India in November known as Pakistan’s choice as “highly condemnable”, saying it runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh neighborhood. (Photo supply: PTI)
India has strongly hit out against Pakistan for arbitrarily transferring the management of the Sikh holy shrine Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara and violating an UN General Assembly resolution, saying Islamabad’s move goes against Sikh religion and its preservation and protection.
In November, Pakistan transferred the management and upkeep of the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to the administrative manage of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh physique.
”Pakistan has currently violated the earlier resolution on Culture of Peace passed final year by this pretty assembly. Last month, Pakistan arbitrarily transferred the management of the Sikh holy shrine, Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara, from Sikh Community physique to the administrative manage of a non-Sikh physique,” First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma stated in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Sharma stated this act goes against Sikh religion and its preservation and protection. Sharma stated the General Assembly would recall that the holy Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara finds mention in its resolution of December 2019. That resolution stands violated by Pakistan, he stated.
The UNGA resolution Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace’ adopted in December final year welcomes the initiative to open up the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor in the spirit of interfaith harmony and peaceful neighbourhood, and appreciates the agreement involving the Governments of India and Pakistan to let visa-no cost access to pilgrims of all faiths, specially ‘Nanak Naam Levas’ and the Sikh neighborhood from across the globe, as a landmark initiative for interreligious and intercultural cooperation for peace.
India in November known as Pakistan’s choice as “highly condemnable”, saying it runs against the religious sentiments of the Sikh neighborhood.
“This unilateral decision by Pakistan is highly condemnable and runs against the spirit of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor as also the religious sentiments of the Sikh community at large,” India had stated.