ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) president Sham Singh has declared that Pakistan based Sikhs would not recognize the amended Nanakshahi Calender and continue to recognize original Nanakshahi Calendar engineered by Canada based Sikh scholar Pal Singh Purewal as per aspirations of Sikh Sangat.
He said as a president of PSGPC, his main motive was to render service of humanity and spread awareness among Sikhs about their religion. Talking about opening of 172 Sikh Gurdwaras based in Pakistan, he said that he did not promise to open all Gurdwaras as the population of Sikhs in the country is very little. “I will pay much attention towards improve the management of these Gurdwaras” he said.
Talking about Nanakshahi Calender, he said, “Decision of implementing amended Nanakshahi Calendar was not taken by all five Jathedars, but taken by only two Jathedars. So we will recognize the original Calender.”
He clarified that it was not a violation of edict of Akal Takht Sahib, but the decision of Sikhs across the world. He said almost all Sikhs in the country wanted to implement original Nanakshahi Calendar.
