Sikhs carry the coffins of relatives during a funeral ceremony in Peshawar on July 4, 2020, who died in an accident between a train and the van transporting Sikh pilgrims.At least 21 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims were killed when a minibus in which they were travelling was hit by a train in Sheikhupura district in Pakistan's Punjab province .
At least 21 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims were killed when a minibus in
which they were travelling was hit by a train in Sheikhupura district in
Pakistan's Punjab province on Friday.
The SGPC, an apex gurdwara body, will also
give Rs 50,000 to each of those who were injured in the accident.
Most of the Sikh pilgrims were from the north-western city of
Peshawar. They were returning from the Sheikhupura-based shrine of Nankana
Sahib, the most visited Sikh shrine in Pakistan.
SGPC chief Gobind Singh Longowal said, "In these hours of
grief, the entire Sikh community across the world is with the grieving families
who lost their near and dear ones in the rail accident."
He further said it was an irrecoverable loss.
Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate ProfessorSGND Khalsa College
University of Delhi
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