Pakistani model says 'sorry' after Kartarpur Gurdwara photoshoot sparks outrage

Photos by a Pakistani model inside the Kartarpur Gurdwara complex has triggered a controversy. Sikh groups have objected to the "bare headed" model's photoshoot for a Pakistani clothing brand.

In pictures shared on social media, a model can be posing at the gurdwara in Punjab province of Pakistan.

The model, Sauleha, later deleted the photos and posted an apology on her Instagram page stating that she had gone on a personal visit not for a photoshoot.

Covering one's head in a gurdwara is mandatory and considered as a way of showing respect for the revered place.

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee on Monday wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, demanding him to take up the matter with the Pakistan government.

Following the outrage, Pakistan police have initiated a probe into the incident.

Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry also said that the designer and model must apologise to the Sikh community.

The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev, is believed to have spent his last days in the gurudwara from 1521 to 1539.

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