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Want to register Sikh marriage? Pak offers you the chance
WSN Bureau

ISLAMABAD/AMRITSAR: Pakistan seems to be all ready for enacting the separate law for registering Sikh marriages, a step which will directly be a boost for demands for a similar law in India. A special marriage legislation for the Sikh community is to be introduced in Pakistan soon, caretaker Minister for Law and Justice Afzal Haider has said.

The contemplated law would be the first such legislation anywhere in the world, including India where Sikh community marriages are solemnized under Hindu marriages act, much to the chagrin of the Sikhs who have been demanding a separate law.

The proposed Sikh Marriages Ordinance 2007 was in final stage of processing and would be promulgated soon.

A delegation from India led by DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna recently visited Pakistan alongwith some experts to help in drafting the Ordinace.

Now, what may further create a problem for the Indian government is the provision that the Sikhs from any part of the world could come to Pakistan to solemnize marriage and avail of the facility of registration.

Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Nankana Sahib have been specified under the ordinance for solemnizing Sikh marriages. The number of these places is likely to be increased and Punja Sahib is being seen as another likely addition.

12 December, 2007
 

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