Ireland on Sunday marked 100 years since the handover of Dublin Castle by British forces, in a ceremony attended by Irish and UK dignitaries.The deeply symbolic event recognised the transfer of power in Dublin Castle, the seat of British power in Ireland for centuries, following the signing of the Anglo-Irish …
Read More »WATCH: Brothers separated during Partition reunite at Kartarpur | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Kartarpur Corridor, on the one hand, has made it possible for Indian Sikhs to visit their holy place – Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur – and on the other hand, it has become a means of meeting friends and relatives who have been separated for decades. Waqf Property Board sources …
Read More »Pakistan condemns RSS chief’s ‘delusional’ remarks | The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the highly provocative and irresponsible remarks made by Mohan Bhagwat, chief of India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), calling for “undoing” of Partition. According to a report by The Indian Express, the RSS issued a statement on Thursday quoting Bhagwat as saying that the India …
Read More »Why Afghanistan wanted India to be partitioned | The Express Tribune
It may surprise many what the Afghans thought about partition and the fate of India’s Muslims The partition of India, needless to say, was a colossal undertaking in the region’s history. Due to its enormity and importance, partition is a topic that has interested me since my elementary school days …
Read More »Pakistan calls Modi’s tweet on partition ‘political stunt’ | The Express Tribune
Pakistan on Saturday came down hard on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his tweet regarding partition of the Indian subcontinent, saying that no modern state is so much in contradiction with itself as the Indian state – the so-called ‘largest democracy’. Taking to Twitter, the Indian premier had announced that August 14 …
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