ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan High Commission has issued more than 2,100 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims to participate in the birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji from Nov. 4 to 13 in Pakistan, state media reported this week.
Every year Sikh pilgrims travel from India to Pakistan through the visa-free Kartarpur Corridor, which links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib near Narowal in Pakistan’s Punjab with Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district.
The corridor is a rare sign of cooperation between the bitter nuclear-armed neighbors, who recently engaged in a four-day military confrontation that saw them bombard each other with fighter jets, drones and trade artillery fire before they agreed to a ceasefire on May 10.
“During the visit, the pilgrims would, inter alia, visit Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, Gurdwara Panja Sahib and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib,” the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said in a report on Wednesday.
“The issuance of visas is covered under the framework of the Bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, 1974.”
