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The technical experts and foreign office officials from both sides participated in the talks held at Zero Point (Kartarpur), according to Geo News. They reportedly discussed installation of a border fence and road design.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India had sought clarification from Pakistan on certain issues but to no avail.
An Indian delegation will visit Pakistan to take the discussions further at a meeting on April 2 on the Pakistani side of the Attari border.
The sources said that while Pakistan assured visa-free access to Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib, it is asking for the requirement of issue of a special permit to each pilgrim. Defeating the purpose of the dedicated corridor.
Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, officials of both the countries will meet today to finalise modalities of the corridor to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, with India keen for visa-free access to the pilgrims to the historic shrine across the border.
The passenger terminal building complex will have all the necessary passenger amenities to facilitate pilgrims intending to visit the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, located across the border in Pakistan.
Asked if the time was right to hold the dialogue amid the ongoing tensions in bilateral ties, MEA said that one should understand the purpose and objective of the Kartarpur talks and it was not in anyway a resumption of bilateral dialogue.
India is scheduled to discuss modalities of the operationalisation of Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan on March 14, the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said on Wednesday.
Bisaria said India had consented to the basic points about the Kartarpur corridor except for its zero-point (crossing point).
The Union Cabinet in November last year decided to develop the Kartarpur Corridor from Gurdaspur in Punjab to the International Border to facilitate pilgrims' passage to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan as part of the 550th birth year celebrations of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev, later this year.
The recommendations call for Indian pilgrims to be given free entry and that facilitation centres and security check-posts to be set up on both sides of the border.
Pakistan on Thursday described the Kartarpur corridor as the "high point of diplomacy" for the Imran Khan government while admitted that there was "no progress" on the contentious issues with India.
Pakistan opened the Kartarpur border in November to facilitate visa free pilgrimage by Indian Sikhs to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Narowal district, where Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak Dev spent the last 18 years of his life.
"The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor is clearly a game plan of the ISI," CM Amarinder Singh said, adding a bigger conspiracy seems to have been hatched by Pakistan Army against India.
Commenting on the Kartarpur Corridor he said that it was unfortunate that Pakistan attempted to politicise a religious issue.
Imran Khan bowled a 'googly' at India with Kartarpur corridor, says Pakistan FM Qureshi
Qureshi's remarks drew sharp criticism from India with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying his comments "exposed" him and that Pakistan has "no respect for Sikh sentiments".
Many Punjab ministers have demanded his resignation over his jibe at Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and calling Rahul Gandhi as his 'captain'.
“Get your facts right before you distort them, Rahul Gandhi Ji never asked me to go to Pakistan," Sidhu tweeted.
Qureshi said that opening of the Kartarpur border was a “big achievement” of Imran Khan government.
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