<p class="title">Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee's controversial secretary-general Gopal Singh Chawla has been removed and he is not part of the delegation which is holding the second round of talks with India in Wagah, a senior official said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials from India and Pakistan Sunday held the second round of talks to discuss draft agreement and operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second round of talks, which were scheduled on April 2, was cancelled by India after Pakistan nominated Khalistani separatists in the 10-member PSGPC to facilitate Sikh pilgrims after the opening of the corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India voiced concerns over the presence of Khalistani separatists in the committee and said it will wait for a response from Islamabad on the issue and will not go ahead with the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Chawla has been removed from the secretary general post and he is no longer a member of the PSGPC. Chawla is also not part of the Pakistani delegation which is taking part in the second round of talks in Wagah," a senior official of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ETPB is a statutory board that manages religious properties and shrines of Hindus and Sikhs who had migrated to India following the partition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said the PSGPC Pardhan (president) Tara Singh has also been removed and the new election will be held soon to elect a new president and the secretary-general.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Apparently, removal of Chawla is a damage control step by the Imran Khan government," an official said, adding that he had become so controversial that the Khan government was forced to revamp the whole PSGPC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chawla was seen with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor in Narowal, 125-km from Lahore, in November last.</p>
<p class="title">Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee's controversial secretary-general Gopal Singh Chawla has been removed and he is not part of the delegation which is holding the second round of talks with India in Wagah, a senior official said on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials from India and Pakistan Sunday held the second round of talks to discuss draft agreement and operationalisation of the Kartarpur corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second round of talks, which were scheduled on April 2, was cancelled by India after Pakistan nominated Khalistani separatists in the 10-member PSGPC to facilitate Sikh pilgrims after the opening of the corridor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India voiced concerns over the presence of Khalistani separatists in the committee and said it will wait for a response from Islamabad on the issue and will not go ahead with the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Chawla has been removed from the secretary general post and he is no longer a member of the PSGPC. Chawla is also not part of the Pakistani delegation which is taking part in the second round of talks in Wagah," a senior official of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ETPB is a statutory board that manages religious properties and shrines of Hindus and Sikhs who had migrated to India following the partition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said the PSGPC Pardhan (president) Tara Singh has also been removed and the new election will be held soon to elect a new president and the secretary-general.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Apparently, removal of Chawla is a damage control step by the Imran Khan government," an official said, adding that he had become so controversial that the Khan government was forced to revamp the whole PSGPC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chawla was seen with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor in Narowal, 125-km from Lahore, in November last.</p>