Chambaliyal (International Border), June 25: Pakistan has once again refused to be part of the Chambaliyal Mela here with 300 years old tradition of participation by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. "Pakistan has refused to be part of 300-year-old joint Indo-Pak mela celebrated at Chambaliyal Border Outpost (BoP) on International Border (IB) in memory of revered saint of Muslims, Hindus as well as Sikhs, Chambliyal Baba annually on June 26", a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official told a visiting a news agency correspondent here today.

Not only this, Pakistan Army and rangers have also refused to accept holy water and "shaker and sharbat" as prasad for people of Pakistan and in return they would not be offering chadar (holy cloth) at the samadhi of Baba, an annual practice for the past 300 years, he said. There were three flag meetings with Pakistani counterparts during last one week, the last one yesterday in this connection, he said and added in all these flag meetings at Chambliyal, Pakistan officials declined to get involved in the mela.

Bureau Report