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Abducted Sikhs escape Taliban
during military operation by Pakistan army
pak
2
March 2010
ISLAMABAD:
According to the leading news agency UPI, two of the three members
of the Sikh community kidnapped in Pakistan escaped their captors a
week after the third was found decapitated... |
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No pressure to convert, pure criminal case says PSGPC
25
February 2010
LAHORE: To clear the
air around the killing of a Sikh in Peshawar and to present the
incidents in perspective, Sardar Sham Singh -the president of the
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandak Committee, former chairman... |
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Sikh delegation meets Pak PM
18
November 2009
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan premier Yusuf Raza Gilani has assured a Sikh delegation led
by Dr Pritpal Singh of AGPC, Manmohan Singh and Joga Singh from UK,
Master... |
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First Sikh joins Pak Rangers
14
October 2009
ISLAMABAD:
Amarjeet Singh, 25, has become the first Sikh to be inducted as an
officer in the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers after recently
completing his training at... |
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ISI chief Pasha attends Indian envoy’s iftar party
16
September 2009
ISLAMABAD:
Indian claims of Pakistan’s ISI being behind so many terror
activities aimed against New Delhi were blown to the winds with the
expose that the ISI chief... |
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Pak gurdwaras land sale
continues despite protests
5
August 2009
NANKANA SAHIB: After many protests and even demands of intervention
from the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, the Sikh community was
given an impression... |
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Pak army author says Sikhs were
reason for Pak's defeat in 1971
5
August 2009
In a rare
exposition of the Sikhs' role in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Lt Col
S S Sohi (Retd) has said that the book Crisis of Leadership,
authored by Maj Gen Mukesh... |
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Pak's Zardari gives India, World issue for a few decades
15
July 2009
Karachi/Islamabad: In remarks that will come back time and again to
haunt the Pakistan establishment and which India will definitely tom
tom now for years and... |
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Sikhs join in relief efforts for
Pak IDPs
8
July 2009
Islamabad:
In keeping with the universal core value of Sikhism, Sarbat Da
Bhala, United Sikhs has taken the lead in reaching out to
Pakistan’s
Internally Displaced... |
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Lawyer says he will continue to
represent Sarabjit
1
July 2009
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani lawyer, whose no-show led to the Pakistan
Supreme Court dismissing Sarabjit Singh’s review petitions
challenging his death sentence, says... |
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Pak govt says Haveli connected
with Guru will be handed over to Sikhs
17
June 2009
AMRITSAR/LAHORE:
Drenched in the spirit of religiosity, the Sikh sangat across the
world observed the Martyrdom Day Gurpurab of the fifth Sikh master,
Guru Arjan Dev Ji... |
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Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for Gurpurab
10
June 2009
LAHORE: Some 250
Sikhs arrived here from India on Tuesday to take part in Jor Mela in
Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore as part of the three-day functions... |
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Pak Supreme Court lifts ban on Sharif
27
May 2009
ISLAMABAD: In a
major relief to Pakistan’s top opposition leader and former prime
minister Nawaz Sharif, the country’s Supreme Court declared him and
his brother... |
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Blast
in Lahore leaves 45 dead
27
May 2009
LAHORE: Several people, possibly 45 or more, were killed when
a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Pakistan's Lahore city
on Wednesday morning Pakistan time... |
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SWATing The Taliban
20 May 2009
ISLAMABAD: Even as thousands of innocent civilians, including some
300 Sikhs, continued to flee the embattled Swat valley in Pakistan, and the
Taliban retrenched... |
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Clerics talk to Taliban about Sikhs, Jamat-ud-dawa resurfaces
20 May 2009
ISLAMABAD: Even
as news trckles in that Islamabad was involved in discreet
negotiations through clerics with a top Taliban commander for
rehabilitating Sikh... |
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Pakistan steps up Swat offensive
13
May 2009
PESHAWAR: Pakistan's army pressed on with an offensive against the
Taliban, saying it had killed more than 700 militants, even as a
suicide bomber... |
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U.S drone attacks continue, 8 more killed
13
May 2009
PESHAWAR: As
part of a consolidated attack on the entrenched Taliban inside
Pakistan areas, the US drone attacks continue despite apaprent
protests of Islamabad... |
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SGPC jatha off, Makkar blames UPA
15
April 2009
Lahore:
There has been a sharp fall in the number of Sikh pilgrims visiting
