BY SAROOP IJAZ To celebrate the culture of Sindh through a festival named the Sindh Festival does not create any provincial divisions; on the contrary, it seems to be the only way that a sustainable national identity can be formed. They would rather have a ‘Pakistan Festival’. Perfectly reasonable, however, identities do not start from the […]
BY MUDASIR WANI Two points become clear from the foregoing discussion: that there is a strong connection between Geelani Sahib and the Jama’at in the sense of he having being one of its most prominent members and leaders, and having contested and won elections on its ticket. And, that the Jama’at owns considerable property, which […]
BY CHRISTINE MEHTA Abdul Rasheed is the son of Juma Khan, one of the five Kashmiri villagers killed in the infamous fake encounter at Pathribal in 2000. Beside him sits Shakoor Khan, also the son of one of the victims. “The night they took my father, I was sleeping upstairs. I remember hearing the Army […]
JAMMU: Governement on Wednesday released the Economic Survey-2014 in both the houses of legislature. Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather laid a copy of the survey in Legislative Assembly, whereas CAPD Minister Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan laid the survey at Legislative Council. Government every year a day prior to releasing the annual budget, release the survey to […]
SRINAGAR: To provide easy access and better services to tourists and travelers in Jammu and Kashmir, a local destination marketing organization launched a web portal ‘TravelNshop’ in collaboration with Tourism Department, Kashmir on Wednesday here at a local hotel. Joint Director Tourism Mohd Hussain Mir in presence of Deputy Director Tourism, Shabir Hussain Bhat, Assistant […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said that no ration cards will be issued to new families, as government of India is providing food grains on the basis of projected population of year 2000 while the population has increased much more since then. While replying to a question in the House, The Consumer and Public […]
Jammu: The J&K State Women Development Corporation Wednesday crossed Rs 80 crore loan disbursements with Minister for Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo giving away cheques worth Rs 86 lakh to loanees during a awareness camp cum loan mela held at Kalyanpora, Zhiri, here, according to an official statement. This initiative of the Corporation has enabled more […]
JAMMU: Minister for Planning and Development, Ajay Sadhotra informed the House Wednesday that Planning and Development Department has released an amount of Rs 19,900 crore during last three financial years under different sectors in the State. Replying to a question by Mohammad Sharief Niaz, the minister said that an amount of Rs 6000 crore was […]
LONDON: Gold today declined from the highest price since November as rising equities cut demand for a haven and on speculation the metal’s advance will deter physical purchases. Gold fell by 0.4 per cent to $1,285.97 an ounce. It reached $1,293.93 yesterday, the highest since November 14. Silver also fell 0.4 per cent to 20.14 […]
NEW DELHI: Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, RIL Chief Mukesh Ambani, former Union Minister Murli Deora and retired Director General of Hydrocarbons VK Sibal were Wednesday named in an FIR by Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi Government in the Reliance gas issue. The FIR by the ACB was registered a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said […]