Overview
- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met a seven-member ‘Sikhs of America’ delegation led by founding chairman Chand Hoque.
- The visitors praised the province’s implementation of the Sikh Marriage Act, while the chief minister asserted Pakistan is the only country to have enacted such a law.
- The government said construction, renovation and restoration of 56 historic gurdwaras would be completed soon to ease pilgrim access.
- A programme issuing 75,000 Minority Cards for economic uplift of minority communities has been launched with plans to expand it.
- Authorities reported active preparations to provide security, transport and facilities for thousands of Sikh pilgrims for the 556th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji.