Gurdwara Katrtar Pur Sahib : ' Pakistan's Goodwill Initiative ' Over Kartarpur re-opening on June 29 to Commemorate Maharaja Ranjit Singh Death Anniversary amid surge in COVID cases

Gurdwara Kartar Pur Sahib :The Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing , connecting Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan to the Indian border in Punjab

 Even as the COVID-19 cases in India and Pakistan is on the rise, Pakistan's foreign minister has  announced on Saturday  morning  that it is planning to reopen Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. Taking to Twitter, Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that it has conveyed it readiness to reopen the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims from June 29 - which also marks the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh. a valiant lead of the Sikh empire from the 18^th Century.

The corridor was temporarily closed on March 16 in the wake of the Covid -19 Pandemic that originated in China's Wuhan city.

Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Shakargarh tehsil in Narowal district of Pakistan.India and Pakistan in October 2019 signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur Corridor to allow Indian pilgrims a visa-free visit to the holy gurdwara, believed to have been built on the site where Guru Nanak died in the 16th century, and located some 4 km inside Pakistan

The Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing , connecting Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan to the Indian border in Punjab


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