Sikh Pilgrims

A visiting Indian Sikh pilgrim died in Lahore on Monday due to cardiac arrest, a Pakistani official said.

Pakistan's Punjab province government plans to establish a "Darshan Resort" close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to provide a view of the holy site to the Sikh pilgrims staying there.

An Indian Sikh family was looted by 'robbers dressed in police uniform' in Pakistan's Punjab province capital Lahore, police said on Thursday.

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday directed the authorities to extend maximum facilities to the Sikh pilgrims intending to attend their religious festivals in the country.

The issuance of the visas is in line with Pakistan's commitment to fully implement the bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines of 1974.

A woman pilgrim went missing on Sunday after an avalanche occurred near Atlakoti in Uttarakhand when a group of Sikh devotees was returning from Hemkund Sahib, officials said.

A 65-year-old Indian Sikh pilgrim who arrived in Lahore to attend the 'Vaisakhi Mela' festivities died of a heart attack, officials said on Wednesday.

The Pakistan High Commission on Friday said it issued 2,856 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India for their participation in annual festivals relating to Baisakhi celebrations in Pakistan from April 9 to 18.

Seventy-five years after they separated during the Partition in 1947, the families of two Sikh brothers met at the Kartarpur Corridor, singing songs and showering flowers on each other in an emotional reunuion made possible through social media.

Nearly 3,000 pilgrims under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974 are participating in celebrations in several cities in Pakistan on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak from November 6-15.

A team of officials from the Indian High Commission in Pakistan met with the leaders of the visiting Indian Sikh pilgrims in Lahore on Monday to take stock of their safety and security, and to facilitate their visits to various gurdwaras.

Nine coaches of the Nankana Sahib-bound special train carrying Sikh pilgrims to attend Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations derailed in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday. No one was injured in the accident.

A group of 450 Sikh pilgrims on Tuesday arrived in Pakistan's Lahore from India to observe the 183rd death anniversary of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Pakistan has issued 2,200 visas to Indian pilgrims for attending Baisakhi celebrations to be held in various Sikh shrines in Pakistan from April 12- 21.

Pakistan has temporarily relaxed its mutually agreed limit with India of 10 days advance intimation before the arrival of Sikh pilgrims to the revered Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.

A visiting Indian Sikh pilgrim died in Lahore on Monday due to cardiac arrest, a Pakistani official said.

Pakistan's Punjab province government plans to establish a "Darshan Resort" close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to provide a view of the holy site to the Sikh pilgrims staying there.

An Indian Sikh family was looted by 'robbers dressed in police uniform' in Pakistan's Punjab province capital Lahore, police said on Thursday.

Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday directed the authorities to extend maximum facilities to the Sikh pilgrims intending to attend their religious festivals in the country.

The issuance of the visas is in line with Pakistan's commitment to fully implement the bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines of 1974.

A woman pilgrim went missing on Sunday after an avalanche occurred near Atlakoti in Uttarakhand when a group of Sikh devotees was returning from Hemkund Sahib, officials said.

A 65-year-old Indian Sikh pilgrim who arrived in Lahore to attend the 'Vaisakhi Mela' festivities died of a heart attack, officials said on Wednesday.

The Pakistan High Commission on Friday said it issued 2,856 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India for their participation in annual festivals relating to Baisakhi celebrations in Pakistan from April 9 to 18.

Seventy-five years after they separated during the Partition in 1947, the families of two Sikh brothers met at the Kartarpur Corridor, singing songs and showering flowers on each other in an emotional reunuion made possible through social media.

Nearly 3,000 pilgrims under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974 are participating in celebrations in several cities in Pakistan on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak from November 6-15.

A team of officials from the Indian High Commission in Pakistan met with the leaders of the visiting Indian Sikh pilgrims in Lahore on Monday to take stock of their safety and security, and to facilitate their visits to various gurdwaras.

Nine coaches of the Nankana Sahib-bound special train carrying Sikh pilgrims to attend Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations derailed in Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday. No one was injured in the accident.

A group of 450 Sikh pilgrims on Tuesday arrived in Pakistan's Lahore from India to observe the 183rd death anniversary of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Pakistan has issued 2,200 visas to Indian pilgrims for attending Baisakhi celebrations to be held in various Sikh shrines in Pakistan from April 12- 21.

Pakistan has temporarily relaxed its mutually agreed limit with India of 10 days advance intimation before the arrival of Sikh pilgrims to the revered Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.