Pak opens immigration centre at Kartarpur border
Lahore: Pakistan has established an immigration centre at the Kartarpur border following the groundbreaking of the landmark corridor for Sikh pilgrims. The corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting place in Pakistan’s Kartarpur to the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district in India, fulfilling a long-pending demand of the […]
China welcomes India, Pakistan’s bonhomie
Beijing: China on Monday welcomed India and Pakistan’s efforts to open the Kartarpur Corridor, saying strengthening dialogue between them and properly addressing their differences means a lot to the world peace and development. The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev – […]
Winter chill in Kashmir worsens, Pahalgam witnesses minus 5.2 degrees Celsius
Srinagar: The minimum temperature settled several degrees below the freezing point at most places in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region on Monday even as the summer capital Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far. Srinagar recorded a minimum of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius last night, an official of the Meteorological Department […]
Mob in Kathua torches vehicle, allege cattle smuggling
Jammu: A mob set blaze a truck alleging that cows and buffaloes were being illegally transported in the vehicle and tried to block Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district on Monday, prompting the police to use batons and fire teargas shells to disperse the violent protesters, officials said here. Tension prevailed in Hiranagar area after the […]
Trump gives in, writes to Imran Khan
Seeks help in bringing Taliban to negotiating table
Islamabad: US President Donald Trump has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan’s support in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in trouble-torn Afghanistan, officials here said on Monday. The development came weeks after Trump said Pakistan does not do “a damn thing” for the US, alleging […]
Kartarpur Corridor: Pak says won’t be cowed down by negative propaganda campaign
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday said the Kartarpur Corridor initiative was taken solely to fulfill the longstanding wishes of “our Sikh brethren” and criticised the “negative propaganda campaign” against the historic move. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who completed 100 days in office, on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur Corridor linking two revered […]
Mehbooba demands opening of Shardapeeth pilgrimage site
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking opening of the Shardapeeth pilgrimage site across the Line of Control (LoC). Mehbooba said Shardapeeth in Pak-administered Kashmir (PaK) is an outstanding relic of Kashmir’s glowing history. “The initiatives taken by (the) government of India under your distinguished […]
