Amritsar: Ashes of Sarabjit Singh, who died after being brutally assaulted in a Pakistani jail, were on Sunday immersed in the Beas river at Goindwal Sahib in the neighbouring Tarn Taran district, as hundreds of people bade adieu to him with tearful eyes. Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit, confirming the submersion of ashes, said that almost the entire residents of Bikhiwind village, besides Chief Parliament Secretary of Punjab Government Virsa Singh Valtoha paid their last tributes to the departed soul.
She said that the Sarabjit's ash was immersed in the river as per the Sikh rituals in the presence of his wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Swapandeep and Poonam and son-in-law Sanjay. On May 3, 2013, the mortal remains of Sarabjit were consigned to flames in his native village with full state honours when a contingent of Punjab Police reversed their arms and fired volley of shots in the air as a mark of respect to him.
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02:15 AM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: It is not destiny, but the Pakistan government which claimed the life of Sarabjit Singh, according to a resident of Ahmednagar, who spent time with him in Lahore jail, and was released in 2012. "Sarabjit was homesick. He longed to return to India," Bhanudas Karale, who was released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on June 15, 2012, said. Karale was arrested for accidentally straying into the Pakistani territory...
06:20 PM, May 05, 2013
Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has named a 15-member cabinet though portfolios are yet to be allocated to the candidates drawn from all four provinces of the country. ...
12:49 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The government also agreed that the caretaker administration would be chosen in consultation with all parties. ...
09:16 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Pakistani officials on Thursday said the government and a Muslim cleric had struck a deal to end four days of protests by thousands in the capital. The agreement with Tahir-ul-Qadri was reached late on Thursday evening. ...
10:30 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Pakistan government on Thursday reached out to fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who has been camping outside Parliament along with thousands of protesters for the fourth day in a row demanding the government's resignation and dissolution of the national and provincial assemblies. A four-member committee, formed by the government, held talks with Qadri. ...
09:46 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Amidst protests by cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri for the dissolution of Parliament, the Pakistan government on Wednesday said it was determined to complete its five-year term and hold the polls by May 15. ...
08:48 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Thousands of people in Pakistan are out on the streets supporting pro-army Sufi cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri's call for a crackdown on government corruption and an indefinite delay in elections. Protestors are threatening to stay on streets till their demands are met. ...
01:06 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Sufi cleric Muhammad Tahir-Ul-Qadri has denied links with Pakistan army terming the allegations "baseless". Qadri said he has never met ISI or any Pakistan army chiefs. ...
09:58 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The United States has said it favours a democratically-elected civilian government in Pakistan and noted it is for the people of the country to determine their future in a just and transparent manner. "Our view is that internal political issues in Pakistan need to be resolved by Pakistanis in a just and transparent manner that accords with the rule of law. ...
08:14 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The Pakistan Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Ashraf for allegedly receiving bribes in power projects. ...
11:50 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Pakistan politician Imran Khan on Tuesday called for immediate elections in Pakistan, demanding the resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari at the earliest. Hitting out at the PPP-led government in the country, the former cricketer said there must not be fair and time elections. ...
06:27 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The Pakistan government has launched a last-ditch effort to stop cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri from going ahead with a "long march" from Lahore to Islamabad on January 14 by initiating talks with him through PML-Q leaders. PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, called on Qadri at his residence in Model Town here late last night and conveyed a message from President Asif...
04:08 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Karachi: Alarmed by the recent terror attacks on Shia processions by Taliban, Pakistan on Friday shut down the mobile phone network in Karachi, Quetta and some other cities as a part of security measures for this weekend, which is the climax of the holy month of Muharram. Mobile phone services and even wireless phone networks of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority were suspended since 1 pm on Friday in Karachi, Quetta...
06:48 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have taken steps to declare as government property the plot of land where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden spent his final years before he was killed by American commandos. The government of northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has published notices in newspapers asking for objections to the land in the garrison town of Abbottabad being declared government property. The notices said any person opposed to the move should contact...
11:45 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have assured the Supreme Court that computerised national identity cards will soon be issued to all members of the minority Hindu community, including married women who were facing problems in obtaining the cards. Following the assurance, a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday disposed of a suo moto case it had taken up on problems faced by married Hindu women in obtaining CNICs....
02:02 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Saif Ali Khan today said that there was nothing 'wrong' in his film 'Agent Vinod', released today, and it was upto the Pakistan government to decide whether to lift its ban. 'Agent Vinod' has been banned in Pakistan due to certain references to the ISI. "They have always banned our films, even 'Kurbaan' was banned there. Ideally, I feel it should not be banned, but it is upto...
12:40 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Abbottabad: Local residents say Pakistan has started to demolish the compound in the northwest city of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by US commandos in May 2011. Two residents say the government brought in three mechanized backhoes on Saturday afternoon and began destroying the tall outer walls of the compound after sunset. They set up floodlights to carry out the work. The residents spoke...
10:47 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Cabinet on Tuesday reposed "full confidence" in Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani following his indictment for contempt by the Supreme Court, even as he said he did not want to be a "burden" in any way for government. The Cabinet "unanimously applauded the conduct" of Gilani in the Supreme Court and "reposed full confidence in his leadership" during a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister. Gilani thanked the Cabinet...
06:01 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court indicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt, making him the first Pakistani PM to be chargesheeted. Appearing in court for the second time this year, Gilani pleaded innocent to the charges that his government had failed to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. If he is convicted he faces a disqualification from the assembly and six months in jail. "Is the...
11:27 PM, Feb 13, 2012
