PSGPC and ETPB officials at Wagah, Pakistan, border.
AMRITSAR: Despite knowing about the cancellation of Indian Sikh jatha well in advance, the officials of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) carrying bouquets and garlands arrived at Wagah (Pakistan) land border.
In the photographs clicked at Wagah (Pakistan) border, the officials of both ETPB and PSGPC including its president Satwant Singh are seen smilingly looking at camera’s and making poses.
According to highly placed sources, the intelligence agencies here had received inputs of the Pakistan government s sinister plot of exploiting Sikh sentiments and provoking them against the Indian government on the issue of farmers agitation.
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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.
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While talking to Zee News, Vankwani alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties.
Vankwani is also the Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party
While calling Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) a ‘land mafia’, Pakistan’s prominent Hindu leader Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has alleged that ETPB has ‘recruited’ Sikh and Hindu leaders on its payroll to issue statements that suit its interests to siphon off government funds and give religious properties of minority communities on lease to make money.
While talking to Zee News, Vankwani who is also Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties in return for the huge amount which, he alleged, was being divided among the ETPB of