LAHORE In a significant development, Pakistan government has announced to grant on arrival visa free of cost to the Sikhs from the US, Canada and UK to facilitate them to pay obeisance at historic gurdwaras in the country. As per the announcement that was made by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi during a meeting with...
By: Hardeep Singh DERA BABA NANAK, PUNJAB Demands being raised by the Sikhs in relation to Kartarpur Sahib corridor were totally ignored as India and Pakistan renewed their agreement for another five years to operate the corridor, a visa-free access to the final resting place of Sikhi’s founder Guru Nanak Sahib in Pakistan-administered Punjab for...
Author Hardeep Singh Despite being a language that is spoken by a considerable population of the world, Punjabi is facing an existential crisis in the region where it is the mother-tongue of the residents. According to the report published in ‘Babel Magazine’ few years ago, Punjabi is at 10th place among the first ten languages...
Author Hardeep Singh DERA BABA NANAK (PUNJAB): Demands being raised by the Sikhs in relation to Kartarpur Sahib corridor were totally ignored as India and Pakistan renewed their agreement for another five years to operate the corridor, a visa-free access to the final resting place of Sikhi’s founder Guru Nanak Sahib in Pakistan-administered Punjab for...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Farmers of Punjab are on warpath against Centre and State government as crisis of procurement and lifting of paddy crop has deepened in grain markets across the state and the governments have failed to resolve this issue. This crisis has added to the woes of farmers who are mostly Sikhs and...
Author Hardeep Singh Assassination of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau in India-administered Punjab is hitting headlines these days. During the Panchayat elections, he was shot dead by unknown bike borne armed men on October 9 while returning home from the village gurdwara on his motorcycle. This killing is being viewed as part of the...
Author Hardeep Singh In the continuation of betraying Sikhs to please their bosses at New Delhi, Badals and company, which is known as “Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)” in masses, has pushed the community into deep crisis once again by undermining and damaging supreme authority of the Akal Takht Sahib, highest Sikh temporal seat. For their...
Author Hardeep Singh FARIDKOT: Assassination of young Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau, who has been taking part in the pro-freedom Sikh struggle in Punjab for the last few years, has worried the community, as it is another killing of the Sikh activist in recent time. A village of Hari Nau village in Faridkot district...
Sri Anandpur Sahib Thanks to the indifferent approach of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) towards the Sikh heritage sites and relics of different Sikh periods, a threat is looming over an old structure of historic Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib at Sri Anandpur Sahib. Under the beautification and renovation project, heritage importance of the gurdwara’s...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Family of Shaheed Jaswant Singh Khalra who laid down his life for human rights of Sikhs, has spoken on censoring Diljit Singh Dosanjh-starrer Punjab ’95, a biopic on the human rights activist, beyond limits and demanded the movie be released in its original form. Khalra exposed the truth of mass level enforced...