250 Indian Sikhs arrive in Lahore

February 19, 2010 01:55 am | Updated 01:55 am IST - LAHORE

About 250 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived here on Thursday via the Wagah border to attend religious ceremonies in memory of their martyrs at Nankana Sahib, birth place of the religion’s founder, Guru Nanak, here.

Officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which maintains the shrines of Pakistan’s minority communities, and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee greeted the pilgrims at the Wagah border.

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