Pakistan has become the first country to grant legal statuses to Sikh marriages. ‘The Punjab Anand Karaj Bill’ was introduced in the house on October 24, 2017.
The was said bill to be an act to help Sikh couples to register their marriages and dissolutions at the Union Council (UC) level.
“Although it is a Private Member Bill, I have the support of my party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and I am quite sure that no one from the opposition benches would oppose it keeping in view the importance of the bill,” Arora said.
Earlier last year in March, President Mamnoon Hussain gave his formal assent to the Hindu Marriage Bill 2017, already passed by both the houses of parliament, aimed at protecting the marriages and the family and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the Hindu families living in Pakistan.
This is a great initiative to show that the country openly accepts individuals of other culture and religion, and has a multicultural and accepting policy. The Sikh community, in particular, has been in the country for several years, considering their own home.