Pakistan from India and other countries to observe Baisakhi festival
in the wake of recent... |
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SWAT jolt for Pak's victorious Chief
Justice: it tells courts to get out
25 March 2009
ISLAMABAD:
When Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary walks into his office at the
Supreme Court on Tuesday after a gap of 16 months, he has to contend with
the... |
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Pak’s Mukhtaran Mai ties the knot
25 March 2009
MEERWALA:
Pakistani gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai, 37, who shunned custom and
rose to global fame by speaking out against her rapists, has defied
yet another... |
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Pak slide stops for the moment, but uncertainty remains
25 March 2009
Islamabad:
Pakistan's slide into anarchy seemed to have been arrested at least
for the time being with President Asif Ali Zardari calling for
reconciliation and trying to... |
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Pakistan Rollercoaster rides roughshod over Zardari
18 March 2009
ISLAMABAD: False notions of grandeur make many a politician lose
sight of reality that is visible to even the most untrained of eyes. What
common people understood... |
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Bad Q: ‘Ab Pakistan Ka Kya Karen?’
4
March 2009
LAHORE: As
terror rained and memories from the 1972 Munich to Mumbai 26/11 came alive
in a sequence that threatens to engulf not just the sub-continent... |
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500 Sikh pilgrims in Pakistan for
Saka Nankana anniversary
18
February 2009
ATTOCK: As many as 500 Sikh pilgrims arrived here on Tuesday
to participate in the Saka festival. The government of
Pakistan has given
permission... |
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Sikh children not being taught Gurmukhi
28 January 2009
LAHORE: Around 25 Sikh children studying in various schools of the
city are not being taught their religious language... |
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Kidnapped Pak Sikh found dead in
Jamrud
26
November
2008
JAMRUD:
Political authorities of Jamrud teshil, Khyber Agency, on Monday
found body of a Sikh hakeem who was kidnapped two days ago from
Peshawar... |
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Cheaper rupee gives Sikhs more spending money
12 November
2008
LAHORE: This
year’s visit to Pakistan for several Sikh pilgrims will be different
from their usual trips, as they have come with the intention to
spend all the money... |
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Sikh jatha in Pak to celebrate gurpurab of
Guru who founded Amritsar
8 October 2008LAHORE: Around
250 Sikh pilgrims are currenntly in Pakistan to commemorate the
474th birthday celebrations of the fourth Guru in Sikhism, Guru
Ramdas Ji... |
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PSGPC needs to pull up its act,
working hampered
24 September 2008
LAHORE: Lack of
Sikh leaderships in Pakistani gurdwaras is adversely affecting
charity donations from Sikh philanthropists who come here from
across... |
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First Sikh to graduate from Lahore PU wants reservation for Sikhs
3 September 2008
LAHORE: The first
Pakistani Sikh to graduate from the Punjab University (PU), Lahore
since partition says that there should be reserved seats for Sikhs
at the university... |
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General relief in Pak as Mush says Khuda
Hafiz
20 August, 2008
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI:
“Gaddi Chadd, Baith Ke Ro, General Vardi Lah Ke Dhoh”. Roughly
translated, it means “Exit now and do some crying, go home and wash... |
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Impeachment move splits Pak media
13 August, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The decision by Pakistan's governing
coalition to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez
Musharraf aroused a mixed response... |
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Mush’s impeachment keeps everyone guessing
13 August, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Uncertainty looms large over the impeachment process of
President Pervez Musharraf even as rumour mill had been floating
diverging... |
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First Sikh doctor in Pak fired with sewa zeal
29
July, 2008
LAHORE: "I am the
first Sikh MBBS doctor in the country’s history and want to serve my
country," said Dr Mimpal Singh on Sunday. Born in Nankana
Sahib... |
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Pak remission not to benefit Sarabjit, case
still hanging
25
June, 2008
Islamabad:
After raising hopes all around about Pakistan Government commuting
the death sentences of death row convict Sarabjit Singh comes the
dampener... |
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Another Indian on death row in Pak: Burney
11
June, 2008
Islamabad:
After Kashmir Singh, leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney
has found Karpal Singh, another Sikh on death row, languishing... |
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Tension between
Sikhs, Muslims over new mosque in Lahore
4
June,
2008
LAHORE:
Initially, it was a fight between two opposing Muslim groups in
Lahore, and the Sikhs remained silent because they thought good
sense will prevail... |
