\u2018Baseless and fallacious\u2019
\nDLP REPORT
\nISLAMABAD
\nPakistan on Thursday described statement of India\u2019s external affairs ministry that Islamabad had transferred the management and maintenance of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC), a representative body of Pakistani Sikh, to a non-Sikh body a baseless and fallacious propaganda by New Delhi.
\n\u201cThe malicious propaganda by the Indian Government is simply an attempt to malign the \u201cPeace Corridor\u201d initiative by casting mischievous aspersions against the interests of the Sikh community and to detract attention from India\u2019s own reprehensible human rights violations of minorities in India,\u201d read a statement issued by the foreign office.
\nThe PSGPC remains responsible for carrying out rituals in Gurdwara Sahiban, including Kartarpur as per Sikh Rehat Maryada, the statement said, adding the Project Management Unit (PMU) under the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has simply been created to facilitate the PSGPC in this regard.
\n\u201cAny insinuations regarding \u201ctransferring\u201d the affairs of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur from the PSGPC to the PMU are not only contrary to the facts but also aimed at creating religious disharmony by the Hindutva-driven BJP government in India,\u201d the FO said.
\nThe Sikh community from all over the world remains greatly appreciative of the efforts made by Pakistan to complete the Kartarpur Corridor project in record time and for the excellent arrangements made to facilitate the pilgrims, the statement read.
\n\u201cIndia would be well advised to take steps to protect its minorities and their places of worship, rather than feigning misleading and sham concerns for the rights of minorities elsewhere,\u201d he said.
\nIndian Ministry of External Affairs lately said that Pakistan had transferred the management and maintenance of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib from the PSGPC to a \u201cnon-Sikh body\u201d.
\n\u201cSuch actions only expose the reality of the Pakistani government and its leadership\u2019s tall claims of preserving and protecting the rights and welfare of the religious minority communities,\u201d the Indian statement said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Baseless and fallacious\u2019 DLP REPORT ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Thursday described statement of India\u2019s external affairs ministry that Islamabad had transferred the management and maintenance of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC), a representative body of Pakistani Sikh, to a non-Sikh body a baseless and fallacious propaganda by New Delhi. \u201cThe malicious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n