Tweet By Jagmit Singh Sikhs praying at the Golden Temple Islamabad, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – Pakistan recently denied that 300 Sikh pilgrims born in India were refused visas. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Malik Amad Khan, stated that he checked with the Interior Ministry and there were no reports of 300 Sikh pilgrims being [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) On December 17th a Muharram Tazia parade was organized in Rampurhat by local Muslim groups. Since a permit is needed for all public parades and wasn’t present the police requested the organizers to follow certain routes so that local people do not face any hassle or delay in their daily commute as there was no notification of such a [...]

Tweet Islamabad, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – In the province of Balochistan in Southwest Pakistan, two unidentified men abducted two Hindu businessmen, officials in Balochistan said. Darshan Lal and Kanhaiya Lal were taken away in Bhaktiarabad area in the Kachi district. The businessmen were taken away to an unknown location after the armed men took them out [...]

Tweet Sindh, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A three-year-old Hindu girl was kidnapped in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. The Hindu community being a minority community in the country was distraught and has started a protest to raise awareness of such repeated kidnappings. They also requested the authorities immediately send out police to search for the [...]

Tweet By Jagmit Singh Sikhs feel unsafe in Valley of Kashmir Jammu, Kashmir (CHAKRA) —Sikhs are feeling continuously unsafe in the Valley of Kashmir.  A Sikh-based organization said there was a common consensus of members of the Sikh faith feeling unsafe in the area.  Their cars are being damaged in addition to girls and women [...]

Tweet Karachi, Pakistan (CHAKRA) —In the town of Lyari in Pakistan, a 13-year-old Dalit girl, Poonam, has been abducted and forcibly converted to Islam. According to Poonam’s uncle Bhanwroo she went missing last Wednesday and was not seen until neighbours spotted her at a Madrassa in the town and informed her parents. When her parents went [...]

Tweet Toronto, Canada (CHAKRA) —Toronto’s terror plot of 1991 (pre September 11) has been forgotten and become a lost memory to Canadians. The terror plot was planned by five black Muslims who were followers of Jamaat Al Fuqra, a Pakistani movement. They were acquitted of planning to kill 4,500 people within two buildings in Toronto.  The [...]

Tweet Ranchi, Jarkhand (CHAKRA) — The BJP Party has given support to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad  (VHP) supporters who are protesting against the demolition of 39 Hindu temples which are constructed on government land. The shutdown of such a sponsorship has been openly stated by the VHP party which the backing of BJP officials.  Raghubar Das, [...]

Tweet  By Jagmit Singh Sikhs are the largest religious minority in Kashmir Srinagar, India (CHAKRA) —In the Kashmir Valley, Sikhs have been recently told to pack up and leave if they do not embrace Islam and help to stand up for the local civilians.  The minority Sikh community of 60 000 in the area have [...]

Tweet New Delhi, India (CHAKRA)— The Commonwealth Games are being held in October during the festive season of Ramlila and Durga Pooja and are being foreseen as a interference to the annual festivities as the Delhi police are asking for these festivals to be rescheduled at another time which has never been done historically. After [...]