Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's donation of $ 1 million to the famous sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer will be paid from Pakistan's public exchequer, his spokesman has said. Zardari announced the donation, which the shrine's administrators have described as one of the biggest in recent years, when he offered prayers at the Dargah on April 8. The President visited the shrine in Rajasthan after meeting...
05:37 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Cricketers Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan along with some more members of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore visited the Ajmer Sharif dargah to offer their prayers on Sunday. ...
02:29 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khaleel Chishty was released on bail from Ajmer jail in a two-decade-old murder case. ...
11:05 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Ajmer: Ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chishty was on Wednesday released on bail from Ajmer jail in a two-decade-old murder case and said he was hopeful that Sarabjit Singh and other prisoners languishing in each other's country would get justice. Freed after over 14-month incarceration, 80-year-old Chishty said he was thankful to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for taking up his case with India. "Zardari made efforts for me, I...
07:52 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Washington: Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the US media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism. "No breakthroughs were announced, but both sides hailed the meeting as a sign of easing tensions along one of the world's most dangerous borders," The Los Angeles Times...
10:53 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Beijing: China on Sunday lauded Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India, saying better ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours will benefit both countries and bring regional stability which is vital for China's own modernisation drive. "Better ties between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed heavyweight neighbours on the South Asian subcontinent, will benefit both countries and regional stability," a commentary by state-run Xinhua news agency said. "The two countries...
09:59 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Goshtaba and dosas, some bilateral talks and an emotional visit to the Ajmer sharif, that basically sums up Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India. While Pakistan's head of state claimed it was purely a private visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did raise the issue of Hafiz Saeed and the 26/11 trial. Singh and Zardari seemed to strike all the right notes as they met for a...
07:51 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Ajmer: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday offered prayers at the historic 13th century dargah of sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in this pilgrim town after which a $ 1 million donation for the shrine was announced. At the end of his visit to the shrine marked by tight security this evening, Zardari said he felt "a great spiritual happiness" after coming to this holy place which was "beyond...
06:53 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday insisted that Pakistan should act on 26/11 suspects including Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed. Linking the progress in bilateral ties to Pakistan taking action against Saeed and others responsible for Mumbai terror attacks, Singh plainly told Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari that this was important for normalisation of relations between the two neighbours. Zardari, who made a stopover in the capital for little...
06:36 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Ajmer: Residents whose houses face the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti have been asked to keep their windows shut while the Pakistan president is inside the shrine later on Sunday afternoon. A police official said people residing near the dargah have already been given a list of dos and don'ts. All the stores catering to pilgrims situated along a one kilometre-long narrow lane leading to the shrine will have to...
03:18 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emerged from a meeting at the latter's residence on Sunday afternoon. Issuing a brief joint statement, Singh said, "Have lot of issues., willing to find pragmatic solutions." Singh said they had 'constructive talks', and the two sides were "willing to find practical, pragmatic solutions on all issues." He said it was a "common wish that ties should normalise...
02:19 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of President Asif Ali Zardari and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has a fan following on Facebook, with some wishing him a good visit and welcoming him to India. Nazia Rehman, a user, wrote on a Facebook page: "welcome to india.. khush amadeed". Bilawal Bhutto is accompanying his father who is on a day-long trip to India on Sunday. Zardari will meet Indian...
01:24 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived on Sunday afternoon in Rajasthan's Ajmer town to offer prayers at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. The Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter in which Zardari travelled from Jaipur landed at the Ajmer helipad after 4 pm and he left in a convoy for the dargah, 12 km away. A Pakistan Air Force jet had earlier flown Zardari to Jaipur...
12:17 PM, Apr 08, 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
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