Pak okays memorial at Gurdwara Panja Sahib
Posted by Balvinder Singh S Bal
Pak okays memorial at Gurdwara Panja Sahib
Posted by Balvinder Singh S Bal on Saturday, 4/14/2007 8:39 PM MDT
| http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070415/punjab1.htm#5 Pak okays memorial at Gurdwara Panja Sahib Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 14 In a significant development the Government of Pakistan has agreed in principle to raise the memorial at Gurdwara Panja Sahib in the memory of those who had embraced martyrdom in 1922 while attempting to serve food to the imprisoned Sikhs who were being transported to Rawalpindi from Amritsar in a train during the British period. An announcement in this regard was made by federal minister of religious minorities in Pakistan Izaz-ul-Haq while addressing the Sikh sangat at Gurdwara Panja Sahib today. This would fulfil the long-cherished demand of the Sikhs to have a suitable memorial to commemorate the heroic event which took place at the Hasan Abdal railway station and the miracle of Gurdwara Panja Sahib. Meanwhile, Baisakhi was celebrated with great fervour at the gurdwara where thousands of devotees from India, UK, Canada, USA, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the world celebrated the birth of the Khalsa. Pritpal Singh, convener, American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, while talking to The Tribune on telephone said the federal minister had promised the Sikhs that the number of Sikh pilgrims from India and other countries would be increased from the present 5,000 to 50,000 by 2010. He also promised the congregation that Pakistan was committed to liberalising the policies to ensure smooth flow of Sikh pilgrims from India. He added that they would make arrangements for the renovation of Sikh shrines which are in a dilapidated condition. In yet another significant development, the Government of Pakistan has also agreed in principle to finalise the blueprint for the proposed university in the name of Guru Nanak Dev at Nankana Sahib. |
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