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Pak official briefs envoys from 15 countries on
Sikhism
4
June,
2008
ISLAMABAD: Ambassadors from 35 countries on Sunday paid a visit to
the historic Sikh Temple, Panja Sahib, in Hassan Abdal in Pakistan
in a bid to learn... |
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Sikhs in Pakistan want to marry in Punjab
28
May,
2008
NANKANA SAHIB: While
the registration details of the Anand Marriage Act in Pakistan have
still to be resolved, the 10,000 strong Sikh community in
Pakistan... |
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Pak gets its first Sikh practitioner
28
May,
2008
Lahore: Mimpal
Singh (28) became the first Pakistani Sikh to have cleared the
Diploma in Child Health, besides topping the Services Institute of
Medical... |
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Pak to consider pardon for Sarabjit: Gilani
14
May,
2008
slamabad: Pakistan
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani personally
believes that Indian national Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death... |
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Sikhs in Pakistan seek representation in government
7
May,
2008
LAHORE:
Political voices within the Sikh community in Pakistan are getting
louder with Sikh leaders now seeking representation in the government... |
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Pak
government to promote Punjabi
7
May,
2008
PASRUR: Coming
on the heels of the Indian Punjab government making Punjabi compulsory for
all official work, the Pakistani Punjab Minister... |
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Taliban rescues 2 kidnapped Sikhs, to
hang offenders
30
April 2008
ISLAMABAD: Two
Sikhs, who were abducted from a district in Pakistan’s restive North
West Frontier Province, have been rescued by the local Taliban... |
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No registrations under Sikh Marriage Act
16
April 2008
ISALAMABAD:
Since the enactment of the Sikh Marriage Act in May 2008, no Sikh
couple’s wedding has been registered to date. Surprisingly, many
couples... |
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Gilani to army: Back to barracks in two weeks
2
April
2008
ISLAMABAD:
The army should return to the barracks in two weeks, Pakistan's new
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday... |
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Pakistan Sikh gurdwara committee to operate until April 30
2
April
2008
LAHORE: The Pakistan
federal government has extended the tenure of office-bearers of
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC)... |
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Sikhs haven’t graduated to self-representation
5
March 2008
ISLAMABAD: In rather
curious yet understandable reports from Pakistan,
sections of the media have underlined how the Sikhs in Karachi are
finding it difficult... |
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Everyone wins in Pakistan, and is talking to the other
20 February 2008
Pakistan election results are, in the sub-continental
version of English language, not two-in-one, not three-in-one, but
rather all-in-one. Even Uncle Sam... |
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Gurdwara of Bhai
Taru Singh Ji now at center of
a ‘grave’ row in Pakistan
20 February 2008
LAHORE:
Two opposing groups in Pakistan are fighting over who a grave
belongs to – a grandson of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar or a
governor of Lahore... |
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Minorities to get places of worship
in Pak jails
6 February 2008
ISLAMABAD:
Places of worship for persons from minority communities will be set
up in Pakistani jails as part of measures for the collective
welfare... |
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Anand Karaj Act in Pakistan is now a law
6 February 2008
ISLAMABAD: Now, it is official. Moving at a breakneck speed,
Pakistan government has even notified the Sikh Anand Karaj Act... |
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Pindiites the most literate in Punjab
30 January 2008
RAWALPINDI:
Literacy rate in Rawalpindi district jumped to 70.5 percent from
74.5 percent in 2007, the District Government Literacy Department... |
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Musharraf signs Sikh Marriage Registration
Ordinance
16 January 2008
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan’s Attorney General (AG) Malik Muhammad Qayyum on Tuesday
said the Sikh Marriage Registration Ordinance had been signed by |
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Fatima fit to lead PPP, says Jemima
9 January 2008
ISLAMABAD: Jemima Khan, former
wife of Pakistani politician Imran Khan, has fired another salvo at the
Bhutto clan, saying.... |
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Bhutto killed by blast, not bullet: Western
official
9 January 2008
LONDON:
Benazir Bhutto was, without doubt, killed by the blast from the
suicide bomb and not an assassin's bullet, according to a senior
Western... |
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Pak govt says Bhutto death accidental, makes U-turn
later
2 January 2008
Islamabad: In a dramatic U-turn, the Pakistan
government "apologised" for claiming earlier that former premier Benazir
Bhutto died... |
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Could Benazir defy the adverse rules governing
martyrdom?
