India summons Pak diplomat over Kartarpur management decision

India on Friday summoned the Charge d’Affaires (CDA) of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad’s decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust.

MEA official spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said Pakistan CDA Aftab Hassan Khan was categorically told that the decision runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh community.

On Thursday, the MEA had reacted sharply to Pakistan’s decision to transfer the management and maintenance of the gurdwara from the Pakistan Sikh Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee to the administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh body.