Pakistan bars Indian envoy from visiting Gurdwara Panja Sahib despite permission
Pakistan bars Indian envoy from visiting Gurdwara Panja Sahib despite permission Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria was on Saturday prevented from visiting Gurudwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal near Rawalpindi. Indian officials said Bisaria had to return to Islamabad despite having obtained all necessary permissions for the visit in advance. He had prior permission to travel according to sources. This is the second time in the past two months that Bisaria had been forced to return to Islamabad while on his way to Panja Sahib, an important centre of pilgrimage for Guru Nanak devotees. The first was in April when other Indian officials too were denied access to the Gurudwara and pilgrims. -PTC News