Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf's offering, called Nazrana, was accepted by his Khadim during his visit to the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on Saturday, a shrine official on Sunday night said refuting reports that the donation was refused. ...
01:45 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday to offer prayers at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer though no official meetings have been lined up so far, sources said on Tuesday. This is likely to be Ashraf's last foreign visit before the term of his government ends on March 16. ...
01:00 PM, Mar 05, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistan on Monday said arrangements are in place to make the donation as announced by its President Asif Ali Zardari to the Dargah of revered Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer in April. Reacting to media reports on the issue, Pakistan High Commission issued a brief statement terming them as "speculative" and said the "arrangements are in hand" to make the donation as announced. "The High Commission thanks...
01:45 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Ajmer: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti might make diplomatic waves but it is small businessmen who will bear the brunt of his 30-minute stay at the shrine as the city will be completely shut down during his visit. Always abuzz with domestic and foreign devotees, the streets of Ajmer will wear a deserted look as all the shops will remain closed between...
09:29 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday night for preparatory discussions regarding his visit to India, including the case of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. Officials sources said the $10 million US bounty for Saeed necessitated the meeting of the top civil and military leadership at the Governor's House in Lahore on Saturday night. Zardari is...
02:10 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Jaipur: For Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit on Sunday to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, the Rajasthan government has deputed six superintendent of police from the Indian Police Service to oversee the deployment of over 3,000 policemen, sources said. Sources in the home department said that an additional director general of police will supervise the security arrangements. "Superintendents of police from six districts including Nagaur, Chittorgarh,...
12:16 AM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: This is the second time Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is coming to India on a personal visit. He was last here in 2005 to offer prayers at the Ajmer Dargah with wife Benazir Bhutto. But this time there's an element of politics too. He's expected to have an hour long chat with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Pakistan foreign office, Zardari will also invite Manmohan Singh...
09:38 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in his visit to India on Sunday will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch. Driving the agenda, Pakistani supporters of 26/11 mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed came out to protest Zardari's day-long trip to India and a lunch stopover with Singh en-route to the Ajmer shrine. While officials say all issues will be discussed between the leaders, its the US reward...
09:52 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Jaipur: Rajasthan government officials and authorities at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti remained tightlipped on Monday over preparations for the April 8 visit of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the Ajmer shrine. However, according to an official who declined to be named around 1,800 security personnel are to be deployed around the shrine and all shops will be shut that day. On Monday, neither the government...
02:51 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch on April 8 before his private visit to Ajmer, says presidential spokesman. Zardari is likely to visit Ajmer to pay obeisance at the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. A request for a "private visit" by the President has been forwarded to the Indian side though a final date for the trip is yet...
11:44 PM, Apr 01, 2012
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