SIALKOT-Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has made anoffer to India over rail connectivity.
He on Monday invited India for the establishment of railway trackunder joint venture between Kartarpura-Pakistan to nearby Indian territoryfor providing better journey facility to visiting Sikh Yatrees betweenKartarpura-Pakistan and Gurdaspur-India.
Sh Rasheed was talking to newsmen during his visit to Sialkot here onMonday. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar, PTICentral Punjab President Umer Dar and others office-bearers were alsopresent on the occasion.
“Yes, we offer India a joint venture for setting up railway line betweenKartarpura-Pakistan and Gurdaspur-India,” Sh Rasheed reiterated, addingthat it would be a good offer by Pakistan as a goodwill gesture and Indiamust reciprocate positively to facilitate Sikh Community through under thecompletion mega project of Kartarpura Corridor.
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He pointed out that Pakistan has already won hearts of Sikh Communityworldwide by successfully launching Kartarpura Corridor project.
Earlier, he was offered a warm welcome upon arrival at Sialkot junctionrailway station as part of his nation-wide railway journey.The railways minister inspected Sialkot junction railway station along withsenior officials of Pakistan Railways.
