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Pak says Sikhs welcome without visa
WSN Network

New Delhi: Pakistan has said it was open to a visa-free regime as far as Sikh pilgrims to Pakistan are concerned but it is not known how the Indian Government will respond to the offer. Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gillani has also assured a delegation of Sikhs of full support in the maintenance of Sikh gurdwaras.

Gillani was speaking to the delegation in the presence of Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Education and Minority affairs, comprised Sikhs from Pakistan, India, the US and the UK. Federal Religious Affairs Minister said at Panja Sahib that Islamabad has no objection to visa free travel of Sikh pilgrims from Dera Baba Nanak (Indian Punjab) to the historic Sikh shrine of Kartarpur Sahib (Narowal) via what would be called the Kartarpur Corridor.

But for that to happen, New Delhi needs to give consent for visa free travel from Dera Baba Nanak to Narowal. Prominent among those in the delegation were American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Coordinator, Dr Pritpal Singh, Hardev Singh, Surinder Singh Dhuri, Balvinder Chaheru, Baldev Singh, Kuldip Singh, Bibi Surjeet Kaur from Kashmir and two Pakistani Sikhs — Bishan Singh and Sham Singh.

16 April 2008
 

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