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Pakistan asks India to send delegation to finalise Kartarpur pact
Pakistan has shared the draft agreement on Kartarpur Corridor with India for facilitation of Sikh Yatrees and asked it to urgently send a delegation to Islamabad to negotiate and finalize the accord. “In line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s commitment to open Kartarpur Corridor on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak […]
Pakistan has shared the draft agreement on Kartarpur Corridor with India for facilitation of Sikh Yatrees and asked it to urgently send a delegation to Islamabad to negotiate and finalize the accord.
“In line with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s commitment to open Kartarpur Corridor on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in November, 2019, the Government of Pakistan has shared the draft agreement between Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government of the Republic of India for facilitation of (Indian) Sikh Yatrees to visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Narowal, Pakistan, with the Government of India through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad,” a Foreign Office statement issued here on Monday said.
According to the statement, Pakistan has appointed Director-General (South Asia and SAARC) as its focal person and requested India to designate a focal person at its end.
“Pakistan took this step to accommodate the longstanding request of the Sikh community, especially from India particularly in view of 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. This was in line with Islamic principles that advocate respect for all religions and Pakistan’s policy of promoting inter-faith harmony and religious tolerance and also in line with Quaid’s vision of a peaceful neighbourhood. Pakistan would continue with its efforts to bring peace and stability in the region,” read the statement.
On Nov 28, 2018, Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, Minister for Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Minister for Housing Hardeep S Puri stood alongside Prime Minister Imran Khan as he laid the foundation stone of the corridor.
Published in Daily Times, January 22nd 2019.
