64-yr-old Sikh pilgrim from Amritsar dies of cardiac arrest in Pakistan
5 months, 2 weeks ago

64-yr-old Sikh pilgrim from Amritsar dies of cardiac arrest in Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

A 64-year-old man, who was part of a group of over 450 Sikhs who went to Pakistan for a religious pilgrimage, passed away at the Wagah-Attari border after reportedly suffering a heart attack while returning, according to a media report on Tuesday. Dev Singh Sidhu from Amritsar had come to Pakistan to participate in the 185th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and perform religious rites, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. 64-yr-old Sikh pilgrim from Amritsar dies of cardiac arrest in Pakistan While returning to India with other Sikh pilgrims, Sidhu reportedly suffered a heart attack at the Indian immigration hall. Last week, at least 455 Sikhs arrived here from India to take part in festivities in connection with Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary. The restored statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, which was earlier damaged by religious extremists, was also unveiled at Kartarpur Sahib in the presence of over 450 visiting Indian Sikhs.

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Pakistan: Hindu Pilgrim Shot Dead Near Nankana Sahib Ahead Of Guru Nanak Gurpurab
1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Hindu Pilgrim Shot Dead Near Nankana Sahib Ahead Of Guru Nanak Gurpurab

ABP News  

Pakistan News: A Pakistani Hindu from Larkana in Sindh province of Pakistan was killed near Nankana Sahib late Wednesday night. The incident took place near Chak 572, Bhagaur, on the Mananwala-Nankana Sahib Road, and the assailants were said to be a gang of robber, a Dawn report said. According to the complainant, the report said, Akshat Kumar from Osta Muhammad, …

Pakistan: Over 2,550 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrations
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1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Over 2,550 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Lahore for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary celebrations

India TV News  

Lahore: Over 2,550 Sikh pilgrims from India arrived here on Thursday to participate in festivities marking the 555th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Evacuee Trust Property Board Secretary Fareed Iqbal, Additional Secretary Shrines Saifullah Khokhar, and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee president Ramesh Singh Arora -- also a minority minister in Maryam Nawaz's cabinet in Punjab -- welcomed the …

Pakistan: Hindu pilgrim on way to attend 555th birth anniversary event at Nankana Sahib shot dead
1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Hindu pilgrim on way to attend 555th birth anniversary event at Nankana Sahib shot dead

India TV News  

A Pakistani Hindu pilgrim, who was going to attend the 555th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Nankana Sahib, was shot dead by robbers in Pakistan, the police said on Friday. 2,550 Indians arrive in Pakistan Notably, on Friday, the main event of Sikh Guru Sri Guru Nanak's birth anniversary was held in Gurdwara Janamsthan Nankana Sahib, in …

Over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pakistan for Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations
1 month, 1 week ago

Over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pakistan for Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations

New Indian Express  

LAHORE: Over 2,550 Sikh pilgrims from India arrived here on Thursday to participate in festivities marking the 555th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. Evacuee Trust Property Board Secretary Fareed Iqbal, Additional Secretary Shrines Saifullah Khokhar, and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee president Ramesh Singh Arora—also a minority minister in Maryam Nawaz's cabinet in Punjab—welcomed the pilgrims at the Wagah …

New lease of life for Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s haveli in Pakistan as restoration project gets nod
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New lease of life for Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s haveli in Pakistan as restoration project gets nod

Hindustan Times  

The historic haveli in Gujranwala, Pakistan, where Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born, is all set to be restored, with Pakistan Punjab’s minister for minorities’ affairs and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Ramesh Singh Arora green-lighting the project. The haveli, where Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh was born, in Gujranwala, Pakistan. In a post on X, the PSGPC …

Sikh pilgrim from India dies of heart attack while returning from pilgrimage in Pakistan
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sikh pilgrim from India dies of heart attack while returning from pilgrimage in Pakistan

India TV News  

Lahore: A 64-year-old Indian national, who was part of a group of over 450 Sikhs who went to Pakistan for a religious pilgrimage, passed away at the Wagah-Attari border. Dev Singh Sidhu from Amritsar, Punjab, had come to Pakistan to participate in the 185th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and perform religious rites, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Last …

Restored statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh to be installed at Kartarpur
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Restored statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh to be installed at Kartarpur

Hindustan Times  

Lahore : Pakistan’s Punjab government said on Tuesday that it will install the restored statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire Maharaja Ranjit Singh, at Kartarpur Sahib on Wednesday so that visiting Sikhs from India would get to view it too. Pakistan’s Punjab government said on Tuesday that it will install the restored statue of the first ruler …

