Pak govt to start work on Guru Nanak varsity at Nankana Sahib

Pakistan government will finally begin work on setting up a university named after Guru Nanak at his birthplace of Nankana Sahib and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will lay its foundation stone in January next year.

After years of promises,the Pakistan government will finally begin work on setting up a university named after Guru Nanak at his birthplace of Nankana Sahib and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will lay its foundation stone in January next year.

Syed Asif Hashmi,chairman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board,which looks after shrines of minority communities,said that the varsity will be established at a cost of Rs 5 billion.

Gilani will lay the foundation stone for the institution,which will have sprawling campus of 2,500 acres at Nankana Sahib.

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“We will make it an institute of international learning and faculty will be hired from foreign countries,including India,” Hashmi said.

The ETPB will acquire the land and funding for the varsity,which is expected to be built in three years,he said. The university has been a long standing demand of Sikhs living in various countries,including India.

They had even offered to provide funds to the Pakistan government for the project.

Sikhs have also demanded the development of an airport at Nankana Sahib,which is visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. The government recently improved the road linking Lahore to Nankana Sahib.

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