India, July 17 -- Amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that led to Operation Sindoor, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the SGPC would be approaching the Union government for permission to send a Sikh jatha (group of pilgrims) to the neighbouring country for celebrating the Parkash Gurpurb (birth anniversary) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak on November 5.

Speaking over the phone, Dhami said, "Sending jathas to gurdwaras in Pakistan on historic occasions is a tradition. We cannot discontinue it. Sikh sentiments are attached to this pilgrimage. Parkash Gurpurb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji is the most sacred and pious occasion for ...