The Foreign Office has claimed that Friday's incident in Nankana Sahib was an "altercation between two Muslim groups" and that it was wrongly portrayed as a communal issue. On Friday, a number of people surrounded the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib to hold a demonstration against Sikhs, raising slogans vowing to re-name Nankana Sahib to Ghulam-e-Mustafa.
"The provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was [a] scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib today, between two Muslim groups. The altercation happened on a minor incident at a tea-stall," the FO spokesperson said, and added that the district administration "immediately intervened" and arrested the accused, who are now in custody.
The tensions in Nankana Sahib resulted after a heated debate at a tea stall threatened to blow into a big law and order issue.
According to reporters, four customers, while taking tea at a stall in front of Gurdwara Janam Asthan started a conversation about the stall owner's nephew, Muhammad Ehsaan, who came into the limelight a few months ago after being accused of forcing a Sikh girl to convert in order to marry her.
The stall owner, Zaman, reacted with anger, and it gave rise to a confrontation between two groups. A small crowd gathered and raised hateful slogans.
"The provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was [a] scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib today, between two Muslim groups. The altercation happened on a minor incident at a tea-stall," the FO spokesperson said, and added that the district administration "immediately intervened" and arrested the accused, who are now in custody.
The tensions in Nankana Sahib resulted after a heated debate at a tea stall threatened to blow into a big law and order issue.
According to reporters, four customers, while taking tea at a stall in front of Gurdwara Janam Asthan started a conversation about the stall owner's nephew, Muhammad Ehsaan, who came into the limelight a few months ago after being accused of forcing a Sikh girl to convert in order to marry her.
The stall owner, Zaman, reacted with anger, and it gave rise to a confrontation between two groups. A small crowd gathered and raised hateful slogans.