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[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

This is not time the time to discuss which country might have been better. If this news is true we are at a very critical condition. What Panjab Radio announced on their radio might be directly of PTV news so they probably didn't show the 'big' picture. So lets get ready to hear the news once it gets passed directly from Singhs. Please get of the computer and do atleast one Chaupaae Sahib Ji's paath. It's urgent. Remember the pitures of Delhi riots while you pray for the chardi kaala and well being of our brothers and sisters in Pakistan.

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...26-9-2004_pg1_6

Mob attacks Gurudwara Nankana Sahib

* People protest committee’s report that Guru Nanak Degree College land belongs to Sikh temple

By Shahnawaz Khan

LAHORE: An angry mob of citizens and students attacked the Gurudwara Nankana Sahib on Saturday morning in protest against a committee’s recommendation that the Punjab government give the Government Guru Nanak Degree College to the Evacuee Trust Property Board.

The protestors chanted slogans and also damaged a part of the college.

Qamar Sultan, a college clerk, told Daily Times that the Punjab government formed a committee for the development of the area, which sent a report to the authorities, mentioning that the Gurudwara Nankana Sahib was the real owner of the college land.

The committee forwarded its proposal to the government according to which, “The college should be replaced with a guesthouse for Sikh visitors while the Punjab government should arrange an alternate building for the college.”

Mr Sultan said the news spread in the area and enraged people. “The Nankana traders’ union also observed a complete strike today (Saturday),” the college clerk said.

He said a number of locals staged a protest against the committee’s decision on Saturday. They reached the college at 9:30am where more than 150 students joined them. All of them entered the college and damaged property. They also chanted slogans against the government and harassed the college staff.

Mr Sultan said they informed the police,

which pushed the protestors out of the college.

The protestors stormed the Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in front of the college at around 10:05am. They threw stones at the temple and chanted slogans against Sikhs. Later, the mob left the gurudwara and moved towards the City Police Station, Mr Sultan said. All shops and markets remained close yesterday.

Muhammad Bashir, the duty officer at the Nankana Sahib City Police Station, told Daily Times that police had escorted the protestors to stop them from damaging the temple or the college. He said that after staging a protest in front of the college and the gurudwara, the mob dispersed peacefully. He said police hadn’t received any application from the college administration for registering a case against the protestors.

Syed Shamsul Hassan, the Nankana Sahib sub-divisional police officer, was not available for comment.

Syed Saqlain Naqvi, the Sheikhupura deputy inspector general of police, said: “The situation is under control and I am personally going to visit and inspect the gurudwara.” Mr Naqvi said that a case would be registered against the protestors if they had damaged the college, gurudwara or any other government property.

The ETPB additional secretary, Mr Izhar, said the gurudwara was officially the owner of the college land, so the government should provide an alternate building to the college according to the committee’s recommendation.

Sikhs protested the attack on the Gurudwara Nankana Sahib in Lahore. They gathered in front of the Lahore Press Club and blocked the road.

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...6-9-2004_pg7_20

By Anjum Gill

LAHORE: Eight members of the Sikh Sangat Pakistan blocked the road in front of the Lahore Press Club, Shimla Pahari, to protest against the attack on Gurdawara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, by students of a local college on Saturday morning.

The road remained blocked for an hour, creating traffic problems on Davis Road, Empress Road, Egerton Road and Abbot Road. The protesters, however, allowed ambulances to pass through the blockade. The local police negotiated with the Sikh protesters and took them to the Race Course Police Station where the senior superintendent of police for Sheikhupura, Shahid Iqbal, told them on the telephone that 500 policemen had been sent to Nanakana Sahib to protect Sikh life and property.

The executive district officer of Nankana Sahib assured the leader of the protest, Kalyan Singh, on the telephone that he was present at Nankana Sahib along with the police contingent. Later the protesters met the inspector general of police, Saadat Ullah Khan, who also assured them of their safety. Some protesters, however, found the timing of the incident, as President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh concluded talks in New York, “quite suspicious”.

“The attack was the first of its kind in the history of Pakistan. It has never happened before. Today is a sad day in Pakistani history,” Kalyan Singh told Dai

ly Times

Asked whether such an attack on the gurdwara and the protest would adversely affect the Indo-Pak talks in New York, Kalyan Singh said, “No. It is not a political activity. We are protesting against an attack on our sacred place and property. It is our right as the local police at Nankana Sahib failed to do anything and it all happened in their presence.” “There may be some miscreants who did not like the talks between India and Pakistan. Though we are a religious minority, we are still Pakistani citizens. We are proud to be Pakistanis,” said Mr Singh.

“In the afternoon, we informed police officials on the telephone that we wanted to meet them. But they denied us the opportunity so we were left with no option but to block the road,” he said.

The chairman of the World Muslim Sikh Federation, Raja Riaz, accompanied the Sikhs throughout the negotiation. “The issue cannot be related to the Indo-Pak dialogue in New York. The incident took place because of a few miscreants. The protest has no political motive,” said Mr Riaz.

Kalayan Singh said the incident started when the education department announced it was returning the Guru Nanak Degree College, built on Nankana Sahib Janam Asthan property, to the Evacuee Trust Property Board.

Another protestor, Gulab Singh, said the Evacuee Trust announced that it would donate land for the college and Rs 320 million for the construction of a guesthouse. “The idea was to expand the residential facilities for visiting Sikhs during sacred celebrations,” he said.

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[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

yes wait for 1st hand accounts from singhs

all these indian newspaperss are gettin excited as they can finally cause real sikh-muslim tension.....bastards!!!

stay calm

[Guest SaintSoldier]

As far as I'm concerned right now, if this is another Indian Media story, its just a political game to make Pakistanis look bad, like the Kashmir incident.

[raj_karega_khalsa]

whos doing this? wut caused it? how many ppl shahid? how much damage on the gurudwara sahib? wuts the gov't doing about?

Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

It doesn't seem like a Indian Government plotted play right now because both of the news articles that have been posted came from Pakistani media websites. :lol:

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

no1 has died, its just b'n stone throwing at gurdwaras, i dunno why ppl are gettin excited stones are thrown at gurdwaras all the time in uk/us/canada.

the pakistani government has protected teh sikhs succesffully, ntn 2 worry.

its indian organized at the end, mark my words.