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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Uniindia: Chandigarh, Feb 18 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday asked the central government to take up the issue of perceived security threat to Sikh devotees visiting Pakistan with the latter government instead of arbitrarily denying permission to a Sikh jatha which was scheduled to visit Sri Nankana Sahib on the hundredth anniversary of Saka Nankana Sahib.
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