SGPC seeks fresh count of Gurdwaras in Pakistan
Tue, Feb 16 2021 09:55:17 AM
By Ravinder Singh Robin
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sought a fresh count of the number of Gurdwaras in Pakistan following a controversy.
The SGPC Sikh s single largest representative body in the world, has asked the Pakistan government to conduct a fresh count of Gurdwaras to bring an end to the confusion created by Pakistan s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the ruling party s Member National Assembly (MNA) Ramesh Kumar Vankwani.
Talking to the media, spokesperson of ETPB, Aamir Hashmi said there were 105 Gurdwaras in Pakistan out of which 18 were functional while the other Gurdwaras were involved in some or other kind of litigation and were closed.
A jatha (group) of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will visit Pakistan from February 18 to February 25 to mark the centenary of the martyrdom of Sikhs and Saka Nankana Sahib.
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They have demanded stricter punishment for the attackers
Anger is apparently rising among the minorities in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Bitterness has once again emerged between the Muslims and Sikhs of Nankana Sahib after a Lahore court pronounced ‘mild’ sentence upon three Muslims who had instigated and led a frenzied all-Muslim mob to attack the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib - the birthplace of Sikh’s first master Guru Nanak Dev, in January 2020.
While the Sikhs under the aegis of the ‘
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’ have decided to challenge the ‘mild’ punishment given to the accused in the court, they have also filed a petition in the court for the annulment of the sentence.
Pakistan court sentences 3 to two years imprisonment for vandalising Gurdwara Nankana Sahib Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 06:38 IST
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of Sikhs. Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.
Lahore: A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court on Tuesday handed down up to two years imprisonment to three men for vandalising Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in the country s Punjab province.
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is a site near Lahore where the first Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, was born.
In January 2020, a violent mob attacked the Gurdwara and pelted stones in the name of religion and threatened to destroy the minorities worship place (Gurdwara Janamasthan) to build ‘Ghulaman-e-Mustafa’ shrine there.