SW residents protest delay in compensation
Residents of South Waziristan held a sit-in outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to protest delay in compensation for the 2009 military operation.
Protesters said the government had not paid them for damages to their houses and businesses despite a survey carried out four years ago.
A country-wide sit-in for recovery of Shia missing persons entered its 10th day on Sunday.
The joint action committee organized protests in Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir to condemn enforced disappearances of people from the Shia community.
Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pakistan
A group of Sikh pilgrims on Monday crossed the Wagah border from India to attend the Vaisakhi festival on 14th April.
Pakistan had issued visas to 1138 Sikh pilgrims. The pilgrims left for Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal. The pilgrims will return home via Wagah border on 22nd April after attending the Vaisakhi festival ceremonies on 14th April.
