On Monday (May 24), the Sikh neighborhood in Pakistan was knowledgeable about threats given by banned Islamist terror outfit Balochistan Republic Army (BRA). It should be talked about that BRA is an Afghanistan-based organisation with shut ties to the Taliban.
Reportedly, a Sikh chief by the title of Ranjit Singh was warned in regards to the menace by officers of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB). Singh, who serves because the Granthi of Gurdwara Guru Ramdas Ji in Chuna Mani in Lahore, instantly despatched out a voice message alerting the Sikh neighborhood in Lahore and Nankana Sahib. The audio clip has now gone viral on social media. The Granthi had urged the Sikhs to stay vigilant and to not step exterior their homes at evening.
In the audio message, he mentioned, “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 has urged the Sikh neighborhood to not panic and as a substitute submit their paperwork to Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC), or ETPB.
Given that a lot of Sikhs dwelling in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Nanakana Sahib have migrated from Afghanistan, ex-PSGPC member Maninder Singh additionally launched a voice message alerting Sikhs in Pashto language. It should be talked about that the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan had earlier arrested 4 terrorists linked with BRA in April. Citing sources, Zee News reported that the alert by Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) is linked with the arrest of the 4 terrorists.
A Sikh resident in Lahore, who runs a material store, knowledgeable that the police visited his retailer to ask for paperwork. Another Sikh in Nankana Sahib knowledgeable that the Pakistani authorities had been accumulating their information to make needed safety preparations. Interestingly, ETPB Chairman Dr. Aamer Ahmad denied accumulating paperwork from the Sikh neighborhood. He alleged, “We vehemently deny such reports, there is no threat to Sikhs in Pakistan.”
Islamists pelted stones at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in 2020
In January final yr, an offended mob of Muslims had gathered across the Sikh shrine of Gurudwara Nanakana Sahib and began pelting stones at it. The mob was being led by the household of Mohammad Hassan, the boy who allegedly kidnapped and transformed Sikh lady Jagjit Kaur, who’s the daughter of the gurdwara’s granthi. The mob of offended Muslims gheraoed the holy shrine on Friday afternoon, leaving many devotees stranded inside.
The protesters threatened to destroy the gurdwara and construct a mosque as an alternative. Hundreds of Muslims protestors swarmed the Gurudwara Nankana Sahib and raised inflammatory slogans towards the Sikhs. “We will not let any Sikh live in Nankana Sahib and will its name to Ghulam-e-Mustafa,” one of many irate Muslim protestors exclaimed.
The police together with the Pakistani Rangers and Army had rushed to the spot to quell the protest however they’d failed in dispersing the violent mob away from the Gurudwara. The scenario was introduced beneath management after the native police and Pak Rangers arrested the protesters. However, the mobs dispersed solely after police launched Hassan, the person who had kidnapped Sikh lady Jagjit Kaur, daughter of the Gurdwara’s panthi.