Birthday celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak start at Nankana Sahib in Punjab
Pakistan Times National News Desk

NANKANA SAHIB: Three-day celebrations of 536th birthday anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak started on Sunday.

The Yatrees reached here on special trains. They were warmly welcomed by DCO Fazeel Asghar, Ahmad Faraz, Jahangir Akbar, Sardar Mastan Singh and Prof Riaz Ahmad Cheema. The Yatrees were provided transport to get them to Gurudawara Jaham Asthan.

Sardar Makhan Singh, the party leader of the Indian Yatrees, while talking to newsmen said that peaceful atmosphere and mutual understanding between India and Pakistan was direly needed for the development and welfare of the people of both the countries.

He said that people of India wanted to live in peace with their neighbours particularly Pakistan and wished that all disputes between both the countries should be resolved by dialogue. He said although the people felt the process of dialogue was slow but it should continue and the day would come when all the disputes would be solved.

He said the India Sikh community had sympathies with the quake victims and took active part in the collection of relief goods and sent blankets, flour pulses, dry ration and other goods.

The Sikhs wanted that more points should be opened on the Line of Control so the Kashmiris living on both sides could see their relatives. The government and the Evacuee Trust Property Board was spending huge amounts for the constructions of more and more residential blocks in Gurudawaras for the Yatrees, whose number was rapidly increasing. He said the government, ETPB and district administration deserved appreciation for providing maximum possible facilities to the Yatrees.●