ISLAMABAD: A memorial for great freedom
fighter Bhagat Singh will be built in Pakistan’s Punjab province,
the government has said. Punjab governor Khalid Maqbool made the
announcement at a seminar in Lahore held to celebrate the martyr’s
100th birth anniversary on Saturday. “Singh was the first martyr of
the subcontinent and his example was followed by many youths of the
time who were fighting against the British rule in the
subcontinent,” the governor was quoted as saying. The governor said
Pakistan had paid attention to the protection and care of gurdwaras,
adding that a road from Wagah border to Nankana Sahib would be
completed before the Nankana festival. He pointed that the
government had renovated the Katas temple.
“I welcome the Indian guests and invite
them to live here and observe the government’s arrangements for the
accommodation of Sikh pilgrims in the country.” Bhagat Singh was
born atFaisalabad’s Banga village in 1907 and was hanged at Lahore
jail in 1931 at the age of 24. A participant in the seminar
Muhammad Iqbal Virk claimed that he owned the property earlier owned
by Bhagat Singh. He said that he wanted to display his collection of
Singh’s posessions at the Lahore museum.
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