Radio Pakistan's effort to revive Khalistan agitation, an effort in vainSeptember 28th, 2009 ABOHAR - Radio Pakistan in its recent Punjabi Darbar programme has given an indication that Pakistan wants to revive the Khalistan agitation which caused misery to thousands of Sikhs in India and retarded the economic development of the State. The Punjabi Durbar programme stated that India has forgotten the promise it had made to Sikhs and Kashmiris.
Radio Pakistan nostalgic about Khalistan movementAugust 6th, 2009 ABOHAR - The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan is still nostalgic about the 'Khalistan' which had many followers in the early eighties. The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the operations in the Golden Temple are looked on by them as highlights of the 'Khalistan movement'.
Radio Pakistan still hopes to revive Khalistan agitationJuly 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.
Radio Pakistan continues to be wishfulJuly 1st, 2009 ABOHAR - Pakistan, which was able to divide the Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab in the early eighties, hopes to recreate the situation if one has to believe the Punjabi Durbar programme broadcast recently. Unmindful of the fact that the Government in Punjab is a coalition of the Akali Dal with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the programme has been stating that the Sikh community has not been given its due by 'Hindu dominated government'.
Radio Pakistan says, Sikhs not given their rights since independence!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.
Radio Pakistan dismayed that Indian minority leaders occupy important positions!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.
Protest in Jammu demanding fair treatment for Pakistani SikhsMay 8th, 2009 JAMMU - Demanding fair treatment of Sikhs in Pakistan's Swat Valley, scores of Jammu Bar Association members and protestors marched before the United Nations Observers office on Friday. They submitted a memorandum to the UN Secretary General seeking intervention of the UN in protecting the Sikhs and other minorities from being uprooted in Swat Valley.
Sikhs continue protests against atrocities on their community by TalibanMay 7th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Sikhs continued protests across Punjab against the atrocities being committed on their brethren by the Taliban in Pakistan. Scores of activists took to the streets in Amritsar to express their anguish against the treatment meted out to Sikhs in Pakistan's North West Front Province (NWFP).
Sikhs in Ambala protest atrocities on community in PakistanMay 6th, 2009 AMBALA - Members of the Sikh community staged a protest here on Wednesday against the atrocities being committed on their brethren by the Taliban in Pakistan. Raising slogans against the Pakistan Government, the protesters expressed their anguish against the treatment being meted out to Sikhs in the North West Front ProvinceNWFP).
Agitated Sikhs block Jammu- Pathankot highwayMay 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Activists of various Sikh organizations blocked the Jammu - Pathankot National Highway here today and burnt images of the Taliban and neighbouring Pakistan to express their anguish over the injustice meted towards Sikhs in Pakistan's North West Front Province (NWFP). Holding placards, the protestors shouted slogans against the Taliban and the Pakistan Government.
India takes up Taliban targeting Sikhs with PakistanMay 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday said it had taken up the issue of treatment of minorities with Islamabad, following reports of Sikhs being persecuted by the Taliban in parts of Pakistan. 'The government of India has taken up the question of treatment of minorities in Pakistan with the government of Pakistan,' external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said here.
Radio Pakistan says Sikhs in India are forcibly convertedApril 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.
Punjab villagers resent Radio Pakistan allegationsMarch 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.
Radio Pakistan urges Sikhs, Muslims to unite against HindusMarch 21st, 2009 AMRITSAR - Radio Pakistan appears determined to continue to propagate a policy of 'divide and rule' in India. In its recent Punjabi Darbar program, it urged both Muslims and Sikhs to unite against Hindus, by calling the latter as the 'enemy'.
Radio Pakistan allergic to Congress party, calls it anti-minorityMarch 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.