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	rediff.com: Tea and tedium at the Wagah border
		The Wagah crossing, in the flat, green Punjab countryside, is as fabled as Checkpoint Charlie was in Berlin and the Panmunjom armistice line between North and South Korea.
		For the rest of the time, however, the Wagah crossing is a place of unremitting tedium rather than a reflection of the tensions.
		One of them was this traveller, a British journalist, another was a Turk and the rest were a Pakistani diplomat, his wife and their four children, according to the dog-eared registration book that a BSF sergeant in crisp khaki filled in by hand.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/jun/24war.htm (706 words)

	Cricket fans storm Wagah border, 3 injured
		Wagah, Amritsar, February 12: A large number of cricket fans, awaiting clearance for crossing over to Pakistan to watch the third One-Dayer in Lahore tomorrow, stormed into the customs office at the border here, alleging lack of proper arrangements.
		Three persons were injured when agitated fans pelted stones and smashed windowpanes of the custom and immigration building at the Wagah border, officials said.
		"Here at the Wagah border there is a provision to clear only one thousand visitors during the day and it was difficult for the custom and immigration people to clear the crowd of three thousand people at once.
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=62753 (342 words)

	YouTube - Lahore, Pakistan - Wagah Border Ceremony (1 of 4)
		Lahore, Pakistan - Wagah Border Ceremony (4 of 4)
		Lahore, Pakistan - Wagah Border Ceremony (2 of 4)
		Lahore, Pakistan - Wagah Border Ceremony (3 of 4)
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=j7xXL20xAMg (292 words)

	Haroon R. Malik Blog : A Trip to Wagah
		For those of you who are foreigners, Wagah is a border outpost that is located near the city of Lahore on the Pakistani side of the Punjab province.
		Wagah is famous for a military drill ritual by both countries that takes place every evening and at the break of dawn.
		The drill ritual is so impressive in its execution that it draws hundreds of onlookers to Wagah from both sides of the border daily.
	weblogs.asp.net /hmalik/pages/7204.aspx (1055 words)

	News
		WAGAH: Some have said that India and Pakistan were born to react to each other.
		But when New Delhi decided late last year that the histrionics of the traditional flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah border was out of step with the times, and ordered its men to tone down their performance, the move left Pakistanis stomping their feet by themselves.
		The border guards at Wagah, on the road between the Indian city of Amritsar and Pakistan’s Lahore, have been eyeballing each other for years as they go through a theatrical drill of “beating the retreat” and shutting the gate on their main land crossing – the only one that foreigners are permitted to cross.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Jan07/13/11.htm (548 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Wagah, May 9: The Wagah border is waiting to be opened.
		If the flurry of activity at the crossing today is any indication, they might get their wish: Wagah might be opened soon to passenger traffic.
		Every day, as the sun goes down on the flat, green Punjab countryside, paramilitary guards on either side come nose to nose, bristling with threats and cheered by noisy, partisan crowds, in a flag-lowering ceremony at which they try to outdo each other in slamming their gates shut.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030510/asp/nation/story_1954830.asp (466 words)

	Excerpt from The Wagah Canal by Fikr Tauswi
		But at Wagah they were selling their books peacefully, the Maulvi selling the Hindu scriptures and the Sikh works on Muslim theology.
		In their heart of hearts they were thinking that once all these books were sold, they would be able to sit back and live comfortably for at least a few months.
		A couple of writers suggested they should raise a wall of tigers on one bank, and a wall of elephants on the other bank of the Wagah border so that all these people who regularly sat and devoured melons and mangoes should learn to stay put in their own homes.
	sacw.insaf.net /borders/wagahcanal.html (696 words)

	Indopak Flag Ceremony At Wagah Restructured
		The famous Beating retreat ceremony performed by BSF and Pakistan Rangers at the Indo-Pak check post at Wagah which attracted thousands of people from both sides of the border is all set to change as both sides have mutually decided to abandoned aggressive postures adopted during the ceremony.
		Experts believe that restructuring of the aggressive marching drill by India is a move to enhance new confidence building measure aimed at improving ties between the hostile neighbors.
		According to BSF officials, the drill performed earlier was not the correct drill but a kind of drama enacted on both sides of the border.
	indiastandard.com /Growth-Development/States/wagah-ceremony-restructured.html (202 words)

	Transition Magazine : Splitting the Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		When you go to Wagah and stand near the white line that divides the two countries, it is impossible not to think of Radcliffe.
		Many of those visiting Wagah are familiar with Saadat Hasan Manto's classic short story "Toba Tek Singh." It tells of Bishan Singh, an old inmate of a lunatic asylum, who is also called by the name of his village in Punjab: Toba Tek Singh.
		In Wagah, that's what the young man who'd been asked to extinguish his cigarette wanted to know.
	www.transitionmagazine.com /online/wagah.htm (2699 words)