Pakistan to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue at Kartarpur Sahib tomorrow
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue at Kartarpur Sahib tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan's Punjab government said on Tuesday that it will install the restored statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, at Kartarpur Sahib on Wednesday so that visiting Sikhs from India would get to view it too. “We are going to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur on Wednesday afternoon in the …

Pakistan to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh's restored statue at Kartarpur Sahib
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan to install Maharaja Ranjit Singh's restored statue at Kartarpur Sahib

India TV News  

Lahore: The provincial government of Punjab in Pakistan on Tuesday announced that it would install the restored statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, at Kartarpur Sahib on Wednesday so that the Sikhs visiting from India can also have a view of the figure. The nine-foot-tall statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue was vandalised thrice …

Vandalised thrice, Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue to be installed at Kartarpur Sahib
1 year ago

Vandalised thrice, Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue to be installed at Kartarpur Sahib

Hindustan Times  

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue will be installed on the premises of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, The Express-News reported on Monday. The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was installed in the Shahi Fort of Lahore on the occasion of his 180th anniversary in June 2019, but after attacks by some extremists, the statue was damaged. This bronze statue depicts Maharaja …

3,000 Sikhs arrive in Pakistan to participate in festivities on 554th birth anniversary of faith founder Guru Nanak
1 year ago

3,000 Sikhs arrive in Pakistan to participate in festivities on 554th birth anniversary of faith founder Guru Nanak

Firstpost  

Evacuee Trust Property Board Additional Secretary Rana Shahid Saleem, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Pardhan Sardar Ameer Singh and other officials greeted the visiting pilgrims at the Lahore border Around 3,000 Indian Sikhs arrived here in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Saturday through the Wagah Border to participate in the festivities in connection with the 554th birth anniversary of Baba Guru …

65-year-old Indian pilgrim dies of heart attack at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan
1 year, 8 months ago

65-year-old Indian pilgrim dies of heart attack at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

A 65-year-old Indian Sikh pilgrim who arrived here to attend the 'Vaisakhi Mela' festivities died of a heart attack, officials said on Wednesday. Jokindar Singh, a resident of Taij Buhadar Nagar, Jalandhar, arrived in Lahore via Wagah Border last Sunday and died of a heart attack on Tuesday, Evacuee Trust Property Board spokesperson Amir Hashmi told PTI. "Singh who was …

Pak man caught in Raj also vandalised Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue in Lahore
2 years, 5 months ago

Pak man caught in Raj also vandalised Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue in Lahore

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: The Pakistani national caught past midnight of July 16 near the Indo-Pak border soon after he sneaked into the country was also responsible for vandalising a life-size statute of Sikh leader Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Pakistan’s Lahore Fort last year, a senior police officer said citing his interrogation. Rizwan Ashraf is a member of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik, a far-right Islamic …

Lahore: Vandalised statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh restored
2 years, 8 months ago

Lahore: Vandalised statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh restored

Hindustan Times  

[email protected] A life-size statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been restored and is soon expected to be reinstalled at a safer place at Lahore Fort, months after it was last vandalised by an activist of a banned Islamist party, a media report said on Sunday. Lahore: A life-size statue of the first ruler …

Guru Nanak's birth anniversary will see 8,000 Sikh pilgrims: Pak minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Guru Nanak's birth anniversary will see 8,000 Sikh pilgrims: Pak minister

Hindustan Times  

More than 8,000 Sikh pilgrims from all over the world will visit Pakistan to celebrate the 552nd birth anniversary of the Sikh faith's founder, Guru Nanak Dev, the country's federal minister for information, Fawad Chaudhry, said on Saturday. Indian pilgrims at the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan Pakistan has given visas to 855 Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Nankana …

Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalized in Lahore fort, third such attack
3 years, 4 months ago

Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalized in Lahore fort, third such attack

Op India  

The nine feet tall statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Lahore Fort was vandalized for a third time by workers of a Pakistani political party on Tuesday. TLP worker pulling down Ranjit Singh’s statue at the Lahore Fort. pic.twitter.com/IMhcZmPj7e — Ali Usman Qasmi August 17, 2021 The TLP workers first broke the arm of the statue and then dislodged …

Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore vandalised, one man arrested
4 years ago

Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore vandalised, one man arrested

Op India  

A nine-feet tall statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore in Pakistan was vandalised yesterday. Located outside the Haveli of Rani Jindan Kaur, wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, at Lahore Fort, the statue was vandalised by a person identified as Zaheer Ishaq on December 11. Severed arm of the statue Zaheer Ishaq said that Ranjeet Singh had killed several Muslims …

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