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  • Pakistan PM appoints first Ambassador for Kartarpur Hall to woo extra Sikh pilgrims

    Arora, 48, was once elected as a member of the provincial meeting of Punjab for the second one consecutive time period in 2020, in keeping with his profile at the web page of Pakistan’s Punjab Meeting.

    Islamabad,UPDATED: Mar 2, 2023 00:03 IST

    Pakistan Top Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (Record Picture)

    By means of Press Accept as true with of India: Pakistan Top Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora because the Ambassador-at-Huge for Kartarpur Hall as a part of efforts to draw Sikh pilgrims from the world over, a central authority notification mentioned on Wednesday.

    The main Sikh chief will paintings within the place in an honorary capability, the notification mentioned.

    Arora hailing from Kartarpur in Narowal may be the central common secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) minorities wing. His circle of relatives has been related to the safety and welfare of the Sikh holy websites at Kartarpur.

    His appointment comes as Kartarpur failed to draw the collection of guests Pakistan government had imagined after opening the vital holy website online for Sikhs, particularly the ones in India.

    The Kartarpur hall hyperlinks Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the general resting position of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine within the Gurdaspur district in India’s Punjab state. The 4 km-long hall supplies visa-free get entry to to Indian Sikh pilgrims to seek advice from the Darbar Sahib.

    In November 2019, Top Minister Khan officially inaugurated the Kartarpur Hall as a part of the commemoration of the 550th delivery anniversary of Guru Nanak at a vibrant rite, paving the best way for Indian Sikh pilgrims to seek advice from one in all their faith’s holiest websites in Pakistan while not having a visa.

    Arora, 48, was once elected as a member of the provincial meeting of Punjab for the second one consecutive time period in 2020, in keeping with his profile at the web page of the Punjab Meeting.

    In his first tenure all over 2013-18, he was once the primary parliamentarian in Punjab Meeting who got here from the Sikh neighborhood since 1947

    Arora functioned because the chairman of the Status Committee on Trade and Funding all over 2014-17; and as chairman of the Status Committee on Human Rights and Minorities Affairs all over 2017-18.

    He performed a distinguished position in enacting “The Punjab Sikh Anand Karaj Marriage Act 2018”, making Pakistan the primary nation the place Sikh Marriages Registration Act is enforced, in keeping with his profile.

    He additionally served as a member of the Evacuee Accept as true with Belongings Board (ETPB) within the Executive of Punjab; a member of the Nationwide Fee for Minorities underneath the Ministry of Nationwide Solidarity all over 2011-13; and as common secretary of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee all over 2009-13.

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    Mar 2, 2023

  • US probing claims of confiscation of turbans of fifty Sikh migrants alongside Mexican border

    US government are investigating claims of human rights activists that turbans of just about 50 Sikh asylum seekers have been confiscated when they have been detained alongside the Mexican border, in keeping with media experiences.

    In keeping with human rights activists, just about 50 Sikh migrants have had their devout headgear taken away through Border Patrol brokers lately.

    “We take allegations of this nature very significantly,” Customs and Border Coverage (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus was once quoted as announcing in a remark to ABC Information on Wednesday.

    Magnus mentioned the company straight away started taking steps to handle the allegations when they have been raised in June.

    “Our expectation is that CBP workers deal with all migrants we come across with admire. An inside investigation has been opened to handle this subject,” he mentioned.
    Previous this week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote to the CBP Commissioner, urging officers to prevent confiscating the turbans of Sikh asylum-seekers.

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    “We write to tell you of ongoing, severe religious-freedom violations within the Yuma Border Patrol Sector, the place your brokers are confiscating turbans from Sikh folks all through asylum processing,” the ACLU wrote to CBP Commissioner Magnus on Monday, The Hill reported.

    “Within the ultimate two months by myself, our organisational companions in Arizona have documented just about 50 circumstances of asylees strolling back from Yuma who reported that their devout headwear were taken through US Customs and Border Coverage (CBP) and not returned or changed,” the letter added.