International Guru Nanak Dev university in Pakistan soon

Updated on: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Pakistan Evacuee Trust Property Board, which look after affairs related to Sikh and Hindu communities in that country, said it will soon set up International Guru Nanak Dev university.

The university will come up at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, PETPB chairman Sayid Asif Akhtar Hashmi said here after visiting the Golden Temple.
 
Hashmi, who was leading a six-member team, was on a day-long tour to the city to visit the Golden Temple. 

Governing council members of the university would also comprised of Indian members, particularly from Sikh bodies like SGPC Amritsar and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, he said.
 
The choice of Nankana Sahib was made as it was the birth place of founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev, Hashmi said, adding that the university would be an autonomous body and Pakistan government wouldn't interfere in its functioning.
 
It would run from the income of gurudwaras based in Pakistan, he said.

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