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PM wishes Sikh community on Baisakhi festival

• Imran says Sikh Diaspora and Indian Yatrees have been granted special permission to visit their holy Gurdwaras in Pakistan and attend their rituals
• Sikh people will be provided with free food, transport, and accommodation under coronavirus protocols: PM

Fahad Zulfikar
14 Apr 2021

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(Karachi) In a special message, Prime Minister Imran Khan has wished the Sikh community a happy Baisakhi festival.


Taking to his Twitter handle, the premier said: "Wishing our Sikh community a happy Baisakhi festival.

He announced that Sikh Diaspora and Indian Yatrees have been granted special permission to visit their holy Gurdwaras in Pakistan and attend their rituals.

Imran said that Sikh people will be provided with free food, transport, and accommodation under coronavirus protocols.

Baisakhi marks the beginning of a new harvest season. More than one thousand Sikh pilgrims have reached Pakistan through Wagah Border to pay a visit to their religious sites on their religious festival of Baisakhi.

 

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Revered Italian missionary dies of Covid-19 in Lahore after serving Pakistan for 6 decades

Dawn.com
May 3, 2021

Father Aldino Amato at Our Lady of Mercy parish house in Okara in December 2017. — Photo courtesy: Kamran Chaudhry/UCA News

Aldino Amato, a respected Italian-born Dominican priest, died after contracting the coronavirus at a hospital in Lahore, the UCA News (Union of Catholic Asian News) portal reported on Monday.

The 90-year-old priest was laid to rest in a grave he built for himself in the compound of Our Lady of Mercy parish house in Punjab's Okara 6 Chak village.

An education and development pioneer, Amato served Pakistan for nearly six decades.
Amato, the last foreign missionary of the Faisalabad Diocese, passed away on May 1 in Lahore, where he was put on a ventilator for 10 days after testing positive for Covid-19.

During his funeral, hundreds of faithful showered petals on his coffin but only Dominican friars were allowed to shoulder him, according to UCA News.

More than 20 priests concelebrated the funeral Mass with Bishop Indrias Rehmat of Faisalabad at the girls' college Amato built in the Okara village. Condolences were also conveyed by members of the Catholic community as well as Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, the apostolic nuncio to Pakistan.

After arriving in Pakistan as a missionary in 1962, Amato built six churches, three schools and hostels, two training centres for the visually impaired, two housing colonies, and a women's college.

He was revered for having spent funds in remote areas and turning them into settlements, and helping the poor irrespective of their faith. He also installed tube wells and provided skills training to children in his hotel.

Bishop Rehmat said Amato “shared to the full our sorrows and joys, and his death here in Pakistan was a testament to the commitment with which he gave his whole life to our people”, according to AsiaNews.it.

 

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Pakistani government polishing up the Sikh gurdwaras and constructing mega Hindu idol worship mandirs in the capital, meanwhile Ahmadi Muslim mosques are being desecrated:

Kalimah is being desecrated openly in Pakistan

 

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Congratulations To Dr Sana Ramchand.
She is the first female officer from Hindu community who has been allocated Pakistan Admistrative Services / District Management Group.
We’re proud of you Sana, more power to you.

 

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Bishop Marshall concordantly elected as Moderator Church of Pakistan

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Web Desk
6:24 PM | May 17, 2021

Bishop of Raiwind Diocese Dr. Azad Marshall has been elected unanimously as Moderator of the mainline Protestant church in Pakistan by the supreme body of the Church of Pakistan (CoP).

The election took place during the 16th Triennial Meeting of the CoP Synod on May 13-14th , having bishops of all eight dioceses of the CoP and members of the synod council in attendance.
After being elected, Bishop Marshall said that he was utterly grateful to the council members and his fellow bishops for resting their trust in him unanimously.

“I’m humbled by the confidence shown in me by the synod members and I look forward to working closely with them to address the challenges facing the Church of Pakistan and the community at large,” stated the newly-elected moderator.
“The church has a key role in community building and ensuring the welfare and security of its followers. Pakistani Christians are facing extraordinary challenges and it is important that the church leadership engages with the government and other stakeholders to find concrete solutions to these problems,” he added.


During his over 12 years of service as the Anglican bishop in Middle East and Iran, he had always strived hard for the promotion of regional peace and interfaith harmony, stated Dr. Marshall.
“Being a Pakistani Christian, it is also my responsibility to remove the negative perceptions about my country. Issues like forced conversion and underage marriages of minority girls, misuse of the blasphemy laws, rising intolerance in our society, poverty etc bring a bad name to Pakistan and affect the efforts being made to project a positive image of the country.

“Therefore, it’s important that the government and other stakeholders work with us to address these crucial issues on priority so that we are able to allay the concerns in the Christian world emanating from propaganda by Pakistan’s enemies.”

Bishop Marshall’s unanimous election as the Moderator of the CoP has widely garnered congratulatory response from various spheres, such as the government, religious, political, and civil society circles.

 

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PAF

 

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Two sikh kids taking a selfie at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib, Punjab,

 

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Janamashtami Kanooro Festival celebrated in Sindh with full of colors and all joy like dancing, singing making pakoras and sweets.

Janmashtami or Gokulashtami is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna.

 

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Pakistan’s Helena Iqbal Saeed, an additional inspector general, has been appointed as the first-ever Pakistani woman UN Police Commissioner in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Helena, who belongs to a Christian Community from Balochistan, made headlines in Pakistani media a few years ago when she became the 1st ever woman to be promoted as AIG Police in the history of the Pakistan Police.

Well done Miss Helena Iqbal.
Photo credit: 24 News

 

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Yatroo of Baba Ramdev Pir/ Rama Pir temple in Tando Allahyar of Sindh.

 

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While roaming the streets of the old mohallah, one easily notices the Om symbols and the Jain greeting Jai Jinendra on many of the buildings.

Local resident Abdul Sattar, whose parents are from Ambala, recently furnished his old house.

To his surprise, he found out that Jai Jinendra was embossed right on the top of the gate. “I think that it’s our heritage and we should protect it,” he tells me.

The Jain greeting, Jai Janendra, written on the façade of a house. It is still preserved by residents out of respect for the heritage.

I could see the Jain temple from Sujan Singh haveli. Hindu and Sikh families who have migrated still visit this neigbourhood.

Rawalpindi.....................


He says that Sikh and Hindu families who migrated to India still visit the mohallah. “We sit in our house and cherish the times of our elders. They tell us about Ludhiana, Ambala and Delhi, and we show them the place their ancestors grew up in.”

 

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