Amritsar, October 7, 2013(Yudhvir Rana): Anxious over the
incessant incidents of desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in various cities
of Sindh in the past five months, the Sikhs of Pakistan have decided to
identify the miscreants responsible for the incidents and persuade them to mend
their ways or face legal action. Former president of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee (PSPGC) Bishan Singh who is also chairman of Baba Guru
Nanak Welfare Society, Pakistan informed
that there were certain elements who wanted to create a rift between the Sikhs
and Hindus by resorting to such incidents. Singh said that in the past couple
of months there had been five incidents of desecration of Sikh's holy book in
Shikarpur, Pannu Aquil and Mehar, all cities in Sindh province of Pakistan.
Three incidents of tearing the pages of the holy book
occurred in Khatwali Darbar, Samadh Ashram and Sajal Sher Darbar, all in
Shikarpur and one incident each in Guru Nanak Darbar, Mehar and Dall Darbar in
Pannu Aquil, he said.
Couple of days ago an incident of burning of two Saroop of
Sri Guru Granth Sahib happened in a Darbar in Khairpur, Sindh. Bishan Singh
told that he had held a meeting with Sikh sangat of Peshawar in Gurdwara Bhai
Joga Singh on Thursday wherein they had decided to hold meeting with the
managements of these Darbar to convince them to not hurt the Sikh's religious
sentiments by showing disrespect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib. "If they didn't
listen to us, then we will be left with no option but to take legal action
against them," he said.
Meanwhile, Bishan Singh informed that the selection of
members for PSGPC have begun by Evacuee Trust Property Board and minister of
interfaith harmony.
The present term of the president of PSGPC had expired in
December 2012 but was given six months extension. He said both the departments
have sought names of aspirants from the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan
and Khyber Pahaktonkhwa. "I am hopeful that the members would be selected
and president's elections would be held before Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak
Dev in the month of November". He also indicated at the possibility of
increasing number of members of PSGPC from 10 to 15.
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