Bathinda: After a law professor of London got access to 160 Bhagat Singh case files at Lahore in Pakistan for his book, the demand has been raised from Punjab to see those papers of historical importance.
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Chaman Lal, who is honorary adviser to Delhi’s Bhagat Singh Archives and Resource Centre, has written to Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, requesting them to take up the matter with their Pakistani Punjab counterparts. Lal claims that the Punjab Archives in Lahore’s Anarkali Tomb has many files relating to the court cases of Bhagat Singh and its numbers were mentioned from page 135 to 165 in the London professor’s book.
Hindu Council slams smear campaign against Dr Ramesh
National
February 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) has reacted to ongoing character assassination campaign against its Patron-in-chief Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani and hinted to take legal action against people portraying themselves as minority representatives at the behest of the Evacuee Trust Properties Board (ETPB).
In a statement issued on Friday, the council said the patriotic Hindu community across the country values the selfless contributions of Dr Vankwani to ensure the protection of holy places. The problems of the non-Muslim minority community in Pakistan are directly related to the incompetence of the ETPB, the statement said.
Highlights
While talking to Zee News, Vankwani alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties.
Vankwani is also the Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party
While calling Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) a ‘land mafia’, Pakistan’s prominent Hindu leader Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has alleged that ETPB has ‘recruited’ Sikh and Hindu leaders on its payroll to issue statements that suit its interests to siphon off government funds and give religious properties of minority communities on lease to make money.
While talking to Zee News, Vankwani who is also Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party alleged that ETPB was knee-deep in corruption and had given several Gurdwara and temples on lease to private parties in return for the huge amount which, he alleged, was being divided among the ETPB of