Pakistan Kartarpur Corridor

Days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO meeting, India and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to renew the agreement on the Kartarpur corridor for another five years.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Friday that Indians have to pay a fee of USD 20 to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was imposed by Pakistan, but no fee should be charged for it.

Pakistan's Punjab province government plans to establish a "Darshan Resort" close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to provide a view of the holy site to the Sikh pilgrims staying there.

Around 2.35 lakh pilgrims visited the Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor since its inauguration in November 2019, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Kartarpur Corridor, connecting the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, is set to reopen for pilgrims on Tuesday as the flood-situation eased near the India-Pakistan border.

Authorities in Punjab's Gurdaspur today stopped pilgrims from travelling to the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor due to the rising water level in the Ravi.

Minister of State External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday said that despite the Government of India's insistence, Pakistan continues to levy fees on the pilgrims who visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur through Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.

Over 1,10,670 Indians and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan using the cross-border Kartarpur corridor, the government said on Friday.

Kartarpur Corridor: 75 years after she was separated from her family during violence at the time of Partition, a woman born in a Sikh family was adopted and raised by a Muslim couple met her brothers from India at Kartarpur in Pakistan's Punjab.

Navjot Singh Sidhu has landed the Congress in a pickle - again - after the MLA from Punjab's Amritsar (East) constituency triggered a row today after reportedly referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his "bada bhai", or elder brother.

Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday expressed happiness over the reopening of Kartarpur Corridor and said this has been made possible with the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan.

Pakistan has temporarily relaxed its mutually agreed limit with India of 10 days advance intimation before the arrival of Sikh pilgrims to the revered Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.

Mr Channi, along with about 30 persons including his cabinet ministers, visited the revered site using the visa-free Kartarpur corridor on Thursday on the second day of the reopening of the route.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and other state cabinet ministers reached Dera Baba Nanak on Thursday. They will visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan today.

More than 20 months after the Kartarpur corridor was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a jatha of Sikh pilgrims from India crossed over to Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

Days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO meeting, India and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to renew the agreement on the Kartarpur corridor for another five years.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Friday that Indians have to pay a fee of USD 20 to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was imposed by Pakistan, but no fee should be charged for it.

Pakistan's Punjab province government plans to establish a "Darshan Resort" close to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to provide a view of the holy site to the Sikh pilgrims staying there.

Around 2.35 lakh pilgrims visited the Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor since its inauguration in November 2019, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The Kartarpur Corridor, connecting the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, is set to reopen for pilgrims on Tuesday as the flood-situation eased near the India-Pakistan border.

Authorities in Punjab's Gurdaspur today stopped pilgrims from travelling to the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor due to the rising water level in the Ravi.

Minister of State External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday said that despite the Government of India's insistence, Pakistan continues to levy fees on the pilgrims who visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur through Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor.

Over 1,10,670 Indians and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan using the cross-border Kartarpur corridor, the government said on Friday.

Kartarpur Corridor: 75 years after she was separated from her family during violence at the time of Partition, a woman born in a Sikh family was adopted and raised by a Muslim couple met her brothers from India at Kartarpur in Pakistan's Punjab.

Navjot Singh Sidhu has landed the Congress in a pickle - again - after the MLA from Punjab's Amritsar (East) constituency triggered a row today after reportedly referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his "bada bhai", or elder brother.

Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday expressed happiness over the reopening of Kartarpur Corridor and said this has been made possible with the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan.

Pakistan has temporarily relaxed its mutually agreed limit with India of 10 days advance intimation before the arrival of Sikh pilgrims to the revered Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.

Mr Channi, along with about 30 persons including his cabinet ministers, visited the revered site using the visa-free Kartarpur corridor on Thursday on the second day of the reopening of the route.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and other state cabinet ministers reached Dera Baba Nanak on Thursday. They will visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan today.

More than 20 months after the Kartarpur corridor was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a jatha of Sikh pilgrims from India crossed over to Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.