Tag: Sikh pilgrims

Country all set to host Guru Nanak’s 549th birth anniversary

--Around 30,000 Sikh pilgrims from around the world expected to attend celebrations   LAHORE: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has completed the preparations for the 549th birth...

VIDEO: Army lauded for airlifting Sikh pilgrims to safety amid Labbaik’s...

British High Commissioner Thomas Drew has thanked Pakistan for rescuing British Sikh pilgrims amid the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) led protests across the country. At least...

Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pakistan to attend Guru Nanak’s death anniversary

SIALKOT: Hundreds of male and female Sikh pilgrims from around the globe have arrived in the country to attend the 479th death anniversary of Baba Guru...

Sikh pilgrims return to India

LAHORE: Indian Sikh pilgrims returned to their homeland via a special train from the Lahore railway station on Saturday after attending the death anniversary of...

280 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore

LAHORE: At least 280 Sikh pilgrims from India arrived at the Wagah Railway Station via a special train on Thursday to observe the death anniversary...

Sikh pilgrims arrive to observe Jor Mela in Hassanabdal

TAXILA: Sikhs from across the country and abroad arrived at the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal on Saturday to mark Shaheedi Jor Mela. It is...

84 Sikh pilgrims reach Lahore

LAHORE: About 84 Indian Sikh yatrees arrived here on Friday through Wagha Railway Station to observe the day of Guru Arjun Dev Jee. Evacuee Trust Property...

10,000 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan for religious rituals

LAHORE: Over 10,000 Sikh pilgrims are expected to visit Pakistan on the occasion of 550th birthday celebrations of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak. According to media reports,...

People of other faith barred from accompanying Sikh pilgrims

LAHORE: Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Wednesday barred travellers belonging to non-Sikh faiths from coming along with pilgrims to celebrate their religious festivals...

Sikh pilgrims leave for India as Baisakhi festival comes to an...

LAHORE: Sikh pilgrims, who had come to Pakistan from India for the Baisakhi festival have started returning to their country on Saturday. According to officials,...

Indian HC wasn’t prevented from meeting Sikh pilgrims: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday rejected as baseless the Indian allegation that its high commissioner in Islamabad was prevented from meeting the visiting...

Sikh pilgrims returned with message of love, brotherhood: Khalil Tahir

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said that over 2,000 Sikh pilgrims had come to Pakistan with...

Religious tourism: Bringing Pakistan-India together, one yatri at a time

Nankana Sahib: If Balwant Singh, a 73-year-old retired teacher from India, had the option seven decades ago, he never would have left Pakistan. When the...

CM congratulates Sikh community on 549th birth anniversary of Baba Guru...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated the Sikh community on 549th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji. In his message of felicitation,...

Sikh pilgrims visit Gurdwara Sacha Sauda

LAHORE: Sikh yatrees from India and other countries visited Sacha Sauda and performed their rituals. Speaking on the occasion, Additional Secretary Shrines Tariq Khan Wazir stated...

Sikh pilgrims arrive in Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

LAHORE: Over 2,600 Sikh pilgrims arrived at Wagah Railway Station on Thursday from India to participate in the religious and cultural rituals to mark the...

549th birthday celebrations of Guru Nanak to commence on Thursday

LAHORE: The 549th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith, would commence from Thursday in Nankana Sahib. According to an...