Tag: Sikhs

India to sign Kartarpur Corridor agreement on Oct 23

India on Monday conveyed its willingness to sign the Kartarpur Corridor agreement on October 23 – three weeks ahead of the 550th birth anniversary...

Sikhs holding foreign passports to get 45-day multiple Pakistani visa

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Saturday announced that the federal government has decided to issue 45-day multiple visa to Sikhs having foreign passport other...

Baisakhi festival to begin at Gurdwara Panja Sahib on Sunday

ISLAMABAD: Baisakhi festival will be held on Sunday at Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hassan Abdal. About 2,206 Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Lahore from India to participate in the annual...

Sikh pilgrims arrive for Baisakhi festival

LAHORE: Sikh pilgrims arrived here on Friday from India to partake in the annual Baisakhi celebrations from April 12 to 21. On Tuesday, the Pakistan High Commission in New...

Let’s give peace a chance, Pakistan tells India

--PM Imran lays foundation for 4-km-long corridor connecting Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur, India, with Gurdwara Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Narowal  --Renews offer of peace talks...

Guru Nanak’s teachings relevant for all ages: Sarwar

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Tuesday said that Baba Guru Nanak's teachings were relevant for all ages as he preached love for humanity, religious...

3 killed, 10 injured in alleged grenade attack on gurdwara in...

At least three people were killed in a grenade attack at Nirankari Bhawan gurdwara in Amritsar, Indian media reported on Sunday. About 15 injured people were hospitalised,...

Peshawar Sikhs get pass on helmet law

PESHAWAR: The Sikh community living in the provincial capital has been allowed exemption from wearing helmets due to their religious headdress. Minority member Sardar Ranjeet...

Ramesh Kumar Vankwani proposed chairman of ETPB

--Politically influenced appointments in ETPB concerned about their future --Sikh community expresses reservations over a ‘Hindu’s name’ for slot --Vankwani says if appointed, will not be...

Sikh pilgrims visit Gurdwara Sacha Sauda

LAHORE: Sikh pilgrims visited the Gurdwara Sacha Sauda in Farooqabad to pay their respects on Tuesday. Earlier, the pilgrims had visited Gurdwara Janam Asthan Nankana...

Indian Sikhs visiting Pakistan on ‘individual yatra’: report

LAHORE: Around 49 Sikhs from India entered Pakistan on Sunday, in order to pay a visit to their sacred places in the country, according...

Singapore deputy PM lauds role of Sikhs

SINGAPORE: Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has praised Sikhs for their “significant contributions” to the multi-racial country. Speaking at the official opening of SGD...

India to discuss forcible conversion of Sikhs with Pakistan

  NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday said it will take up with Islamabad reports that some members of the Sikh community were being forcibly converted...

Sikh shop keeper asked to convert by civil officer in Peshawar,...

PESHAWAR: The elders from the Sikh community during a jirga with the Hangu deputy commissioner on Sunday forgave the Thall assistant commissioner for asking...

Sikhs oppose plan to shift BGNU from Nankana Sahib to Isb

LAHORE: The Sikh community living in Nankana Sahib has opposed government’s plan to shift the Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU) from Nankana Sahib to Islamabad...

Census 2017: Sikhs disappointed at being left out

Islamabad: Members and leaders of the Sikh community in Peshawar expressed their disappointment at being “left out” of the national census, saying they feared...

Sikhs in KP continue to live without basic amenities

PESHAWAR: Approximately 10,000 members of the Sikh community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are deprived of fundamental necessities such as education and health.. Brimming with gurdwaras from before...