ATTARI: The arrival of Pakistani Hindu 'pilgrims' continued on Saturday as another family crossed the border, openly expressing their intention of not going back. Sunil Kumar from Sakkhar, who arrived here with his wife and children, said he had brought everything he had in his home, including bed covers, utensils and pillows as his future plans were to settle permanently in India. He said he was going to his relative in Lucknow to attend a marriage and would stay there for a month. "My parents are still in Sakkhar.
I have almost shifted everything I had and would go back to bring my parent after studying the legalities and other formalities required here," he said, adding that there were 'certain issues' in Pakistan which were difficult to address.
Intelligence sources informed TOI that as many as 50 more Hindu families who were part of a 300-strong jatha of Hindus from Sindh had gone back to Lahore from Wagah and would arrive in India any day. "This is for the first time that a large number of Pakistani hindus are arriving in India. Earlier they used to come only in approved jathas, but this time it is not so," sources said.
A family from Nankana Sahib, who had arrived a day earlier, said they were agriculturists and had no problem. Lal Chand and Gurmeet Singh said they had heard of some problems with minorities in villages near Nankana Sahib but not in their area. Gurmeet, who performs religious service at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, said implementation of Sikh rehat maryada in Pakistan was difficult.
"There are so many shortcomings, we do not even have enough trained persons to perform religious duties" he said.
Edited By Cen Fox Post Team
