* Demand visa sections in Lahore and Amritsar, plot for 400-room complex
By Abdul Manan
LAHORE: The leader of visiting Sikh pilgrims has demanded all gurdwaras in Pakistan be made functional, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (PSGPC) be given more authority and visa sections be opened in Lahore and Amritser.
Talking to Daily Times at Wagha Railway Station on Sunday, Raghbir Singh Saharnmajra, Shrumani Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (SGPC) member, said that hundreds of gurdwaras were non-functional in Pakistan.
"Caretakers and sewadars should be appointed at gurdwaras at far-flung areas to bring them into the mainstream," he said.
He said that the SGPC was the supreme body of Sikhs all over the world. "We want to see PSGPC as the most powerful and independent representative committee of Sikhs in Pakistan," he said. He also praised the PSGPC for renovating the gurdwaras in Pakistan.
He said that PSGPC members should be chosen through elections and legislation should be made in the regard.
He said that in India SGPC members were elected through an act of parliament and a similar process should be followed in Pakistan.
He said that land should be provided to build a 400-room complex to house visiting pilgrims in Lahore. "We have been demanding the Pakistan government for land for the past two years," he said, adding that the SGPC would bear the cost of the building.
He said that the Lahore-Amritser bus service was a failure, as only two or three passengers went on the buses because of visa restrictions.
"Visa sections should be opened in Lahore and Amritsar to ease travel between the two countries," he said. He urged Pakistan and India to resolve the Kartarpur, Narowal, gurdwara issue, which was hardly a kilometer away from the Indian border. He said that a passageway should be given to Indian Sikhs to visit the gurdwara.
He said that Sikhs were a minority in Pakistan and India and both governments should allocate funds in their fiscal budgets for the welfare of the Sikh community.
By Abdul Manan
LAHORE: The leader of visiting Sikh pilgrims has demanded all gurdwaras in Pakistan be made functional, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (PSGPC) be given more authority and visa sections be opened in Lahore and Amritser.
Talking to Daily Times at Wagha Railway Station on Sunday, Raghbir Singh Saharnmajra, Shrumani Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (SGPC) member, said that hundreds of gurdwaras were non-functional in Pakistan.
"Caretakers and sewadars should be appointed at gurdwaras at far-flung areas to bring them into the mainstream," he said.
He said that the SGPC was the supreme body of Sikhs all over the world. "We want to see PSGPC as the most powerful and independent representative committee of Sikhs in Pakistan," he said. He also praised the PSGPC for renovating the gurdwaras in Pakistan.
He said that PSGPC members should be chosen through elections and legislation should be made in the regard.
He said that in India SGPC members were elected through an act of parliament and a similar process should be followed in Pakistan.
He said that land should be provided to build a 400-room complex to house visiting pilgrims in Lahore. "We have been demanding the Pakistan government for land for the past two years," he said, adding that the SGPC would bear the cost of the building.
He said that the Lahore-Amritser bus service was a failure, as only two or three passengers went on the buses because of visa restrictions.
"Visa sections should be opened in Lahore and Amritsar to ease travel between the two countries," he said. He urged Pakistan and India to resolve the Kartarpur, Narowal, gurdwara issue, which was hardly a kilometer away from the Indian border. He said that a passageway should be given to Indian Sikhs to visit the gurdwara.
He said that Sikhs were a minority in Pakistan and India and both governments should allocate funds in their fiscal budgets for the welfare of the Sikh community.
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