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Sikh jatha not to travel to Nankana Sahib: What is the protocol on India-Pakistan religious visits?
September 24, 2025 12:12 pm
This marks the Union government’s second successive denial of permission to two Sikh jathas to visit Pakistan. The withholding of permissions comes amid the diplomatic stand-off, where various agreements on exchanges have been put on hold. We explain the issue.
Preventing us from paying respects at Nankana Sahib is interference with minority religion: Sikh body
September 20, 2025 8:22 pm
Dr Khushal Singh, general secretary of the sabha, said that immediately after the Partition, the governments of India and Pakistan had agreed that Sikhs would be allowed to visit Sikh shrines in Pakistan.
‘Cricket a game, pilgrimage is faith’: MP Randhawa urges PM Modi to allow Nankana Sahib visit, reopen Kartarpur Corridor
September 17, 2025 3:53 pm
Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that if the government can facilitate the movement of players for cricket, “surely it can also facilitate the… movement of peaceful pilgrims”.
Punjab: Taksali leader sees hand of Indian agencies in Nankana Sahib attack in Pakistan
January 09, 2020 3:16 pm
Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali), leader Bir Devinder Singh has claimed that the mob attack at the Sikh shrine seemed to be the “covert operation of Indian intelligence agencies”.
Explained: What is the historical significance of Nankana Sahib in Pakistan?
January 07, 2020 9:46 am
Gurdwara Janam Asthan (also called Nankana Sahib Gurdwara) is built over the site where Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was believed to be born in 1469.
Nankana sahib vandalism case: Pakistan arrests man who led stone-pelting mob
January 07, 2020 5:37 am
“The main culprit in #NankanaSahib incident Imran has been arrested FIR # 6/2020 u/s 295A/290/291/ 341/506/148/149, 6 sound system/ 7 ATA has been registered at Nankana Police Station,” Pakistani Punjab CM’s Focal Person (Digital Media) Azhar Mashwani said in a tweet on Sunday night.
MEA summons Pak Charge d’affairs over killing of Sikh man, Nankana incident
January 07, 2020 5:36 am
India on Monday summoned Pakistan’s Chargé d’affaires Syed Haider Shah “to lodge strong protest at the recent acts of vandalism and desecration of the holy Gurdwara Sri Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, and the targeted killing of minority Sikh community member in Peshawar, Pakistan”.
Nankana Sahib incident: Why Sidhu not demanding strict action against accused, asks Bitta
January 06, 2020 5:59 pm
“You cannot open Kartarpur Corridor on one side and show that you are compassionate towards Sikh community and on the other hand some goons throw stones at our holiest shrine and threaten to convert it into a mosque,” Maninderjit Singh Bitta said.
Pakistan: Main accused in Nankana Sahib violence arrested
January 06, 2020 9:36 pm
The accused, identified as Imran, allegedly led a mob on Friday which hurled stones at the Sikh holy shrine, known to be the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev.
Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa urges PM to send a delegation of MPs to Pak
January 06, 2020 6:06 am
Bajwa raised this demand after the incident of a mob allegedly hurling stones at the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and murder of a Sikh youth in Peshawar on Sunday.
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