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”, […]
Passport requirement for Sikh pilgrims relinquished: Pak PM
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced that Sikh pilgrims from India would only need a valid ID and not a passport to travel to Kartarpur and no fee would be charged from them on the opening day of the Corridor and on Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary. In a tweet on Friday […]
Punjab CM Amrinder Singh welcomes waiver
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said he was happy and grateful that the Pakistan government decided to waive passport requirement for Sikh pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Sahib and urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to extend the waiver for all Indians. Singh also reiterated his demand for the waiver of USD 20 service fee, […]
Anti Imran protestors fill streets in Islamabad
Islamabad: An influential right-wing Pakistani cleric, who is leading a demonstration against Prime Minister Imran Khan, reached here on Friday to hold a mammoth protest rally, demanding the premier’s resignation, accusing him of “rigging” the 2018 general elections. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman launched the Azadi March along with leaders of other […]
Kashmiri Pandits support abrogation of Article 370, file plea in SC
New Delhi: Two Kashmiri Pandits and an apex body of various associations formed by the community have moved the Supreme Court in support of the government’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The plea by Tej Kumar Moza, Karishma Tej Kumar Moza and All India Kashmiri […]
Not Dushyant Chautala, but mother Naina to be deputy CM
Chandigarh: The JJP is considering the name of Naina Chautala for the post of deputy chief minister in the state, party sources said here on Saturday. Naina Chautala is the mother of Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala and wife of Ajay Chautala, who is lodged in the jail after conviction in a teacher […]
Day after being shifted to Goa Raj Bhawan, Malik meets PM
New Delhi: Satya Pal Malik, who has been shifted as governor of Goa, on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, Malik was moved to Goa R K Mathur was appointed lieutenant governor of Ladakh. On October 31, Jammu and Kashmir, […]
India slams Pak for making baseless, unsubstantiated allegations
United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for making “baseless and unsubstantiated allegations” against it at the UN and said Islamabad continues to waste the time of the world body and its organs by raising the Kashmir issue. Pakistan has been raking up the issue of Kashmir and India’s decision to scrap the special status of […]
UK based Kashmiri organization to launch digital campaign in London
London: UK-based Tehreek-e-Kashmir, an organization founded in 1985, is planning to launch a Kashmir digital campaign in London,’ media reports revealed on Saturday. The body according to media reports is also planning to protest and join the march for Kashmir on October 27 in London, expecting to bring close to 25,000 people. If protest is […]
Kartarpur Corridor : US welcomes agreement between Pakistan, India
Washington: The US has welcomed India and Pakistan signing a key agreement to operationalise the landmark Kartarpur Corridor next month, saying building of people-to-people ties between the two neighbours is “good news”. India and Pakistan on Thursday signed the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to undertake visa-free visit to GurdwaraDarbar […]