‘No requests for long term visas from Pakistani Hindus’
August 17th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) There have been no requests for long-term visas so far from any of the Hindu families who have crossed over from Pakistan and in case ... Read more...
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118 Pakistani Hindus arrive in India
August 16th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 16 (IANS) With uncertainty writ large on their faces, 118 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India on board the Samjhauta Express, the peace train between India and Pakistan, ... Read more...
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India willing to grant Pakistani Hindus long-term visa
August 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) With growing concern over the plight of several hundred Pakistani Hindus coming to India, the government Thursday said it was willing to grant long-term ... Read more...
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Forced marriages, insecurity worry Pakistani Hindus
August 13th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Forced marriages of their women and security issues have emerged as major concerns for Pakistani Hindus, according to a body formed by Asif Ali Zardari.Its head ... Read more...
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More Pakistani Hindus arrive in India, say they won’t return
August 13th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 13 (IANS) A fresh batch of Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Monday on board the Samjhauta Express, the peace train between India and Pakistan, and many ... Read more...
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Rehabilitate Pakistani Hindus, demands BJP
August 13th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Monday demanded the government rehabilitate the Hindus who have arrived in India from Pakistan.Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha airs concern over Pakistan Hindus’ plight
August 13th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Lok Sabha members across political divide Monday expressed concern over the plight of minority Hindus in Pakistan and urged the government to spell out ... Read more...
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Amid concern in India, Zardari forms panel to talk to Hindus (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) With concerns rising in India over reported persecution of Hindus in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has formed a three-MPs' panel to meet and ... Read more...
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Visas to Pakistani Hindus: India rejects conspiracy
August 11th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) India Saturday rejected Pakistan's charges of a "conspiracy" about giving so many visas to Pakistani Hindus, saying due process and diligence was exercised in accordance ... Read more...
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Zardari forms panel to talk to Hindus
August 11th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has formed a three-member committee of parliamentarians to meet Hindus in Sindh province and reassure them of their security after Hindu ... Read more...
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Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Fourth Lead, correcting figure)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, 119 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
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Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Third Lead, Changing dateline)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, about 250 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Second Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) About 250 Pakistani Hindus have moved to India after promising authorities here that they will return after completing their pilgrimage, media reports said Friday.The Hindus, ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus protest kidnapping of young girls
April 9th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Some political parties and Hindu groups in Pakistan are furious over the kidnapping and alleged conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh province.The Human Rights Club, Young ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus in duress, says daily
March 13th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) Hindu families in Sindh province were living in fear and insecurity due to their young women being forcibly converted, said a leading daily that called upon ... Read more...
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Why not asylum to Pakistani Hindus, court asks government
December 21st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the government's response on a petition seeking grant of asylum to 151 Hindus from Pakistan who are facing deportation ... Read more...
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Scarred and scared, these Pakistani Hindus seek refuge in India
November 27th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Sitting hunched with his face cupped in his hands, 42-year-old Shobhamal dreads going back to Pakistan's Sindh province where he has earned the status ... Read more...
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Conversion of Pakistani Hindus condemned
November 12th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned the alleged forced conversion of a young Pakistani Hindu woman to Islam, stating such a "malicious campaign is ... Read more...
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Two Pakistani Hindus get bail in grave digging case
November 10th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 10 (IANS) A Pakistani court Thursday granted bail to two Hindus, accused of digging graves and stealing bones, on surety bonds of Rs.20,000 each, Online news agency reported.Police ... Read more...
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300 Pak Hindus in India on pilgrimage tour
March 23rd, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah, Mar.23 (ANI): About 300 Pakistani Hindus from the Shadani Darbar crossed the Wagah border checkpost into India on Wednesday to undertake a tour of various Hindu shrines in the country.Dr. Haresh ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus seek security for Shivaratri (Lead)
February 27th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A Hindu rights group is seeking action against an official in Pakistan's Punjab province for refusing to provide security for the Shivratri festival next month.Haroon Dayal, chairman ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus not happy with security for Shivaratri
February 27th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) A Hindu rights group has demanded immediate removal of the district coordination officer (DCO) of Chakwal in Pakistan's Punjab province, after he allegedly refused to provide security ... Read more...
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Disquiet among Pakistani Hindus over kidnapped leader
February 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) There is disquiet in the Hindu community over the as-yet unsolved abduction of their religious leader, a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader in Quetta has been told.Sardar ... Read more...
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After 40 years, Pakistani Hindus’ ashes immersed in Ganga
February 18th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Feb 18 (IANS) Finally, their ashes reached the ultimate destination - the holy river of Ganga - some 1,400 km away and 40 years later. The ashes of 135 Pakistan-based Hindus ... Read more...
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Finally, ’salvation’ for 128 Hindus who died in Pakistan
January 18th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) For 35 long years, the ashes of 128 Hindus remained at a cremation ground in Karachi, in the hope that some day the departed souls would ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindu families demand bill on marriage registration
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): Families of the Scheduled Caste Hindus in Pakistan have demanded of the government that the Hindu Marriage Registration Bill should be passed by Parliament as early as possible.Women belonging ... Read more...
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No traditional Janmashtami festivities for 250,000 Pak Hindus at flood-relief camps
September 2nd, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sep 2(ANI): About 250,000 Pakistani Hindus, who have been displaced by the worst floods in the country's history, had at best modest Janmashtami celebrations on Thursday.Fate forced them to celebrate ... Read more...
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India relaxes visa norms for some Pakistani nationals
June 10th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India Thursday decided to relax visa extension norms for certain categories of Pakistani nationals, including Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs, who have come to the country seeking Indian ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus allowed to travel to India to immerse ashes of ancestors
July 5th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, July 5 (ANI): Hundreds of Hindus based in Sindh province would now be able to travel to India to immerse the ashes of their ancestors in the holy River Ganga, as ... Read more...
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Over 100 Pakistani Hindus arrive for Vaishno Devi pilgrimage
June 10th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 10 (IANS) Over 100 Hindus from Pakistan, including women and children, arrived here Wednesday for pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.
The group ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindu families seek India citizenship
March 10th, 2009 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 9 (IANS) Fearing intimidation by the Taliban, a few Hindu families from Pakistan on a visit to Punjab are refusing to return home and have sought Indian citizenship.
Camping at a ... Read more...
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Strained ties delaying Pak Hindus ashes Ganges salvation
January 21st, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 21 (ANI): The ashes of about 130 Pakistani Hindus are gathering dust in what was once the Karachi library, as they wanted to achieve salvation by Having their remains ... Read more...
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Indian Hindus arrive in Lahore to celebrate Lord Shivas son Kartikeyas birthday
November 25th, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 25 (ANI): A delegation of around 112 Hindus has reportedly arrived in Lahore to celebrate the birth anniversary of Kartikeya, the son of Lord Shiva, at Katas Raj temples.Katas ... Read more...
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Biggest pilgrimage for Pak Hindus Mata Hinglaj begins in Karachi
April 21st, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Apr 21 (ANI): Three-day long Mata Hinglaj celebrations, the biggest pilgrimage of Pakistani Hindus, started in Hungol, Balochistan, last evening, where thousands of Hindus, mainly women, children and the elderly, ... Read more...
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Pakistani-Hindus offer prayer at Vaishno Devi shrine
April 8th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by admin
Jammu, Apr 8 (ANI): A group of fifty-two Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan offered prayer at the Vaishno Devi shrine on Tuesday.The pilgrims visited the shrine on the third day of the ... Read more...
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