Pak Police initiates probe over bareheaded photoshoot at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur

The Pakistan Police on Monday launched an investigation in opposition to a Pakistani mannequin and a clothes model for hurting the non secular sentiments of the Sikh neighborhood by conducting a bareheaded picture shoot on the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur following an Indian Sikh journalist’s criticism of the images.

Noting that the images have been uploaded on the social media, unbiased journalist Ravinder Singh in a tweet highlighted the disrespect proven to the neighborhood and likewise tagged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his publish.”Modelling bareheaded for ladies’ attire, in the premises of Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib at #KartarpurSahib in Pakistan, by a Lahorite woman has [severely] hurt the religious sentiments of Sikhs,” he mentioned within the tweet.Covering one’s head in a gurdwara is obligatory and regarded as a approach of displaying respect for the revered place.ALSO READ: Afghanistan’s key Taliban leaders studied at Pakistan’s madrassa: ReportThe Punjab province’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf authorities obtained into motion following the criticism on social media concerning the picture shoot.Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar issued an announcement saying he has taken discover of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter.He mentioned motion shall be taken in opposition to these officers who allowed the “modelling” on the gurdwara.“Action will be taken against those responsible after a comprehensive investigation into this matter,” he declared.A Punjab police spokesperson in a tweet mentioned, “Punjab Police are investigating all aspects related to this incident and strict legal action will be taken against those responsible. Management of the concerned brand & model are being investigated. Worship places of all religions are equally respectable.”Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry in a tweet said “the designer and the mannequin should apologise to Sikh neighborhood” over the photos.”Kartarpur Sahib is a non secular image and never a movie set,” he tweeted.ALSO READ: Uganda loses its only international airport to China for failing to repay loan: ReportsAccording to a report in the Dawn newspaper, the model’s photos were shared on the Instagram page of a clothing brand named Mannat Clothing, but were removed after the criticism.Azhar Mashwani, the Punjab chief minister’s focal person for digital media, was quoted as saying in the report that police would first investigate the model and the brand’s role in the capturing of the photos and later register a case.”The Police are checking whether or not the mannequin carried out the photoshoot on her personal or the model carried out the session,” he said.However, the brand- Mannat Clothing – clarified that the pictures posted on its accounts are not part of any photo shoot done by it.“These pictures were provided to us by a third party (blogger) in which they were wearing our dress. However, we accept our mistake that we should not have posted this content and we apologise to every single person who was offended by this,” it said.Model/blogger Sauleha Imtiaz, who posed in the pictures, also apologised saying: “I just went to Kartarpur to learn about the history and know about the Sikh community. It wasn’t done to hurt anyone’s sentiments or anything for that matter.””However, if I have hurt anyone or they think that I don’t respect their culture, I am Sorry. I respect the Sikh culture very much and I am sorry to all the Sikh community,” she wrote on Instagram.A senior official of the Punjab government told PTI that no such fashion shoot can be done especially at the Kartarpur Sahib without the knowledge/permission of the officials concerned.”There has been strict safety at Kartarpur Sahib observing the code of conduct there. It is just out of query {that a} mannequin dodges the safety personnel and does a vogue shoot. Someone from the gurdwara is concerned on this episode,” he mentioned.This just isn’t the primary time Pakistani fashions and actresses have come beneath criticism for conducting picture shoots at non secular locations.Pakistani actress and mannequin Saba Qamar, who starred in Bollywood film ‘Hindi Medium’, was earlier booked in a blasphemy case for doing a photograph shoot at historic Masjid Wazir Khan in previous metropolis of Lahore.ALSO READ: Rise of gangs result in improve in rapes in Haiti