Another hit by Pakistan PM: No passport, advance registration needed for pilgrimage
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today Tweeted to announce that his government has waived off two key requirements for Sikh pilgrims travelling for pilgrimage to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur from India on the 550th Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev ji.
“For Sikhs coming for pilgrimage to Kartarpur from India, I have waived off 2 requirements: i) they won’t need a passport – just a valid ID; ii) they no longer have to register 10 days in advance. Also, no fee will be charged on day of inauguration & on Guruji’s 550th birthday,” Imran Khan tweeted.
Now Indian Sikh pilgrims will no longer be required to bring their passport and only a valid ID will be needed for entering Pakistan for paying obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur.
Announcing another major relaxation, the visiting Sikhs will no longer need to register ten days in advance.
He also said tweeted that no fee will be charged from pilgrims on the opening of Kartarpur Corridor on November 9 and on Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary on November 12.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will open the Kartarpur Corridor ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak on November 12.
India and Pakistan last week signed the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to undertake visa-free visit to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, where first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent his last 18 years .The corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, just 4 kilometres from the International Border.
