Amritsar: The SGPC and Sri Akal Takht Sahib on Thursday welcomed the Centre’s decision to allow a Sikh jatha (a group of pilgrims) to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan on the occasion of ‘Parkash Purb’ (birth anniversary) of Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak Dev, in November.

“The news of the government’s approval has come through media reports, and the SGPC appreciates this decision,” Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami said in a statement.

He said the Parkash purb of Guru Nanak Dev, the first of the ten Sikh gurus, holds great significance not only for the Sikh community but for the entire humanity.

On this sacred occasion, Sikh devotees have a deep emotional desire to pay obeisance at the........

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