Sikh pilgrim dies in Pakistan

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, Updated At : 02:04 AM Nov 12, 2025 IST

Sukhwinder Singh, the pilgrim who died in Pakistan.

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Sukhwinder Singh, 67, a resident of Chawke village in Bathinda district, died of cardiac arrest in Pakistan’s Gujranwala on Monday night.

He was part of a 1,900-member Sikh jatha that crossed over to Pakistan on November 4 to celebrate the Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev.

Sources in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said Sukhwinder Singh’s health deteriorated while he was driving in a cavalcade of buses heading to Lahore after visiting Gurdwara Rohri Sahib.

He was taken to a private hospital in Muridke Tehsil, where doctors declared him dead due to heart failure.

His cousin Harpal Singh, who was accompanying him, received his body.

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