	PunjabNewsline.com - Quarantine station would give boost to livestock trade with Pakistan
		If once the Quarantine Station is set up at Wagah Border on Indian side it would also facilitate export to Afghanistan which has adjoining border to Pakistan”.
		Cricketer turned Politician BJP Parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu said, “Currently in the absence of quarantine facilities at Wagah, exporters have to rush to Delhi nearly 500 kilometers away from the holy city of Golden Temple with their livestock to get their animals quarantined in order to procure disease free certificate.
		In the absence of infrastructure with regard to quarantine station, which should be mandatory to import and export of livestock at Wagah border, creates bundles of hurdles for Punjab-based exporters.
	www.punjabnewsline.com /content/view/333/41 (581 words)

	Wagah Border \| Punjab \| Inde - Pakistan \| Baron & Baron
		C'est là que nous revenons à notre sujet initial, Wagah.
		Il y a ceux qui vont à la frontière pour traverser, et il y a ceux qui vont pour regarder.
		Wagah Border c'est tout ça et c'est rien.
	www.baronbaron.com /INDE/wagah.html (1032 words)

	Excursion of Punjab - India
		The Jalianwallah Bagh is a small park in the city where many pilgrims were massacred by the British police in the year 1919.
		Wagah is the only open land point between India and Pakistan.
		The Changing of Guards and the ceremonial lowering of the flags ceremony at sundown are great tourist attractions and have their own symbolic importance.
	punjab.bharatheritage.in /excursion.htm (1888 words)

	Pak rejects opening Wagah border for trade
		Pakistan has rejected India's request to open the Wagah border trade route for export of its goods to Afghanistan, saying the option does not suit Islamabad.
		Despite strong insistence from New Delhi, Islamabad during the recent foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi was not willing to allow the use of Wagah border as transit route for trade with Afghanistan and stuck to its policy that India should use Karachi port instead for trade with Afghanistan, media reports said.
		Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
	www.rediff.com /money/2006/nov/27wagah.htm (217 words)

	The Great Indian Roadtrip » Day 6 : August 20 : Amritsar - Wagah - Amritsar
		Wagah Border is one of the Indo-Pak borders.
		Just before the Wagah Border while returning to Amritsar we had a big surprise when we saw a go-karting track besides the highway.
		And before you knew it, it was already 2 in the afternoon and we had to hurry to get to Wagah.
	www.xbhp.com /gir/blog/?p=277 (1717 words)

	Anxiety on faces, prayers on lips as passengers' relatives wait for train at Wagah
		Wagah Station (Pakistan)/ Panipat (India), Feb 19 : The absence of the list of the 66 people left dead in the twin blasts on the link train of the Lahore bound Samjhauta Express has left the families of the travelling passengers anxious at the Pakistani side of the Wagah station.
		Unaware of what is stored for them, the families are curiously waiting for the train to arrive with anxious faces and prayers on their lips.
		Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, who also arrived at the Wagah station, demanded that India should hand over the list of the Pakistani passengers killed in the blasts as soon as possible.
	story.cambodiantimes.com /index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/229218/cs/1 (592 words)

	568 Indian prisoners released by Pakistan at Wagah - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The long wait of the kin of the Indian prisoners was painfully accentuated on Monday as there was a delay of one day in their release due to inclement weather.
		Gujarat government officials were also present at Wagah to escort the released fishermen back home.
		We are all thankful to the efforts made by Capt Amarinder Singh in ensuring the release of Indian prisoners,” she said.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar232005/n9.asp (752 words)

	Pakistan : MINFAL rejects to open Wagah permanently - Textile News Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Request of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) to open Wagah border for cotton import from India on permanent basis has been rejected by The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL), official sources informed.
		MINFAL rejected the proposal because it might encourage textile mills in Sindh to open the cotton import through Khokhrapar and mills in other parts may also demand to open western borders for cotton import.
		An APTMA official told that it was a serious injustice done to the textile industry.
	www.fibre2fashion.com /news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=28715 (218 words)

	Waiting at Wagah : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		TENSION AND chaos reigned at Wagah railway station on Monday, as news about the twin blasts that hit the Samjhauta Express began to filter in.
		Many of them complained they were "utterly confused" as there was no one to give them any information about the well-being of their loved ones.
		Talking to this correspondent on the phone from Wagah station, Abrar Butt said he still had no clue to the whereabouts of his two brothers and five cousins who were returning from New Delhi.
	www.hindustantimes.in /news/5922_1932873,0015002500000000.htm (288 words)

	More traffickers held at Wagah -DAWN - National; October 30, 2006
		LAHORE, Oct 29: The Punjab Anti-Narcotics Force on Sunday arrested four people at the Wagah border who had managed to cross over to the Indian side with heroin, it is learnt.
		Earlier, the force had on Oct 26 rounded up nine people who were carrying eight kilogram heroin among a batch of 63 people heading towards India for the ICC Champions Trophy.
		They said the suspects in the ANF custody had revealed the names of the four people who managed to cross over to India.
	www.dawn.com /2006/10/30/nat28.htm (320 words)

