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Article: Sikh Diaspora hails Pak cabinet's approval of Sikh Marriage Ordinance

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January 23, 2008
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Amritsar, Jan. 23 -- Sikh Diaspora has hailed Pakistan Cabinet's approval of the Sikh Marriage Ordinance 2008.

Now, Sikhs can get their marriages registered in Pakistan under the ordinance.

Pakistan has become the first country to enact a separate law for registration of Sikh marriages.

Speaking to Asian News International (ANI) over phone, Pakistan Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Afzal Haider, said Pakistan's Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Sikh Marriage Ordinance 2008.

In all, 27 Federal Ministers, including Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadian Soomro, had singed the ordinance.

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