250 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrives in Pakistan::500s are likely to come.

153 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrives in Pakistan

Updated at: 2115 PST, Thursday, February 18, 2010||The International News Pakistan.

LAHORE: A delegation of 153 Indian Sikh Yatrees arrived here on Thursday to take part in a religious festival to be held at Nankhana Sahib.

The Sikh pilgrims will stay in Pakistan for a week before returning to India on Feb 25.

On Feb 21, they will proceed to Nankhana Sahib, where they will participate in Saka festival.

Speaking to media at the Lahore Railway Station, Yatrees’ head Jagir Singh said that tension between Pakistan and India should end.

The Hindu Reports (see link): 250 Indian Sikhs arrive in Lahore

PTI||LAHORE, February 19, 2010 : 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.

The Daily Times Reports : 500 Sikh yatrees arrive today

LAHORE||February 19, 2010

About 500 Sikh yatrees from India are expected to arrive at the Wagah Railway Station by a special train on Thursday for the observance of the Shahidi Saka Sri at the Nankana Sahib. Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Asif Hashmi, members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandak Committee and other officials will receive the yatrees on arrival. Official sources told APP that during their seven-day stay in Pakistan, they would participate in religious rituals at Gurdwara Janamsthan Nankana Sahib besides visiting Sucha Sauda in Farooqabad, Panja Sahib at Hassanabad and Dera Sahiba in Lahore. The ETPB has made special arrangements to provide free of cost lodging and boarding facilities for the yatrees. app