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Over 2,200 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pak for Baisakhi celebrations

Over 2,200 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pak for Baisakhi celebrations
Published on Apr 10, 2026 07:42 pm IST

Indian woman on Sikh pilgrimage in Pak goes missing? Cops share update

Sarbjit Kaur was part of the 'jatha' consisting of over 1,900 Sikh members that went to Pakistan on November 4 and was found to be missing after the group returned on Thursday night,
Updated on Nov 15, 2025 11:36 am IST

Punjab: Kapurthala woman goes missing in Pakistan

Sultanpur Lodhi deputy superintendent of police Dheerendra Verma said the woman was expected to return after the celebrations along with other members of the jatha but she went missing following which the central security agencies alerted the district police.
Published on Nov 15, 2025 05:00 am IST

Sikh jatha returns from Pak after 10-day visit to Nankana Sahib, other shrines

The Sikh jatha returned from Pakistan after 10 days via Attari-Wagah border on Thursday after attending the celebrations of Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary at Nankana Sahib and visiting other historic gurdwaras.
Published on Nov 14, 2025 05:32 am IST

Punjab: 14 Hindu pilgrims, part of jatha, denied entry into Pakistan

Sikh devotees gather around a bus carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book, during a religious procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, on Wednesday. (AFP)
Published on Nov 06, 2025 06:56 am IST

Over 1,900 pilgrims leave for Pak to mark Guru Nanak’s birth anniv

Members of Sikh jatha leaving for Pakistan to celebrate the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Published on Nov 05, 2025 07:12 am IST

Indian Sikhs given visas for festival in Pakistan

The main celebrations are planned for November 5 at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. (File)
Updated on Nov 01, 2025 12:25 pm IST

Pakistan issues over 2,100 visas ahead of 556th birth anniv of Guru Nanak Dev

A Sikh jatha is all set to go to Pakistan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev as 2,185 pilgrims have been issued visas for transborder 10-day pilgrimage starting from November 4, said persons in the know of the matter on Wednesday. (Reuters File/ Representational image)
Published on Oct 30, 2025 06:42 am IST

Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary: Foolproof security in place for Sikh pilgrims, says Pak

The main celebrations are planned for November 5 at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. (File)
Published on Oct 08, 2025 08:38 am IST

Sikh bodies hail nod for pilgrims’ Pakistan visit

Sikhs long to visit the sacred birthplace of the Guru in Nankana Sahib, says Akal Takht. (File photo)
Published on Oct 03, 2025 05:54 am IST

Allow Sikh jathas to Nankana Sahib: Punjab Congress

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring
Published on Sept 18, 2025 08:32 am IST

Sikh pilgrims celebrate Baisakhi at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan

Sikh pilgrims arrive to attend a ceremony to mark Baisakhi at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib, 75km from Lahore, in Pakistan on Monday. (AP Photo)
Published on Apr 14, 2025 05:22 pm IST

In a first, Pakistan govt issues record 7k visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims for Baisakhi

Sikh pilgrims collect their passports from a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials in Amritsar on Wednesday. (HT)
Published on Apr 10, 2025 09:42 am IST

Over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims reach Pakistan for gurpurb

Pilgrims wave from a bus before departing for Pakistan to participate in the celebrations, marking the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, in Amritsar on Thursday. (AFP)
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 09:54 am IST

Pak issues over 3k visas to Sikh pilgrims for Gurpurb

On Saturday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said that nearly 65% of pilgrims whose names were sent by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) have been denied visas by Pakistan. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 11, 2024 05:02 am IST

Gurpurb: 65% pilgrims denied visa by Pakistan, says SGPC

SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami (HT File)
Updated on Nov 10, 2024 07:20 am IST

Gurpurb celebrations at Nankana Sahib: SGPC objects to denial of Pakistan visa to half of pilgrims

The jatha of the pilgrims is scheduled to leave for Pakistan on November 25 through the Attari-Wagah border. (PTI file)
Updated on Nov 24, 2023 09:12 am IST

Pak issues over 2,000 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims for Baisakhi celebrations

The pilgrims would visit Dera Sahib, Panja Sahib, Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib gurdwaras during the visit. (REUTERS)
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 10:59 am IST

437 Sikh pilgrims granted permission to visit Pakistan for Baisakhi

For the Sikhs, there are four occasions every year—Baisakhi, martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev, death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak—on which they can visit religious sites associated with their religion in Pakistan. (PTI)
Published on Apr 11, 2021 04:31 pm IST

Sikh pilgrims leave for Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

Members of the Sikh jatha in Amritsar on Friday before leaving for Nankana Sahib in Pakistan.
Published on Nov 27, 2020 04:59 pm IST

Sikh ‘jatha’ from India to leave for Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on Friday

Amid the threat posed by the virus, Pakistan has asked pilgrims to adhere to the coronavirus guidelines of their country.
Published on Nov 27, 2020 02:36 pm IST

All-party team to meet PM on passport waiver for Kartarpur pilgrims: CM

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh says that the condition of carrying a passport as identity proof is the main reason behind the low turnout of Indian pilgrims at the Kartarpur Sahib shrine, the last resting place of Guru Nanak, in Pakistan.
Updated on Feb 25, 2020 11:17 pm IST

Sikh jatha led by Akal Takht jathedar leaves for Nankana Sahib in Pakistan

Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh (centre, first row) outside the Akal Takht secretariat in Amritsar before leaving for Pakistan on Wednesday for taking part in a function at Nankana Sahib.
Updated on Feb 19, 2020 12:30 pm IST

SGPC panel denied visa to visit Pakistan’s Nankana Sahib

The Pakistan government has denied visa to a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) delegation to visit Nankana Sahib
Updated on Jan 12, 2020 05:49 am IST

Main accused in Nankana Sahib vandalism arrested

Sikh community people shout slogans during a protest against the attack on Pakistan's Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, in Jammu, on Saturday, January 04, 2020.
Updated on Jan 07, 2020 06:07 am IST

India summons Pakistani deputy high commissioner over targeting of Sikhs

Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner Syed Haider Shah was summoned to the external affairs ministry hours after Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and other Sikh leaders wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar demanding that India should seek action against those targeting Pakistani Sikhs
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 10:30 pm IST

Haryana CM takes out pro-CAA rallies in Jalandhar, P’kula

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar campaigns door-to-door during the launch of Jan Jagran Abhiyan under the Citizenship Amendment Act Act in Jalandhar on Sunday.
Published on Jan 05, 2020 10:51 pm IST

Pak ministers, clerics attend Gurpurb celebrations at Nankana Sahib

HT Image
Published on Jan 05, 2020 10:44 pm IST

‘Stop preaching sermons’: Govt on ‘targeted killing’ of Sikh man in Pakistan

Sikh protestors stamp on a burning effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest against the alleged vandalism and stoning of the Nankana Saheb, a Sikh shrine in Pakistan, in Hyderabad.
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 08:30 am IST