Attack on Nankana Sahib Gurudwara

The heinous attack on the Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan, located 75 km west of Lahore, by Pakistani goons is highly condemnable. It is the birth place of Guru Nanak. It is worth mentioning that by an agreement way back in 1955 agreed by both India and Pakistan (Pant-Mirza Agreement) that India and Pakistan are obliged to make every effort to ensure that the places of worship visited by members of their countries are properly maintained and their sanctity preserved. The incident triggered strong protests from many quarters, particularly the Sikh community expressed their strong resentment. A day after the attack the Shiromoni Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), while condemning the attack on the sacred Gurudwara, decided to send a four-member delegation to Nankana Sahib Gurudwara to take stock of the situation. The Akali Dal leader asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue with his counter-part in Islamabad Imran Khan. The Congress and the Youth Congress members staged protest in front of Pakistan’s High Commissioner’s office in New-Delhi. The Pakistani’s Shiromoni Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee president Satpal Singh appealed to the Prime Minister Imran Khan to take steps to punish the culprits and to restore peace. But will Pakistan rectify as anarchy prevails there?

Ashok Bordoloi,

Dibrugarh