Pakistani Sikhs thwart Indian intelligence agency's conspiracy
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*LAHORE: *Pakistan’s Sikh community have thwarted an Indian intelligence agency’s conspiracy against Pakistan.
Pakisani Sikhs rejected accusations that Sikhs are forced to bury their loved ones due to non-availability of crematoriums in the country.
Head of Delhi Gurdwara Committee Manjeet Singh had alleged that no crematorium existed in Peshawar, and the community was forced to bury their loved ones in violation of traditional Sikh rituals.
Thousands of Sikhs in Pakistan including the Sikh Gurdwara Par Bandhak Committee, termed these accusations baseless, false and a conspiracy to defame the country. Former president of Sikh Gurdwara ParBandhak Committee Sardar Bhushan Singh said that there were two crematoriums near Attock River for 400 families residing in Peshawar.
Similarly, cremation grounds are present in Buner, Mardan, Swat, Barra, Aurakzai Agency, Kurram Agency and other tribal areas despite the community’s migration to other areas.
According to the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) officials, 50 cremation grounds were present in Sindh, two in Lahore, one in Nankana Sahib, one has been built in Panja Sahib where the Hindus cremate their deceased.
Local Sikh leaders said there were some scheduled caste Hindu families settled in Peshawar, who had later adopted the Sikh religion, and it is quite possible that they continued old tradition of burying their loved ones.
Singh has advised the leader of Delhi Gurdwara Committee that instead of chalking propaganda against Pakistan, he should take action against Narayan Das, a blaspheme, involved in disgracing the Guru Arjan Devji and Guru Granth Sahib.
