Designate Panja Sahib as "International City of Peace"

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BRING IN MILLIONS OF SIKHS FOR RELIGIOUS TOURISM

The site at Panja Shaib has Sikh, Muslim and Hindu fans. When the Sikh Guru died, both Muslims and Hindus claimed him as their own and actually “argued” the possession of his body. The news item below printed in the Dialy Times of Pakistan caught my eye. It is amazing that an ordinance had to be passed on this issue of accpeting Sikh marriages. This is a great first step and it took President Musharraf’s government to take the right decision on this matter. The champions of “Democracy” should take note that this was a parliamentary responsibility that should have been taken care of by the National Assembly of Pakistan. Because the Senate of Pakistan is a permanent body, it should immediately pick up this legislation and build on it. Support for the Sikh community in Pakistan must move beyond the support for Khalistan. Pakistan has to cherish our patriotic minorities and allow them to flourish in the land of the pure.

1) A secure Motorway from Wagah to Nankanah sahib should allow Sikh cars and buses to travel to Hasan Abdal, Nanaakna Sahib and Punja sahib.
2) An International Airport at Hasan Abdal, Nankana Sahib and Punja sahib.
3) An International Train terminal to Hasan Abdal, Nankana Sahib and Punja sahib.
4) The Government should build or ask private enterprise to build luxury and secure hostels and hotels in Panja sahib to allow the wealthy Sikhs to enjoy their pilgrimage in peace.
5) Sikh yatrees should be placed at subsidized rates at secure Sikh hostels in Panja Sahib
6) The site of Panja Shaib in Hasan Abdal should be designated an “international city of peace” and governance of the “city” should be given to the patriotic Pakistani Muslim and Sikh Waqf.
7) Pakistan should always have a representative of the Sikh and Hindu community in our cabinet

The added benefit of these measures would be an increase in religious tourism to Pakistan and revenue for the Government and more sales to the people of the area. Similar efforts to expand religious tourism to Moenjodaro and Harappa can really improve the sites and bring thousands if not millions of people to Pakistan

http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\12\11\story_11-12-2007_pg7_51

Pakistan to enact first law for Sikh marriages

ISLAMABAD: For the first time, special marriage legislation for the Sikh community will be introduced soon in Pakistan, caretaker Minister for Law and Justice Afzal Haider said on Monday.

While taking to reporters, he said that the legislation would meet a long-standing demand of the community as no legislation governing marriages of followers of the Sikh religion existed in the country. “In fact the contemplated law would be the first such legislation anywhere in the world, including India, where Sikh community marriages were solemnised under Hindu Marriages Act,” the minister said. Haider said that the proposed Sikh Marriages Ordinance, 2007 would be promulgated soon. Under the ordinance, members of the Sikh community from any part of the world could come to Pakistan to solemnise marriage and avail the facility of registration, he added.

Six places would be specified under the ordinance for solemnising marriages of members of the Sikh community. These places are Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Nankana Sahib. Haider said that the number of places for solemnising marriages could be increased in consultation with the Sikh representatives in Pakistan. He said that delegations of Sikh community had met him and expressed their gratitude for the government’s initiative to enact the special law. “I have also received a string of phone calls from Sikhs in India, Canada and other places who expressed their happiness. app

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