Pakistani interior minister said that holders of American, Canadian, and UK passports can apply online and receive their visas within 30 minutes without any fees.
India-Pakistan Ties: India, Pakistan have agreed to extend the validity of the Agreement on the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for an additional 5 years. The Agreement, signed on 24 October 2019, facilitated pilgrimages from India to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan.
The extension of the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor agreement and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent visit to Pakistan gave some momentum to India-Pakistan ties which have been on pause mode for a decade. However, India maintains its stand that terrorism and dialogue can't go together.
According to the statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the extension of the validity of this Agreement will ensure uninterrupted operation of the Corridor for use by pilgrims from India to visit the holy Gurdwara in Pakistan.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on May 11 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. Jaishankar said this during an interactive session in Amritsar.
Gambhir said Sidhu does not comment on the killing of 40 civilians and soldiers in Kashmir in the last 1 month and goes against the people who want to protect India.
The Kartarpur Corridor, which links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district, reopened on Wednesday.
The over four-km long Kartarpur corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district.
On Wednesday night, Sidhu's media adviser Surinder Dalla claimed that Sidhu has been officially intimated that he could go on November 20 instead of November 18.
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening of Kartarpur will assist thousands of devotees, largely Sikhs, to visit the final resting place of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening of Kartarpur will assist thousands of devotees, largely Sikhs, to visit the final resting place of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday issued a statement that the amid the rising number of cases, the registration and visit to Kartarpur Sahib Corridor will be temporarily suspended from 12 am, March 16.
The agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor is to be inked between Pakistan and India on Wednesday or Thursday, even as PM Imran Khan announced that Pakistan will inaugurate the corridor on November 9.
However, a visa will not be required. But the visitors need to get them themselves registered online at least a month ahead of their visit.
Pakistan's demand of charging 20 USD on the entry of pilgrims as service charge has been rejected by the Indian government. Speaking on Pakistan's demand, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar on Thursday said that Pakistan's proposal to charge an entry fee of $ 20 per Indian Sikh pilgrim has been turned down by the government.
Racing against time, workers are doing three shifts a day to complete the Indian part of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor that will enable pilgrims from here to visit the revered Sikh shrine in Pakistan. Construction of around 4.2 km-long corridors is targeted to be completed by October 31, a week before the celebrations to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
The US has welcomed the construction of the Kartarpur corridor to link two Sikh shrines across the border between India and Pakistan, saying it supports anything that increases people-to-people ties between the two countries.
India flagged its security concerns during a meeting that took place between delegations of the two countries on the Pakistani side of the Attari-Wagah border to discuss the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor.
Experts from India and Pakistan will meet on Sunday at the Wagah border to discuss the draft agreement for finalising the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor and related technical issues, Pakistan Foreign Office said on Thursday.
The Pakistan gave the assurance on Thursday during a meeting of officials from the two countries on the proposed Kartarpur Sahib corridor.
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