Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed Sikh pilgrims may not require a visa to undertake the pilgrimage. (File)
Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu claimed Friday that Pakistan has decided to allow Sikh pilgrims direct access to the historic Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara just across the border.
Sidhu's claim, based on a media report, came on a day when television channels showed Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa hailing militancy in Kashmir and vowing to avenge the deaths of his country's soldiers. Sidhu flatly refused to comment on Bajwa's remarks made during a Pakistan Day address and pushed for talks with Islamabad.
The minister had faced flak after he returned home last month from the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, where he was seen hugging Bajwa. “A decision to open the Kartarpur corridor has been taken by Pakistan PM Imran Khan after consultations with various stakeholders,” Sidhu has now asserted. “They are prepared to open the Kartarpur corridor on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary,” he said.
He claimed Sikh pilgrims may not require a visa to undertake the pilgrimage.
“A formal announcement to this effect will be made by Pakistan…
