As Im­ran Khan took oath as the Prime Min­is­ter of Pak­istan, Pun­jab based po­lit­i­cal party Dal Khalsa greeted him with the hope that his lead­er­ship would “mark a change in Pak­istan and pos­i­tively im­pact the geo-po­lit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion in South Asia.”

Party chief Harpal Singh Cheema ex­pected that the Pak­istan Sikh com­mu­nity would get more op­por­tu­ni­ties and av­enues for so­cial and po­lit­i­cal per­sua­sion.

Dal Khalsa hoped that the new Pak­istan gov­ern­ment will cel­e­brate the 550 years of Guru Nanak Sahib’s birth an­niver­sary in Nankana Sahib with tra­di­tional fer­vour en­hanc­ing Sikh-Mus­lim broth­er­hood.

Wel­com­ing Im­ran Khan’s call for de­tente be­tween In­dia and Pak­istan,  Dal Khalsa sought res­o­lu­tion of the Kash­mir dis­pute and at­ten­tion for Sikh as­pi­ra­tions too.

Sig­nif­i­cantly, In­dian Pun­jab min­is­ter Navjot Singh Sidhu par­tic­i­pated in the oath cer­e­mony with a prayer for suc­cess of Im­ran’s gov­ern­ment and peace in the re­gion.

Am­rit­sar, Pun­jab, 18 Au­gust, WSN Bu­reau

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