Pak roundabout to be named after Bhagat Singh

[JasSinghKhalsa]

http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/pak-roundabout-to-be-named-after-bhagat-singh_811201.html

Anand Marriage Act already impemented in Pakistan,

Nankana Sahib declared as holy city, and now Pak roundabout to be named after Bhagat Singh, everything being done in good gesture, or something cooking up? They know Sikhs not very happy with the Indian Govt. and faultine is very sensitive .

[Mehtab Singh]

Great moves, still wouldn't trust them 100%, or Indians, our even our own "Sikh" leaders. Trust ONLY Guru Sahib.

[chatanga]

I am going to buy a Pakistan cricket shirt.

[Sherdil]

I think Pak is just doing it to rub it in India's face.

Like, "Look, we treat Sikhs better than you and they love us more."

Then again, actions speak louder than words. Pakistan accommodates Sikh yatrees to Nankana Sahib every year. They were even ready to open Kartarpur corridor, but India backed out. Also Pak has never attacked a Sikh gurdwara, whereas India brought tanks into Golden Temple Complex. They even had aircraft ready, if need be.

[chatanga]

taken from: http://apnaorg.com/articles/express-tribune-2/

Lahore:he city government’s plan to rename Fawara Chowk in Shadman after Bhagat Singh, the pre-Independence Indian freedom fighter, has been put on hold after it drew objections from “certain sections of society”, The Express Tribune has learnt.

Officials in the city government said that at a hearing to elicit public opinion on the subject, 13 people had voiced disapproval of the name change while only six had supported it. They said that the arguments against renaming were that Pakistan was a Muslim country hence its major roads and squares should be named after Muslims, not Hindus or Sikhs. They had also threatened to protest against the decision.

The officials said that the district coordination officer (DCO) had decided to put a hold on the plan to rename the chowk and forwarded the matter to a committee set up as part of a project to revitalise Lahore that will look into renaming several squares, underpasses, roads and intersections after historically significant figures from this region.

The project for the revitalisation of the city recently renamed Dilkash Lahore – is being steered by a committee of 21 members chaired by Prof Ijaz Anwar of the National College of Arts. The committee members also form three subcommittees, tasked with renaming places, restoring the facades of historical buildings, and designating historic parts of the city as “special premises”. Officials said that the committee would also discuss the future of Basant, the spring festival which has lost much of its colour since kite-flying was banned.

Zahid Hussain, the architect for the project to restore the facades of historical buildings, said that the revitalisation of the Dinga Singh building was underway, while plans for Laxmi Mansions and the Shah Din building were being finalised. He said that these buildings would be restored within four months.

He said the restoration of the Ferozsons building had been put on hold because the trust that manages the building was sceptical about the project and had refused to sign a no-objection certificate. He said he had told them to look at the Dinga Singh building once it is finished so they could be reassured of the worthiness of the project.

Hussain said that other buildings would be restored too. “Given the new developments like the Muslim Town flyover, Kalma Chowk flyover and the BRTS [bus Rapid Transit System] project, much of the city’s look has changed. We will seek to bring new colour and harmony to the building around squares which have been changed due to the BRTS project,” he said.

The committee formed for Dilkash Lahore includes Planning and Development Chairman Javed Aslam, Parks and Horticulture Authority Director General Muhammad Mehmood Ahmad, civil society representatives Yousaf Salahuddin, Salima Hashmi, Rafay Alam, Nayyar Ali Dada, Maulana Raghib Naeemi, and thirteen others. The next committee meeting is to be held on November 14.

The committee made for renaming parts of Lahore includes Hassan Mehmood Zaidi, the honorary consulate of Malta; Salima Hashmi, the dean of the Beaconhouse National University’s School of Visual Design; Shereen Masoud, president of the Asia Study Group; and Iftikhar Ahmad, an anchor on Geo TV.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31st, 2012.

This was one of things i thought when i 1st heard this, that muslims would oppose certain things being named after non-muslims, or kafirs. the names of districtrs have already been changed.

[Mehtab Singh]

Not surprising at all.

[DilchaspSingh]

I hope West London Singh is reading this. In Indian Punjab we have Nawanshahr re-named as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar while Pakistan won't even let our Shaheed's name be put up on a roundabout. Now who are the wrong folks we chose to side with? Not saying all Pakistanis are bad, also not saying all Indians are good, but just stressing on the fact that just because we as Sikhs have been wronged by India, and since Pakistan is India's sworn enemy, it is NO reason to trust Pakistan to be your friend sir.

[Jangal Da]

Pak should change the name of Rasulnagar back to the pre 1947 Ramgarh that Maharaja Ranjit Singh made it into.

They should change Faisalabad back to Lyallpur.

Various villages named after founder Singh Sardars have had their names Islamicised - these should be changed back.

They should stop the kabza of Gurudwara land and property eg Gurudwara Shaheedan in Lahore.

One or two tributes like this or looking after Nanakana Sahib does not quite cut it. They are still delluded into creating a 'dar-ul-islam wa jamhurat islami pakistan wa Arabi zaman'.

[chatanga]

Pak should change the name of Rasulnagar back to the pre 1947 Ramgarh that Maharaja Ranjit Singh made it into. They should change Faisalabad back to Lyallpur.

Ram Nagar was the original name until the muslims took over and they re-nemed it Rasul Nagar, Sardar Maha Singh took it over and gave it its original name back until recently, where it changed again.

with lyallpur, i can sort of understand why the name was changed because the name is from a guy who was kind of a foreigner here to expploit. having said that Abbotabad, Hazara is still the same.

[Jangal Da]

Hazara district is another example.

Manipur named after the Sikh general Man Singh has been changed. Haripur named after Faujadar Hari Singh Nalwa likewise was changed. This district was the most independant in the region full of fierce tribes whom neither the Mughals had ever conquored, nor the Afghans. The Singhs deservedly left their presence there in the names of garrison towns that they founded after it was conquored and held by them.