Radio Pakistan Comes to The Aid of Dalits in India

October 12th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its latest Punjabi Darbar programme has chosen to allege that the Indian judiciary is pro-Hindu and anti-minorities. The allegations by the Radio Pakistan is seen by the people along the border as untrue, as they know that all citizens of India have been given the Right to Equality as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India and the judiciary cannot have any bias.

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.

September 15th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its Punjabi Durbar programme has blamed India for the delay in finding out the identity of perpetrators of Samjhauta Express blast of 2007 in which several Pakistanis died in Indian Territory. Raj Sadosh, a senior journalist in Abohar has pointed out that in fact Pakistan has been nurturing terrorist organisations and the terrorist trained in Pakistan have carried out the blasts.

September 3rd, 2009 ABOHAR - The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has got a new fan in Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan. In its latest edition, the Punjabi Durbar programme has described all political parties of India be it Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress or Shiv Sena being anti-Pakistan for voicing objection to Jaswant Singh's book- "Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence".

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 28th, 2009 ABOHAR - India has time and again stated that Pakistan should stop allow its territory to be used by terrorists against India, before any serious dialogue could commence. Radio Pakistan seems to be worried that forces in Pakistan would continue their terrorist acts, and the possibility of an India-Pakistan dialogue would recede.

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.

May 29th, 2009 ABOHAR - In its latest Punjabi Durbar programme the commentators have come up with the argument that Dalit leaders in India have been accepting the directives given to them from Brahmin leaders. The programme has been attacking the integrity of Dalit leaders, who have been accused of forgetting the welfare of people of their community.

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 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 29th, 2009 ABOHAR - A question that is being asked here is whether Radio Pakistan's Punjabi Durbar programme will be questioned by the Indian Election Commission for conducting campaigns. The Punjabi Durbar programmes have been making allegations critical of the United Progressive Alliance Government of India for 'neglecting minorities' in the country.

April 28th, 2009 ABOHAR - Instead of looking at its country's depleting reputation in the world for being a haven for terrorists and the Taliban in Swat Valley, Radio Pakistan's prime concern is the welfare of lower caste people in India. In the latest Punjabi Durbar programme, Radio Pakistan has alleged that people belonging to the SC (Scheduled Caste) and ST (Scheduled Tribes) in India are subjected to inhuman treatment in India.

March 14th, 2009 ABOHAR - While the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main Opposition party in Lok Sabha, blames the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre for 'dolling out' reservations and other benefits to minority section off and on, Radio Pakistan views the Congress as anti-minority. Radio Pakistan has blamed Congress party of being an anti-minority party, which was behind carrying out of Blue Star Operation against militants who had turned the Golden Temple into a fortress in 1984.