Pakistan News And Discussion-12

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<b>Mudy Ji :</b>

<b>Govt to take up gurdwara issue with Pak</b>

Please note the following :

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government has sought a report from its high commission in Pakistan on an alleged takeover of a Sikh shrine in Lahore by hooligans.

Replying to a mention made by SAD member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Mukherjee said once the government was aware of the facts, it would take up the matter with Pakistan and ensure that the shrine was released in case it was taken over by hooligans.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

However, the following is of interest :

<b>No tussle with Muslims over temple : Sikhs</b>

<b>LAHORE : Bishan Singh, chairman of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC), said on Thursday that Muslims and Sikhs had been living together peacefully since Partition and that Sikhs were not being discriminated at the Bhai Taro Singh Gurdwara in Naulakha Bazaar.

He, along with devotees of Pir Shah Kaku, told reporters at the Lahore Press Club that the pir was buried in the gurdwara and that Sikhs and Muslims had been visiting the gurdwara for many years.</b>

However, they said the act by the hooligans, who have taken over the gurdwara and have stopped Sikhs from entering it, was illegal and not supported by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB). Bishan also opposed the painting of one of the gurdwara’s domes green.

<b>Bishan and the devotees said Pir Shah Kaku was the mentor of Mian Mir, who laid the foundation stone of the Golden Temple. Bishan said that the real place of worship for Sikhs was Dera Sahib Gurdwara and that sometimes foreign and local Sikhs visited Bhai Taro Singh Gurdwara to pay tribute. He said a gatekeeper was deployed at the gurdwara and he welcomed people of all religions including Muslims on Thursdays.

He also the gurdwara had not been locked and nobody had tried to take it over. “Rather, Muslims at the time of Partition had renovated the gurdwara. We thank the government for renovating all our gurdwaras,” said added.

He said the print media had painted a negative picture by stating that the green dome was part of the gurdwara. “The green dome is the pir’s shrine in the gurdwara and the Islamic slogans have been painted on the shrine,” he added. He invited members of the Shromani Prabhandak Committee of Delhi to fly to Pakistan to check the gurdwara.

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>He said, “I strongly disagree with the news that Sikhs and Muslims have tussled over the gurdwara. This news is baseless and Sikhs all over the world should ignore it.”</span></b>

As such there is no point in getting agitated at the Right Honourable Prime Minister as the Orders have been given to Pranab Mukherjee by <b>SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED</b> and it is given for only one reason.

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