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Nilesh Kunwar
Two years ago, while speaking on the occasion to mark 100 days of his government being in office, Prime Minister Imran Khan made many a boast and promises. Besides waxing eloquent on turning Pakistan into aÂ
âmodel Islamic welfare state,â he also hit out at his Indian counterpart by saying,Â
âWe will show the Modi government how to treat minorities.â Unfortunately, despite this bold assurance, instances of atrocities against minorities in Pakistan have increased many fold under Khanâs watch.
US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brown back has made things embarrassing for Khan by making it clear that as far as Pakistan was concerned,Â
Several Sikhs were massacred on Feb 20, 1921 at Gurdwara Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib
Amritsar:
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, urging them to allow Sikh pilgrims visit the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan.
The Union Home Ministry on Thursday had denied permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims wanting to visit Pakistan, citing security situation and the Covid pandemic in that country.
A group of pilgrims were to travel to Pakistan from February 18 to February 25 to mark the centenary of the martyrdom of Sikhs and Saka Nankana Sahib.
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Khalistan means The Land of Khalsa i.e. a separate nation for the Khalsa or a separate nation for the Sikhs.
Khalsa was founded in the year 1699 by Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs.
Khalsa means pure but over time, the idea was changed and it got politicised.
Amid the ongoing discussion about Khalistan in India, on Thursday we bring you the answers to questions like what is Khalistan and how its objectives are dangerous for India s national unity and integrity. Let us tell the history and current situation of Khalistan and also how the idea of Sikhistan took the form of Khalistan.
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They have demanded stricter punishment for the attackers
Anger is apparently rising among the minorities in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Bitterness has once again emerged between the Muslims and Sikhs of Nankana Sahib after a Lahore court pronounced ‘mild’ sentence upon three Muslims who had instigated and led a frenzied all-Muslim mob to attack the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib - the birthplace of Sikh’s first master Guru Nanak Dev, in January 2020.
While the Sikhs under the aegis of the ‘
Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’ have decided to challenge the ‘mild’ punishment given to the accused in the court, they have also filed a petition in the court for the annulment of the sentence.