While writing my last paper I tried using XeLaTex for typesetting some Punjabi Text. In-spite of a large number of available packages in Sanskrit and Devnagari, support in Punjabi/Gurmukhi is limited.

As is apparent, XeLATeX packages supporting Punjabi still have issues typesetting correctly many new adoptions into the Unicode e.g. placement of ਸਿਹਾਰੀ and pairin-haha. Punjabi support is also missing in polyglossia which is next generation XeLATeX package for supporting Unicode and slowly replacing fontspec.

The XeLATex file is here and the resulting pdf can be downloaded here