Sikhs in Pakistan feel troubled after asked to give personal details

Zee Media accessed an audio message which reveals that the Sikhs of Lahore and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikh’s first master Guru Nanak Dev, were asked to submit their credentials with Pakistan’s Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB). 

Confirming the same, Ranjit Singh, Granthi of Gurdwara Guru Ramdas Ji, Chuna Mani, Lahore sent out a voice message alerting the Sikhs to remain vigilant and not stay out of their homes late at night, the news channel reported.

Echoing Ranjit Singh, former member of the PSGPC Maninder Singh also issued an audio message in Pashto while requesting Sikhs in Pakistan to remain vigilant.

“After the culmination of daily evening Diwan at Gurdwara Dera Sahib, an announcement was made by ETPB officials that Sikhs living in Lahore and Nankana Sahib have received life threats so they should submit their details including residential address, contact numbers etc with the police so that necessary security measures could be taken,” Ranjit Singh said in the audio message which went viral on the internet as quoted by ZEE News.

Sources in Pakistan informed Zee News that there appears to be a connection between demanding details of Sikhs by Pakistan police and the arrest of a couple of terrorists aligned with proscribed organizations based in Afghanistan.

Another member of the Sikh community in Pakistan told the Indian news channel, “There is a considerable number of Sikh living in Pakistan who speak the Pashto language as many of them have migrated from Afghanistan and are living in KPK, Pashawer and Nanakana Sahib.”