1,100 Indian Sikhs reach Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Pak
Islamabad: Over one thousand Sikhs from India arrived at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Pakistan’s Hassanabdal city on Sunday as part of the ‘Nagar Kirtan’, a religious procession, held to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. The gurdwara in Punjab Province was decorated with colourful lights and pilgrims performed various rituals. […]
Lt Guv Murmu, Jitendra Singh hold meeting
Jammu: Days after assuming charge as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu met Union Minister Jitendra Singh here, officials said. Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam was also present at the meeting which took place at the residence of the Minister of State (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) […]
UNSC won’t be discussing Kashmir issue, says Council President
United Nations: The UN Security Council will not be discussing the issue of Kashmir this month, Karen Pierce, Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN and President of the Security Council for November has said, underlining that there are a lot of issues going on in the world. “No, we don’t have anything scheduled […]
Indefinite strike by lawyers hits work in courts across Jammu
Jammu: Work at the high court and lower courts was affected in most parts of Jammu region on Saturday, following an indefinite strike by lawyers against the recent decision to divest the judicial courts of its powers to register various documents and vest the same with the revenue department. The strike call was given by […]
Pak cleric gives PM Imran two-day ultimatum to step down
Islamabad: Pakistan’s hard-line cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman gave Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-day ultimatum to resign, saying the “Gorbachev of Pakistan” must step down without testing the patience of peaceful protestors. Addressing a massive protest rally, dubbed ‘Azadi March’, held here to topple the incumbent government, Rehman said only people of Pakistan and not […]
Pak army warns protestors
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Saturday warned that no one will be allowed to create instability and chaos in the country, a day after the incalcitrant cleric and politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman set a two-day deadline for Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down. The hard-line cleric addressed a massive protest rally, dubbed “Azadi March”, […]