LAHORE - Authorities have opened an ancient temple in Punjab to Hindu worshippers after a long hiatus of 72 years, in a bid to project Pakistan as minorities’ friendly country. Evacuee Trust Properties Board (ETPB) Chairman Dr Aamer Ahmed was among 200 people who attended the inaugural ceremony ...

SIALKOT – A man allegedly killed his minor son, Bilal for making noise while playing with other children in the street near their house in Sialkot's village Baqirpur-Head Marala on Tuesday. According to police, Muhammad Kazim had asked his four-year-old son Bilal and other children not to make ...

SIALKOT - An ancient temple, closed for the public since 1947, will once open its doors to Hindu worshippers after a long hiatus of 72 years. The Shawala Teja Singh Temple, located on Circular Road in Sialkot, is more than a 1,000 years old. Members of the Hindu community had long been demanding ...

SIALKOT – A mentally-challenged Pakistani citizen, who was shot dead by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) yesterday, has been laid to rest in his native town. A large number of people attended the funeral prayers of 60-year-old Allah Rakha. According to the Punjab Rangers, the BSF handed over ...

SIALKOT – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will begin its direct Hajj flights operation from here on Wednesday. PIA's first Hajj flight (PK-745) carrying 307 intending pilgrims will take off for Saudi Arabia from Sialkot International Airport tomorrow, said Sialkot International Airport ...

SIALKOT – Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Monday offered a special freight train service to Sialkot exporters for enabling them to promote business and trade activities in the area. Addressing the Sialkot exporters at Sialkot Dry Port Trust (SDPT), he announced to restore ...

LAHORE - An upcoming model has registered a case against a budding photographer in Sialkot. According to the details, model Roshaan, who hails from Lahore, claimed that Bilal Rauf, the owner of a local studio in Sialkot, lured her into his workplace by asking her to shoot for a clothing brand. Upon ...

SIALKOT – After laying the foundation stone for the construction of the Kartarpur corridor in Narowal, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday arrived in Sialkot to break the ground for a new campus of the Government College Women University in the Punjab city. The new campus will be spread on ...

KARACHI - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed its Sialkot-Sharjah flights with PK-209 taking off from Sialkot International Airport on Tuesday. The flight operation on the route has remained suspended for more than a year. https://twitter.com/Official_PIA/status/1064786842422251521 ...

LAHORE - A woman from the United States says she feels on top of the world after finding her soulmate in the Pakistani city of Sialkot. Maria Helena, 41, arrived in the South Asian country on Thursday to tie the knot with 21-year-old Kashif. In an exclusive interview with Daily Pakistan just before ...

LAHORE - An American lady named Helena has arrived in Pakistan to tie the knot with her love of life, a youngster hailing from Sialkot named Kashif. The US lady had met 21 years younger boy at social media website and their bond got so strong that they both decided to tie the knot with him. ...

SIALKOT - Three women were badly injured as some influential persons beaten them over a land dispute in Pasrur, a city in Sialkot district. The incident happened in Kadian Wali village when a group of influential persons tried to occupy the 22-acre land of a citizen in his absence. During the land ...

LAHORE - An official of Airport Security Force (ASF) has invited the wrath of her superiors after a video of her dancing to a Bollywood number went viral on social media. The female official, who was identified as Zainab, was deployed at Sialkot airport. In the video, she can be seen dancing to a ...

SIALKOT - A woman was killed at Abiyala village of Sambrial tehsil of Sialkot on Tuesday in an apparent case of honour killing. According to local media, Nida Bibi (18) died on the spot when her brother Haider Ali shot at her in her room. The suspect had the suspicion that his sister had developed ...

SIALKOT - Four Pakistanis were martyred on Friday when Indian forces resorted to unprovoked firing on a civilian population across the Working Boundary in Sialkot. According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the victims who were martyred in a fresh spasm of violence, include one woman and ...

RAWALPINDI - Indian forces committed ceasefire violation along the Working Boundary in Sialkot's Charprar sector, leaving two Pakistani women dead and injuring five others, reported  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).The ISPR press release said Indian forces carried out "unprovoked" ...