Teacher Sanwal Dhami captures stories of partition survivors
| India / Pakistan | 25 Aug 2017 | Asia Samachar |
When Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947, the state of Punjab probably suffered the...
It’s unfortunate that we call it the Sikh Empire; I prefer...
| Editor's Pick | Pakistan | 15 May 2017 | Asia Samachar |
An alternative voice, firmly seated in Singapore, Amardeep Singh, 51, has been taking photographs that explore sociology, anthropology,...
Open sweet shop
| Pakistan | 14 May 2017 | Asia Samachar |
An open sweet shop in a village fair in Sialkot in Punjab, Pakistan. They fry funnel cakes...
Miswak seller
| Pakistan | 3 April 2017 | Asia Samachar |
Miswak are teeth cleaning sticks taken from some particular tree brunches. Here, many men hit the streets...
Sindh, Balochistan gurdwaras come together
| Sindh, Pakistan | 31 March 2017 | Asia Samachar |
Gurdwaras in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan met for the second time in their efforts...
Malaysian retired lecturer releases book on Sikhs in Pakistan
| Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | 24 Feb 2017 | Asia Samachar |
By Asia Samachar | Books |
The experiences of more than 60 Pakistani Sikhs, including at least a dozen...
Famed Pakistani qawwal Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi
| Karachi, Pakistan | 22 June 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Legendary Pakistani qawwal Amjad Sabri of the Sabri Brothers group was gunned down today (22 June 2016) in Karachi,...
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Sikh politician gunned down
| Peshawar, Pakistan | 25 April 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Some may remember him as the dastaar-sporting sardar ji riding a horse with a Pakistan flag in hand. Some...
Punjabi in Pakistan
| Obed Pasha | Opinion | 15 March 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Rabindranath Tagore was once asked why he got the Nobel Prize for literature and Allama Iqbal did not. Tagore...
Sikhs should fund efforts to preserve heritage sites in Pakistan
| Hb Singh | Malaysia| 23 Jan 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Sikhs in the diaspora should consider preserving selected historical places connected to the Sikh heritage in Pakistan rather than...