his degree from Jaipur, Rajasthan, Farooq proceeded to England to practice.
At his office, Farooq admits the expectations of the people make him nervous.
For the first time since his swearing-in on October 9, Farooq is to visit the Hazratbal area in old Srinagar.
Speaking by phone from the small town of Mashkeel, local resident Farooq Kubdani said that hundreds of houses had been destroyed.
Ms Farooq's eldest son, Wamiq, was killed in January when a tear gas shell fired by the police exploded on his head.
This morning Farooq is to attend a memorial service at his father's mausoleum, near the mosque on the banks of Nagin lake.
The pilot looks at him beckoningly, and, like a modern Julius Caesar, Farooq twice takes the first step to board the helicopter.
His prosecutor, Farooq Adam Khan, nevertheless admits that the army and the judiciary are not being touched as a matter of policy.
Clearly, this is the part of the day that Farooq relishes most.
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