Pakistan: Sikhs Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Plan To Rebuild Gurdwara Chashma Sahib
Ahead of the 550 Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the Sikh community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan have decided to rebuild Gurdwara Chashma Sahib. Located in Hangu, 71 km from Peshawar, Gurdwara Chashma Sahib is currently attended by approximately eight to fifteen houses of local Sikhs and Hindus who offer prayers […]
Pakistan: Sikhs Resent Curbs On Carrying Kirpan In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: In a meeting with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa law minister (pictured below), representatives of the Sikh community have explained the problems they are facing in carrying their articles of faith in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of the country. Law Minister Sultan Muhammad Khan told the delegation led by MPA Ranjeet Singh that he will try to resolve the matter. […]
Pakistan: Court Stops Department From Demolishing Historic Fort Built By Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa
HARIPUR: A local court on Saturday stopped the communication and works department and contractor from demolishing or making changes to the structure of the historic Harkishan Garh Fort. Jawad Habib and two other moved the court of Civil Judge-VIII Mohammad Shoaib complaining that the communication and works department has awarded a contract for the establishment […]
Pakistan: Court Grants Stay Of Auction From Government Auctioning Portion Of Gurdwara Bhai Biba Singh, Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has stopped the Pakistan government from auctioning off for business a portion of the historic Gurdwara Bhai Biba Singh in Peshawar. The historic Gurdwara Sahib is located at Chakka Gali, Hashtnagri, Peshawar and is said to have been established at the time of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The Pakistan Sikh […]
Pakistan: 3 Sikhs among 31 killed in blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PESHAWAR: At least 31 people including three Sikhs were killed and more than 40 others injured when a powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, officials said. The explosive material was planted in a bike in the Friday Market (Juma Bazar) near […]
