Pakistan government proposes opening Kartarpur border crossing with India

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has proposed to open the Kartarpur border crossing with India for Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib without visa.

“There is a proposal to open Kartarpur border and after that the Indian Sikhs visiting the gurdwara will be required to have a ticket,” Pakistan daily Daily quoted Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry as saying.

Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had also hinted at the same on the occasion of Baba Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary next year for Sikh pilgrims when he met cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu during his visit here in the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The PTI government had not yet taken the Evacuee Trust Property Board (which looks after holy places of minorities) into confidence in this regard, an official said. (UNI)