No Taliban, extremists in Pakistan, say Sikh pilgrims

[A.Rahman]

No Taliban, extremists in Pakistan, say Sikh pilgrims



By Our Correspondent


TAXILA, Nov 9: Over 5,000 Sikh pilgrims, including 4,000 from India, left Gurdwara Punja Sahib for Lahore in the early hours of Thursday after participating in the 537th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak.

During their three-day stay here, the Sikh pilgrims performed Ashnan, Akhand Path, Keertan and other rituals.

They also visited the symbolic shrine of Baba Wali Qandhari at the hilltop.

During their three-day stay in Lahore, they will perform rituals at Gurdwara Dera Sahib and leave for their home countries on November 11.

“I am going back with pleasant memories that will continue to remind me of my brief stay here,” Ms. Kour told this reporter at Hassanabdal railway station while leaving for Lahore.

“It’s my first visit to see our religious places here. By seeing our religious places in a good condition I don’t feel I am in another country.”

The respect and honour given to us by the people and the Government of Pakistan would last in our minds never to die again, said Ms Kour.

Neeta Patel said that Sikh youths had heard a lot about the upkeep of their religious places in this part of Punjab and during their eight-day stay here they saw with their own eyes that what they had heard in this regard was true to the letter.

Her brother, Bhalwanider Singh, said that the western media had misperceptions about Pakistan. “We have seen no Taliban or Islamic extremists right from Lahore to Hassanabdal. All bad feelings about Pakistan and its people proved false after our visit,” he said.

He said Pakistan was a peaceful country and its people were very hospitable having great respect for the religious sentiments of the people of other faiths.

 

[53fd]

Thanks for the report

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Thanks for the report

The news report is from the newspaper "Dawn" in 2006.
Probably there were no Taliban or extremists in Pakistan then!

 

[Dance]

The news report is from the newspaper "Dawn" in 2006.
Probably there were no Taliban or extremists in Pakistan then!

Apparently they still think the same in 2011

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/103132-sikh-pilgrims-arrive-pakistan.html

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Apparently they still think the same in 2011

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/103132-sikh-pilgrims-arrive-pakistan.html

Nope, nowhere have the pilgrims made that statement anywhere. So you are assuming what you have said. Apparently?!?
In any case they are visiting on a pilgrimage to Gurudwara Panja Sahib. Not to look at any extremists or Taliban. We can be pretty sure that the pilgrims neither wish to meet up with those pests or even talk about them.

 

[Dance]

Nope, nowhere have the pilgrims made that statement anywhere. So you are assuming what you have said. Apparently?!?
In any case they are visiting on a pilgrimage to Gurudwara Panja Sahib. Not to look at any extremists or Taliban. We can be pretty sure that the pilgrims neither wish to meet up with those pests or even talk about them.

If they thought that Pakistan wasn't safe enough for them or was infested with talibans then 4,000 of them wouldn't have come now would they?

 

[53fd]

The news report is from the newspaper "Dawn" in 2006.
Probably there were no Taliban or extremists in Pakistan then!

Indians just can't get over their insecurities of Pakistan.

 

[sammi]

Any actual info your link directs to Sikh Pilgrimage pictures

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Indians just can't get over their insecurities of Pakistan.

Not quite. Indians (especially visitors) cant get over "insecurity in Pakistan". Not that they want to, but they have to think about it.
I was a frequent visitor in the nineties. Things were not so bad then except some gun-fights that I saw in Karachi.

 

[53fd]

Any actual info your link directs to Sikh Pilgrimage pictures

Sikh pilgrims due today | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

LAHORE, April 10: Over 4,000 Sikh pilgrims will start arriving here on Monday from India and other countries to participate in a 10-day Baisakhi festival.


“The Sikh Yatrees will come from India through Wagah border in special trains while dozens of pilgrims will arrive from some western countries,” Evacuee Trust Property Board spokesman Aamir Hashmi told Dawn here on Sunday.

He said the Sikh pilgrims would also visit their temples in Lahore and other cities.

 

[53fd]

Not quite. Indians (especially visitors) cant get over "insecurity in Pakistan". Not that they want to, but they have to think about it.
I was a frequent visitor in the nineties. Things were not so bad then except some gun-fights that I saw in Karachi.

I'm sure Pakistani visitors can't get over insecurity in India either.

66 mostly Pakistanis killed in Samjhota train Explosion:

Pakistan News Service - PakTribune

 

[Dance]

Any actual info your link directs to Sikh Pilgrimage pictures

Have fun

http://www.defence.pk/forums/general-images-multimedia/103132-sikh-pilgrims-arrive-pakistan.html

 

[newdelhinsa]

I'm sure Pakistani visitors can't get over insecurity in India either.

66 mostly Pakistanis killed in Samjhota train Explosion:

Pakistan News Service - PakTribune

Pakistanis travel to India in thousands of numbers every year...... go figure it out. 'Mohali' may ring bells.
A tourist's restricted stay of few days doest bring value to any claim about Pakistan's internal situation. Making claims about the presence of one specific group like Taliban is further difficult comment.
BTW we all know better by means of newspapers and other media sources. Bomb blast are still frequent and only God knows who is doing such heinous acts.
I pray for all Indian pilgrims to return back home safely.

 

[53fd]

Pakistanis travel to India in thousands of numbers every year...... go figure it out. 'Mohali' may ring bells.
A tourist's restricted stay of few days doest bring value to any claim about Pakistan's internal situation. Making claims about the presence of one specific group like Taliban is further difficult comment.
BTW we all know better by means of newspapers and other media sources. Bomb blast are still frequent and only God knows who is doing such heinous acts.
I pray for all Indian pilgrims to return back home safely.

Thousands of Sikh yatris from India & the rest of the world go to Pakistan every year. Go figure it out.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

I'm sure Pakistani visitors can't get over insecurity in India either.

66 mostly Pakistanis killed in Samjhota train Explosion:

Pakistan News Service - PakTribune

That may be the reason why you will not travel to India. Now why on earth are the visitors coming for the "Urs" at Ajmer Sharif and other places; or even for the Cricket WC? Ah, that question only they can answer!
Not you or I.