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.