Canadian Parliamentarian Gurbax Singh Malhi recently returned from a weeklong visit to Nankana Sahib to attend celebrations of Guru Nanak’s 525 birthday celebrations. Malhi was a speaker at a ceremony in Nankana Sahib attended by local area Member of the National Assembly Rai Bashir Ahmed Khan Bhatti, whose ancestors belonging to the Rai Bullar family originally had given land as gift to Guru Nanak. At this ceremony it was announced that Prime Minister Bhutto had made financial commitment to improve conditions of the Gurdwaras. Mohamed Hussein of the Evacuee Property Trust Board, which is responsible for the maintain enhance of the holy shrines in Pakistan Malhi that a train station is being. Planned at Sacha Sauda Gurdwara ‘at Churkhana, A “sarovar” is also being planned at this holy site. Malhi stated that he was encouraged to know that new “langar” facilities are being established at Nankana Sahib as well as a “Dharmak” school. In Lahore Malhi met with Iftikhar Cheema, the Pakistani Punjab Government Minister Responsible for Religious Affairs and also visited Joga Singh Gurdwara in Peshawar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh samadi in Lahore.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 9, 1994
