Mohammad Yusuf Parray, better known as Kuka Parray,also known as Jamsheed Shirazi, was a former Member of the Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir and the founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Awami League.

[1] He was a Kashmiri folk singer, before he founded the pro-government militia, Ikhwan-ul-Muslemoon, that targeted militants.

[2][3] His death was considered a major blow to the Indian forces in their fight against the terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

The then Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, described his murder as "a setback to the peace process".

Parray was on his way to inaugurate a cricket match in Sonawari, District Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir state, when hiding militants opened fire on his car.