Wagah

Several candidates, including the BJP's, promising resumption of trade on the route

Sixty-two Hindus arrived here from India via the Wagah border on Wednesday to participate in the Mahashivratri celebrations in Pakistan. "A total of 62 Hindu pilgrims arrived in Lahore from India on Wednesday to take part in Mahashivratri festivities," Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) spokesman Amir Hashmi told PTI. "The main function of Mahashivratri organised by the ETPB will be held on March 9 at the historic Katas Raj Temples in Chakwal, some 300 km from Lahore, in which various political, social and religious leaders will also participate," Hashmi said. At Wagah, he said Additional Secretary, Shrines, Rana Shahid Saleem greeted the visiting Hindus led by Vishwanath Bajaj. "After spending tonight at Gurdwara Dera Sahib Lahore the Hindu pilgrims will leave for Katas Raj Temples on Thursday to attend the main festival" he said and added the ETPB is providing security, accommodation and transportation for them. The pilgrims will return to Lahore on March 10 and on March 11 the

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated a 418-feet national flag, the tallest in the country, at Attari in Punjab's Amritsar district. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and senior Border Security Force officials accompanied Gadkari at the function. The Union minister said a surveillance system has been fitted atop the flag which will help the BSF troops keep track of the activities near the border. Gadkari was on a Punjab visit to review the progress of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway and the Amritsar bypass here. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways also visited the Golden Temple and offered prayers there. Talking to media persons, he said, "I got the privilege to pay obeisance at the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple here today, so I feel blessed. After paying obeisance, I prayed before the Almighty for the well-being, and good health of all Indians and the development of the country." In the evening, Gadkari

The Border Security Force offered sweets to Pakistan Rangers at the Attari-Wagah border on the occasion of Diwali on Monday, officials said. A commandant-rank officer of the BSF, along with other personnel, gave sweets to the Pakistan Rangers at the joint checkpost. Officials of both the forces shook hands and exchanged pleasantries for a few minutes. The border guarding forces of India and Pakistan exchange sweets and wishes on various religious festivals such as Eid and Diwali, and also on their respective Independence Days.

This time the beating retreat ceremony comprising flag lowering and ceremonial drill held at the Attari-Wagah border with a full-key affair was special as India celebrated 75th Independence Day.

Pakistan Rangers and Border Security Force (BSF) exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border, Amritsar on the occasion of Independence Day of Pakistan on Sunday.

The viewing point, which will be the first in the state, will be developed as a major tourist attraction, officials said on Friday

Landhi jail Superintendent Irshad Shah said the fishermen, mostly belonging to Gujarat, were released as a goodwill gesture

A total of 360 Indians, who were stranded in Pakistan due to Covid-19 induced restrictions, returned via the Attari-Wagah border, officials said on Monday

As many as 125 Pakistani nationals, stranded in India due to lockdown, returned to their country via Attari-Wagah border

India has suggested to Pakistan that the talks for discussing pending issues be held through video-conferencing, but Islamabad has been insisting that the parleys be conducted at the Attari check post

Pakistan closed the Wagah border with India in mid-March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America

Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria, after it decided to downgrade the diplomatic ties with India

Pakistan is fulfilling its commitment to the Afghan people by providing them a trade transit facility, said Pakistan foreign office spokesman Nafees Zakaria

Afghan Prez Ashraf Ghani has warned that transit facility to Central Asia for Pakistani traders will be stopped if situation does not change