	Pakistan - India Border @ Wagah - photos of events in Punjab on Worldisround
		Events in Punjab - travel photos - Wagah (واەگه) is a little town famous town located in Punjab...
		Wagah (واەگه) is a little town famous town located in Punjab Province in Pakistan.
		It has a population of 50,000 people but it's main attraction is the border crossing.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/279326 (277 words)

	Wagah Shopping - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
		Wagah Shopping - Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
		Home » Travel Guides » Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Wagah » Shopping
		Go shopping in Wagah with recommendations, reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and locals.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Pakistan/Punjab/Wagah-1303226/Shopping-Wagah-R-1.html (108 words)

	Pakistani paddlers in visa gaffe at Wagah border
		A visa faux pas left the Pakistani table tennis team stranded at the Wagah border checkpost Wednesday, delaying their arrival here for taking part in an international tournament starting Thursday.
		The Pakistanis, who are coming to India to take part in the Pro Tour 2007 Indian Open, were stranded even as the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) officials waited to welcome them with garlands on the other side of the border checkpost.
		'They had reached the Wagah border this morning, but they were not allowed entry into India after officials pointed out that they were carrying visas for air travel,' TTFI secretary-general Mool Chand Chowhan said at a press conference.
	www.indiasnews.net /story/227334 (473 words)

	Pakistan daily praises India's 'toned down' Wagah drill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		India's toned down marching drill at Wagah on its border with Pakistan Tuesday has come in for praise from a leading Pakistan daily.
		The move has ostensibly been done keeping in mind the resumption of the peace dialogue between the two countries scheduled for next week.
		"Any sensible person who has seen the daily flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border will agree that it is too aggressive and confrontationist in tone and in the body language of the soldiers who are part of it," the paper wrote.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Asia/20061110/504515.html (350 words)

	ZDAG - Details for Wagah (Punjabi)
		Wagah - Crossing the Boundary of Peace and happiness - an attempt tp promote peace against war and friendship against enmity, this is the story of a war widow, who lost her husband on her wedding night.
		He starts loving this girl and wants to marry her despite knowing that she is a widow but she spurns him.
		When the hero's uncle plots to to kill him, he takes the bullet on his chest to save the Pakistani soldiers at the Wagah border.
	www.zdag.com /movieDisplay.jsp?movieID=9186&name=Wagah (263 words)

	Wagah Border \| The News is NowPublic.com
		Every day evening, in the Wagah Border, 55 km from Amritsar, Indian Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers perform the Beating the Retreat Ceremony.
		A gathering of about 10,000 people gather in the Indian Side to witness the ceremony.
		As I was sitting at a distance, I had to use the Zoom and hence the noise in the photo.
	www.nowpublic.com /wagah_border (139 words)

	Pakistani cricket fans caught with drugs at Wagah
		Nine Pakistani cricket fans, including three women, on their way to watch the ICC Champions Trophy matches in India have been caught with eight kg of heroin at the Wagah border checkpost.
		Sixty-three cricket fans were cleared to go to Mohali via the road border of Wagah, but they were stopped at Zero Point for checking, the newspaper said.
		Facilitated by the current peace process, thousands of Pakistanis cross the border to watch cricket in India, and there is a reverse movement when matches are played in Pakistan.
	www.indiaenews.com /pakistan/20061027/26447.htm (304 words)

	Congressional Record
		By opening the border at Wagah, India would be able to begin to end its repression that has claimed the lives of over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, over 300,000 Christians since 1976, over 89,000 Kashmiri Muslims since 1988, and tens of thousands of other minority people.
		This repression must end if India is to be taken seriously as a member of the international community.
		Opening the border at Wagah would be a first step.
	www.khalistan.com /CongRecords/CR091504_Towns_OpenWagahBorderForTrade.htm (886 words)

	Lint stuck at Wagah released (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Cotton import from India via Wagah was allowed last month and first consignment arrived in Pakistan in the first week of last month.
		They termed import of relatively cheaper cotton via Wagah a step towards reducing their input cost.
		He maintained that import of cotton bales through Wagah border would reduce the transportation cost significantly.
	www.thenews.com.pk /print1.asp?id=34691 (508 words)

	The Acorn » No toning down at Wagah (and measuring the trust deficit)
		No toning down at Wagah (and measuring the trust deficit)
		The drill at Wagah was often taken as a metaphor of the state of relations between the two countries.
		Pakistan’s decision not to abide by an agreement it signed leaves the metaphor stronger.
	acorn.nationalinterest.in /?p=2161 (256 words)

	Amritsar Tour(Golden Temple, Jaliyan Wala Baug, Wagah Border) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To continue the Chandhigadh Saga of touring, one of the memorable last day of the year I ever had enjoyed is 2005.
		Amritsar is 235 km from Chandhigadh and further Wagah Border is 29km from Amritsar.
		Also Wagah Border is one of the famous destination close to Amritsar.
	www.bhramanti.com /amritsar.html (906 words)

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