Islamabad: Pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan may soon resume after a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pakistan has conveyed to India its readiness to open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, which was closed in March this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, for Sikh pilgrims on June 29.
In an announcement on Saturday morning, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Islamabad was prepared to reopen the corridor on June 27.
“As places of worship open up across the world, Pakistan prepares to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims, conveying to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh,” Qureshi said in a tweet.
As places of worship open up across the world, Pakistan prepares to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims, conveying to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) June 27, 2020
