Around 3,000 Sikh pilgrims, mostly from India, are expected to arrive in Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal to attend the 312th Besakhi festival.Talking to newsmen in Hassanabdal on Thursday, deputy secretary (shrines) Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Syed Faraz Abbas said Indian Sikh pilgrims would arrive in Hassanabdal on April 11 through special trains via Wagah [...]
Hassanabdal police claimed to bust six member gang of bandits involved in bloody dacoity, robbery and theft cases and arrested three of their members. Addressing press conference here on Tuesday by District Police officer (DPO) Dr Syed Akhter Abbass at Hassanabdal has said that police bust an inter district gang of bandits involved in a [...]
The century-old government primary school located in the heart of Hassanabdal is in pathetic condition. Its building is crumbling and faulty and dangerous electricity system poses a constant threat to the lives of over 400 students who sit on bare floor.
According to official sources, two miscreants torched NATO oil tanker and fled at 5am in the Hassan Abdal area. After receiving information about the incident, the police, rescue teams arrived at the scene. The Hassan Abdal fire brigade was called and the fire fighters put out the fire. Both the drivers and the conductors also [...]
* Chairman says 4,000 pilgrims had visited Pakistan last year * Visitors play role of goodwill ambassadors for Pakistan By Afnan Khan LAHORE: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and concerned authorities are all set to host the Baisakhi festival with around 8,000 foreign guests, mostly Sikh pilgrims from all over the world, from the [...]
Around 5,000 Sikh yatrees Friday arrived here at the Wagha Railway Station by two special trains to attend the 542th birth anniversary Baba Guru Nanak. The yatrees left for Nankana Sahib after their arrival from India under high security to attend the three days religious ceremonies. The senior officials of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) [...]
SAM FEROZKHEL: For 11-year-old Rajindar Kaur, life was full of joy in the picturesque village of Sam Ferozkhel in the Orakzai tribal agency. But then everything changed. The village’s serene atmosphere was disrupted by gun-toting bearded Taliban who unleashed a reign of terror on the entire area. Kaur and her family, like dozens of other [...]
K J M Varma Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) According a rousing reception to the Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus, Pakistan today said efforts were on to set up consulates in Lahore and Amritsar to speed up visa processing and plans were afoot to start a bus service between Amritsar and the Sikh pilgrim centre of Hasan Abdal.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The government is planning to link the Hassan Abdal-Mansehra Expressway with Gwadar and also with China and Central Asian republics at a cost of Rs20 billion to boost economic activities in the region. The Asian Development Bank will provide Rs18 billion for the project while the government would provide Rs2 billion for [...]
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