HindustanTimes: Hindu & Sikh Migrated from Swat are SAFE. Rs.30k given to each family

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We are listening to baseless "news" that these families are maltreated and left unattended. Here are the findings of 13 memeber delegation came to Pakistan.

Press Trust Of India
Amritsar, May 24, 2009
Published: 21:43 IST(24/5/2009)

Hindu and Sikh families, who were rendered homeless due to Pakistan military's offensive against Taliban militants in Swat valley, were safe in the government camps at Gurdwara Panja Sahib, an Indian delegation which was on a three-day visit to the country said on Sunday.

The thirteen-member delegation led by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Paramjit Singh Sarna, which today returned from Pakistan, said that all the affected Hindu and Sikh families were safe in government camps and getting good hygienic food.

Talking to media, Sarna said Pakistan government also disbursed Rs 30,000 cash to each Sikh and Hindu family at Gurdwara Panja Sahib.

The delegation which went to Pakistan on May 21 met all the affected families and said they were keen to move back to their homes in Swat as soon as normalcy returns there.

He said that there were 3100 migrated families in the camps out of which 468 were Sikhs.

Sarna said that the Pakistan Sikhs also congratulated PM Manmohan Singh on his successive second term as a prime minister of India, saying it would improve India and Pakistan relations.


Source: Hidu, Sikh families migrated from swat are Safe

 

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The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC)




The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Paramjit Singh Sarna (C) gives a press conference in Amritsar on May 24, 2009 after his return from a three day visit to Pakistan. Sarna said that the 461 Sikh and Hindu families who left troubled Swat valley due to the Taliban threat and have taken shelter in the Sikh shrine Gurudwara Punja Sahib in Pakistan are been well looked after by Pakistan's government. AFP PHOTO/ NARINDER NANU

 

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The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC)




The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Paramjit Singh Sarna (C) gives a press conference in Amritsar on May 24, 2009 after his return from a three day visit to Pakistan. Sarna said that the 461 Sikh and Hindu families who left troubled Swat valley due to the Taliban threat and have taken shelter in the Sikh shrine Gurudwara Punja Sahib in Pakistan are been well looked after by Pakistan's government. AFP PHOTO/ NARINDER NANU

Its heartening to see that the Pak govt is taking good care of the minorities. I hope that the govt finishes off the radical taliban and ensures peace and prosperity to the majority of the population in Pakistan, especially those affected by the ruthlessness of the moronic fundamentalists.