Boys hostel at KU
KARACHI: The inauguration ceremony of a newly renovated federal boys hostel, University of Karachi, will be held on Wednesday...
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Archive70 years on, partition museum opens in Amritsar
AMRITSAR: In the 70 years since India and Pakistan were created from the former British Empire, there has not been a venue focused on the stories and memorabilia of those who survived that chaotic and bloody chapter in history until now...
The exhibitions, housed in the red-brick Town Hall building in the Indian border city of Amritsar, include photographs, newspaper clippings and donated personal items meant to tell the story of how...
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ArchiveTravel: Amritsar: so near, yet so far
I have a day to spare in Lahore so I think the best way to spend it is to take a 24-hour trip to Amritsar...
I was under the impression that the mosques in Amritsar had all been demolished during Partition riots, but mercifully that’s not so...
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BlogsManto to Shyam — 'Lahore, Amritsar and Rawalpindi are all where they used to be'
"When Manto decided to make Pakistan his home, it was Shyam who accompanied Manto to the Mumbai port from where he would sail to Karachi...
This Lahore was now thousands of miles from Amritsar...
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PakistanAziz in Amritsar as key moot gets under way
NEW DELHI: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz arrived in Amritsar a day ahead of schedule on Saturday evening for the Heart of Asia conference, which begins in the Sikhdom’s most sacred city on Sunday morning...
In the evening, Mr Aziz attended a dinner hosted for the visiting dignitaries at a heritage village ‘Sadda Pind’ on the outskirts of Amritsar, according to APP...
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PakistanGhani, Modi lash out at Pakistan on terrorism at Heart of Asia moot in Amritsar
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined hands to lash out at Pakistan on terrorism as the subject took centre stage at the inauguration of the sixth Heart of Asia ministerial conference on Sunday in Amritsar...
Speaking to journalists in Amritsar earlier, Aziz said Pakistan prioritises peace and is ready for talks with India if New Delhi desires the same, the Press Information Department said in a...
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PakistanIndia bars Sartaj Aziz from talking to media in Amritsar
Know more: Ghani, Modi lash out at Pakistan on terrorism at Heart of Asia moot in AmritsarLater in the day, after returning from Amritsar, Aziz addressed a press conference in Islamabad and said, “Pakistan does not need to be pressurised in terms of counter-terrorism efforts...
The lingering issue of Kashmir was the root cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and it must be resolved according to the wishes of Kashmiris, he said...
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PakistanIndia criticised for maligning Pakistan at Amritsar moot
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday hoped that the international community would put sustained pressure on India for stopping human rights abuses in held Kashmir and resuming dialogue with Pakistan...
At the weekly media briefing, FO spokesman Nafees Zakaria recalled that several countries, the United States, China and Iran among them, have offered to mediate between Pakistan and India -
Archive50 revellers die in Amritsar train disaster
AMRITSAR: At least 50 people were killed on Friday after a train ploughed into revellers celebrating a Hindu festival in northern India, police said, the latest major accident on the country’s crumbling rail network...
A crowd had gathered on railway tracks in the city of Amritsar in Punjab state to watch a fireworks show marking the Dussehra festival when the train barrelled down the line at speed...
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World3 killed, 10 injured in alleged grenade attack on gurdwara in Amritsar
At least three people were killed and 10 injured in a grenade attack at Nirankari Bhawan gurdwara in Amritsar, Indian media reported on Sunday...
According to initial reports, the congregation at the gurdwara — that is located in Amritsar's Adliwal village — was attacked by two unidentified persons on a motorcycle...
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ArchiveHindu extremist leader shot dead in Amritsar
NEW DELHI: A rightwing Hindu leader was shot dead in Amritsar on Friday and its impact was expected in faraway Gujarat, where state polls are scheduled to be held next month...
Suri, a Hindutva right wing leader, was killed on a busy street in Amritsar in an attack that was caught on camera while there were over a dozen cops around him...
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PakistanBoys will be boys: Shoaib Malik and Amir Khan unleash their inner Bajrangi
While Shoaib says the words, it is Amir Khan who tries to bhangra as his wife Faryal Makhdoom smiles prettily, unable to hide her embarrassment about the boys' antics...
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ArchiveFamilies not availing free child cancer treatment for lack of hostel facility
KARACHI: The absence of a hostel facility in the city to provide temporary residence to poor patients’ attendants is a major reason that forces a large number of families not to avail free life-saving treatment for their children suffering from cancer, it emerged on Sunday...
About half of the families that come to the health facility, he said, were from outside Karachi that included parts of interior of Sindh and Balochistan...
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ArchiveMeetha Ram Hostel to house ‘dangerous’ prisoners
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has ordered the provincial home department to notify the famous Meetha Ram Hostel — once providing lodging facilities to students of the D...
The officials in the Sindh government said that Mr Shah had signed a summary sent by the provincial home department seeking his directive about a request of Rangers for a separate facility from normal prisons for individuals being held during its...
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ArchiveHostel fire claims four lives in Japan
TOKYO: At least four people were killed in a fire early on Sunday at two adjacent hostels in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, while 19 others were injured and sent to hospital, firefighters said...
Firefighters and police are investigating if any more people remain unaccounted for among the roughly 60 who were staying in the two wooden buildings after the blaze broke out in one of the hotels, an official of Kawasaki Fire Department said
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