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Anand Karaj Act
in Pakistan is now a law
WSN Network
 ISLAMABAD:
Now, it
is official. Moving at a breakneck speed,
Pakistan
government has even notified the Sikh Anand Karaj Act. It has also
cleared the way for setting up cremation grounds for Hindu
community. A delegation of Sikh leaders met with Pakistan Prime
Minister Mohammed Soomro to thank him for the expeditious working of
the administration in bringing the law.
President Pervez
Musharraf lost no time in signing the Act and then ensuring that it
was notified without any hitch. Significantly, Sikhs in India have
been demanding a similar measure for some 50 years now but without
any success. What has added to the happiness of the community is
that even the Hindu community was granted the right to have
cremation grounds.
Funeral rites
were being performed by Hindus in Pakistan on the banks of the Ravi
so far. Now they have been given 34 kanals of land. Sikh
organizations in India have appreciated the Pakistan government’s
move for Sikh marriage act in
Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner, Afrasiab, said the Sikh
organizations and managements of various Gurdwaras in India have
expressed the hope that this important step would go a long way in
promoting good relations between the people of the two faiths.
The Sikh
organization Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) in Delhi and various other
organizations of the community in Indian Punjab have conveyed their
appreciation in a letter to the Pakistan High Commission.
6 February 2008
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