2 January 2008
Benazir Bhutto courted death
with amazing grace and courage. Unfortunately in most parts of the
planet, including our corner, political martyrdom seems... |
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Want to register Sikh marriage? Pak offers you
the chance
12 December, 2007
ISLAMABAD/AMRITSAR: Pakistan seems to be all ready for enacting the
separate law... |
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Emergency in Pakistan but US support to
continue
7 November, 2007
WASHINGTON: As the massive state
crackdown on civil rights activists and political protesters
continues in Pakistan in the wake of an emergency being imposed... |
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India asked to identify places for group visas
31
October, 2007
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has asked New Delhi
to identify four Hindu-Sikh holy shrines in Pakistan so that the government
could consider issuing group visas to Indian.... |
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Gurdwara sewadars are technical people or clerical
31 October, 2007
LAHORE: Twelve Sikh sewadars
have written a letter to Pakistan's Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB)
chairman General Zulfiqar Ali Khan asking a pay scale upgrade according to
the... |
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Detective leading Pak blasts probe quits
31 October, 2007
Karachi: The
senior detective leading the probe into the suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto
has withdrawn from the case after the opposition leader accused him of
involvement in the alleged... |
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Bhutto visits ancestral stronghold after attack
31 October, 2007
Gahri Khuda
Baksh (Pakistan): Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in her
ancestral village on Saturday amid tight security in her first public trip
in Pakistan since suicide bombers... |
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Pak army gets its first Sikh officer
31 October,
2007
Islamabad: One
person clearly stood out among the latest batch of smartly turned
out cadets that graduated from the Pakistan.... |
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Pak SC asks government to regularise ‘disappearances’
17 October, 2007
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has
given a concession to the government, allowing it to regularise the
‘disappearance’ of all the... |
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Fighter jets up in air, news not on our pages
10 October, 2007
For days on end,
Pakistani fighter jets are bombing villages, markets and people in North
Waziristan.
On just October 9, 50 people are reported killed. More than 200 were
reported... |
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Way cleared for triangular race in Pak polls
3 October, 2007
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has accepted
nomination papers of Gen Pervez Musharraf and two other contenders
for the presidential polls while outside... |
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Benazir wants 'peace treaty' between India, Pakistan
3 October, 2007
Washington:
Waiting in exile and eager to return to Pakistan, former PM Benazir
Bhutto has now advocated a peace treaty between India and
Pakistan. "In the 60th year of Pakistan's and... |
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Pak takes Osama’s threat seriously
26 September,
2007
ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s call for Pakistanis to
rise up against their US-allied military leader has struck a chord
among an angry, extremist minority... |
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Suicide attack in Quetta leaves food for thought
21 February 2007
The February 17 blast in a district court in
Quetta comes close on the heels of similar attacks – the majority of them
suicide .... |
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Baloch nationalists to quit Assembly
6 September
2006
QUETTA: The Balochistan National
Party-Mengal (BNP-M) announced on Sunday to resign from the assemblies and
the Senate in protest... |
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Bugti buried without family consent
6 September
2006
DERA BUGTI: Pakistani authorities
on Friday buried a locked coffin believed to contain the body of a tribal
chief whose killing in a military... |
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