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LAHORE: About 2,400 Indian Sikhs arrived here on Saturday via Wagah border to attend Baisakhi festival at the Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hassanabdal. Punjab Minister for Minorities Ramesh Singh Arora, Evacuee Trust Property Board’s (ETPB) additional secretary (shrines) Rana Shahid, Sardar Mampal Singh, Sardar Tara Singh, Stawant Kaur and other officials of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee welcomed the Indian guests. …

By: Raja Zahid A Khanzada Houston, Texas: A mammoth gathering on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at the Bayou City Center in Houston of over 2,000 persons made it again the largest Iftar Dinner event in the United States of America. Silver Jubilee of America’s largest Annual Houston Iftar Dinner was organized for the past many years by the Muslim Sister …

By: Raja Zahid A Khanzada Houston, Texas: A mammoth gathering on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at the Bayou City Center in Houston of over 2,000 persons made it again the largest Iftar Dinner event in the United States of America. Silver Jubilee of America’s largest Annual Houston Iftar Dinner was organized for the past many years by the Muslim Sister …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County is launching an income pilot program, which will provide $500 in guaranteed cash payments to nearly 2,000 eligible low-income households for 18 months. The county will begin accepting applications for Uplift Harris on Monday until Jan. 26. Eligible applicants must live 200% below the federal poverty line, which is about $60,000 for a household of four. They …

KARACHI: Dr Hafeezur Rehman is among the 2,800 Pakistani doctors who have responded to volunteer in Gaza on the call of Al Khidmat Foundation (AKF), a non-governmental organisation. When the 42-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Lahore told his father about his decision, the only thing the latter said was “give my salams to the people of Palestine”. Several Pakistani NGOs have …

LAHORE: Punjab has reported 111 new cases of dengue and 2,167 of Pink Eye during the last 24 hours. With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients has reached 5,580 while of pink eye 425,420 across the province this year so far. Of the total new cases of pink eye, 335 were reported from Bahawalpur and 142 from …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Thousands of public school teachers in the Houston area can apply for a $100 credit from the Education Foundation of Harris County to purchase classroom materials from a local online retailer. The $100 will be given to the first 2,000 qualifying instructors who register. Additionally, the EFHC is paying $200,000 to the first 2,000 qualified instructors who …

MONTEVIDEO: Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said. The Magellanic penguins, mostly juveniles, died in the Atlantic Ocean and were carried by currents to Uruguayan shores, said Carmen Leizagoyen, head of the Environment Ministry’s …

Cody Walker, Paul Walker’s younger brother, is making sure his family’s legacy lives on, even a decade later. Cody and his wife Felicia welcomed another baby boy to their family, and named him after the Fast & Furious actor. Paul had passed away in a shocking car accident on November 30, 2013, as the car he was in crashed at a …

LAHORE: Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has registered more than 2,600 complaints of cyber harassment during 2022, according to a report released by the organisation on Saturday. The report, titled ‘Cyber Harassment Helpline Annual Report 2022’, said 2,695 new cases were received throughout the year, an average of 224 cases each month. The data was compiled on the basis of cases …