Tag: Kartarpur

Pakistan categorically rejects India’s willful propaganda against Kartarpur Corridor: FO

ISLAMABAD, Nov 5 (APP): Pakistan on Thursday categorically rejected the baseless and fallacious propaganda by the Indian Government against the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, which has been rejected by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) itself. The malicious propaganda by the Indian Government was simply an attempt to malign the “Peace Corridor” initiative by casting… Continue reading Pakistan categorically rejects India’s willful propaganda against Kartarpur Corridor: FO

Govt improved country image by building Kartarpur Corridor: minister

KARTARPUR, Nov 05 (APP): Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Azam Khan Swati said on Thursday that the government strengthened the image of the country and Islam by constructing the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate the Sikh community. Chairing a meeting at Kartarpur Corridor complex here, he said that Islam teaches giving respect to all other religions.… Continue reading Govt improved country image by building Kartarpur Corridor: minister

Sikhs finally make it to their holy shrine in Pakistan, as PM opens Kartarpur Corridor

APP64-09 KARTARPUR: November 09 - Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiling the plaque during the inauguration ceremony at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib as the Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurating a visa-free initiative that allows Sikh pilgrims from India to visit one of their holiest shrines Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. APP Photo by Mustafa Lashari

KARTARPUR, Nov 9 (APP): In what may be called the world’s ‘longest’ ever pilgrimage, it took almost 72 years to the Indian Sikhs to make it to one of their holiest shrines located just 4.1 kilometers from the border in Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday inaugurated the much-anticipated Kartarpur Corridor project that would… Continue reading Sikhs finally make it to their holy shrine in Pakistan, as PM opens Kartarpur Corridor

70 years on, Sikh holiest site in Kartarpur opens for devotees on Saturday

By Shumaila Andleeb ISLAMABAD, Nov 8 (APP): Under the same sky but from a land divided by several meter high razor-wired double fence, Indian Sikhs for the past 70 years have been viewing from afar 4.5 kilometers Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, that lies in Pakistan. Hundreds of Sikhs everyday make a beeline near the international border… Continue reading 70 years on, Sikh holiest site in Kartarpur opens for devotees on Saturday

Kartarpur Corridor opening to meet Sikh community’s long-standing request: Foreign Secretary

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (APP): Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Wednesday underscored that Pakistan had taken the step to open the Kartarpur Corridor to meet the long-standing request of Nanak Naam Levas and especially the Sikh community across the world, particularly from India. Briefing the diplomatic corps regarding Pakistan’s initiative of opening the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor,… Continue reading Kartarpur Corridor opening to meet Sikh community’s long-standing request: Foreign Secretary

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