India bars Sikh Yatrees to visit Pakistan - News Makers newsmakers.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsmakers.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Several Sikhs were massacred on Feb 20, 1921 at Gurdwara Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib
Amritsar:
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, urging them to allow Sikh pilgrims visit the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan.
The Union Home Ministry on Thursday had denied permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims wanting to visit Pakistan, citing security situation and the Covid pandemic in that country.
A group of pilgrims were to travel to Pakistan from February 18 to February 25 to mark the centenary of the martyrdom of Sikhs and Saka Nankana Sahib.
India stops 1,000 Sikh pilgrims from visiting Pakistan thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
India bars Sikh pilgrims from visiting Pakistan
Published On
The Yatrees were scheduled to take part in their religious Saka Festival at Gurdwara Janamasthan
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Indian authorities on Thursday have barred over one thousand Sikh Yatrees from visiting Pakistan through Wagha Border.
According to spokesman of Evacuee Trust Property Board, the Yatrees were scheduled to take part in their religious Saka Festival at Gurdwara Janamasthan at Nankana Sahib on February 21, for which all the arrangements have already been finalized.
The spokesman said that Sikh community members will stage a protest at Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore this afternoon against Indian government for not allowing the pilgrims to visit Pakistan.
Pak asks law enforcement agencies to ensure security of Sikh pilgrims
By Mansoor| Published: 18th February 2021 8:19 pm IST
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab government on Thursday asked the law enforcement agencies to ensure the security of the Sikh pilgrims arriving in the country for the 100th anniversary of the Saka Nankana Sahib from this week.
On Thursday, India denied permission to around 600 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan, citing the security and COVID-19 situation in the country.
The Cabinet Committee on Law and Order of Punjab government directed the law enforcement agencies and respective districts’ administration to ensure the security of the Sikh pilgrims and their holy places in all respects in connection with the Saka event.