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No registrations under Sikh Marriage Act
WSN Network

ISALAMABAD: Since the enactment of the Sikh Marriage Act in May 2008, no Sikh couple’s wedding has been registered to date. Surprisingly, many couples married on the last day of Baisakhi celebrations, but none were registered under the Act, according to information made available by the Pakistan Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) President Bishan Singh.  

It is learnt that the Act contains problems such as maintenance, custody of children, registration of marriage and alimony, which need to be resolved before it becomes a habit for families to register their marriages under it. Significantly, two children of Bishan Singh were married early this month but their marriages too were also not registered.  

Recently, a delegation of the Pakistan-based Sikhs met the newly elected Prime Miinister Yousaf Raza Gillani, who assured the delegation that his government would resolve all problems of the Sikhs. The PSGPC president said that the government could register Sikh marriages at Nankana Sahib, Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore. It is also reliably learnt that the government was planning to hold a “world-class mass marriage in which about 40 couples would tie the knot”.

16 April 2008
 

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