Pakistan Radio keen on propaganda ‘victories’, not solution of problems

September 19th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its recent Punjabi Darbar programme has suggested that India should spend less on defence and more on education and health. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal should thank the Punjabi Darbar programme of Radio Pakistan for its support to their causes.

August 29th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan seems to have run out of ideas. In its latest programme, it has criticised Dr.

August 13th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan seems to be obsessed with the welfare of Sikhs in India, unaware that Sikhs are being driven out of parts of Pakistan. In its recent Punjabi Darbar programme, Radio Pakistan has again talked about the need to have a separate state for Sikhs, which it claims was promised by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

July 28th, 2009 ABOHAR - : Radio Pakistan, in its recent Punjabi Durbar programme, has said Scheduled Castes (SCs) children are being denied admission in schools in India, but nothing can be further from the truth. Shyam Lal Arora, the district president of the Recognised and Affiliated Schools Association, Punjab termed the report false and malicious propaganda.

July 14th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan, in its recent Punjabi Durbar programme, has said Scheduled Castes (SCs) children are being denied admission in schools in India, but nothing can be further from the truth. Shyam Lal Arora, the district president of the Recognised and Affiliated Schools Association, Punjab termed the report false and malicious propaganda.

July 13th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast has attempted to provoke communal sentiments in Punjab. In its Punjabi Darbar programme, it mentioned about the Blue Star Operation of 1984 and blamed the Akalis for not showing unity in reviving the issue.

June 17th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its recent Punjabi Durbar programme said that the Sikh community had been denied the rights promised to it. The allegations were made recently, when the world fraternity watched how the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance received a huge public mandate and chose Dr.

May 21st, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast of Punjabi Durbar seems to have lost its 'Durbar' mood and expressed sympathy for the 'condition' of farmers in India who, in reality, have been able to get the government absolve them from paying their loans. Residents at the border villages are amused to listen to broadcasts over the Radio Pakistan at a time when the UPA government has won Parliamentary elections largely due to farmers' faith in the ruling combine.

May 15th, 2009 ABOHAR - Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan has been finding it embarrassing that members of the minority communities in India have chosen to occupy important positions in the Government. Radio Pakistan says leaders of Sikh and Muslim communities in India have chosen to occupy to positions for selfish interests.

May 5th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Radio Pakistan in its latest programme has stated that Punjab, known for the its five rivers-Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Chenab and the Jhelum (now it Pakistan), is not getting enough water. In the latest series of Punjabi Darbar programme, Radio Pakistan has attempted to project that the Government of India has not taken enough steps to ensure that Punjab gets enough water for drinking purposes and irrigation.

April 22nd, 2009 ABOHAR - While the world press is projecting Indian elections as an event where millions of people are exercising their democratic right to choose their representatives to the national parliament, the Pakistan radio seems to be worried that it is not perfect. Radio Pakistan has been pointing out in its Punjabi Durbar programme that various political parties of India have given tickets to criminals, who, with the help of bad characters, would force people to vote in their favour.

April 6th, 2009 ABOHAR - Facing criticism both internationally as also at home over the increased number of attacks against peaceful citizens, Radio Pakistan has been trying hard to project that India too is facing similar problems. Through the recent broadcast of the Punjabi Durbar program, the programme has been heard trying to spread misinformation that Hindus are forcing members of minority communities to convert themselves in India.

March 31st, 2009 ABOHAR - People living on the border villages of Punjab are fed up with the malicious anti-India campaign being carried on by the Radio Pakistan at a time when the people of the country are becoming victims of Taliban terror. They are demanding that the Government of India should tell Pakistani Government to ban the Punjabi Durbar programme if it continues broadcasting programmes aimed at spreading disharmony.

March 27th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of the Pakistan Radio seems to have run out of ideas in the preparation of their programmes. With the country facing increasing criticism for giving harbour to fundamentalist forces, the Radio is trying to spread the word that India too is faced with similar problems.

February 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Pakistan were close to reaching broad outlines of a solution to the Kashmir dispute but it could not happen due to 'sheer bad luck', says former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid M. Kasuri. Kasuri also said there was a substantial understanding on a joint mechanism that would comprise representatives from the two countries besides both sides of the divided Kashmir.