ISLAMABAD – Indian government finally responds over Navjot Singh Sidhurequest to visit Pakistan for Kartarpur Corridor inauguration on November 9.
The Indian government has finally allowed Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend theinauguration of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur Corridor, after thecricketer-turned-politician wrote his third letter to the Indian foreignministry on Thursday requesting permission to visit Pakistan.
Pakistan has already issued a visa to Sidhu after Prime Minister Imran Khaninvited him to attend the historic opening of the corridor, which has beenbuilt for Indian Sikh pilgrims traveling to the holy Gurdwara Darbar Sahibtemple from a visa-free border crossing.
Indian media, quoting official sources, reported on Thursday evening thatSidhu had been given political clearance by the government to take part inthe Kartarpur Corridor inauguration ceremony on the Pakistani side.
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However, quoting sources, Indian media reported that Sidhu was grantedpermission only to travel as part of the first group coming from India forthe pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Gurdwara, the world’s largest Sikh shrineand the final resting place of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak.
The permission from the Indian government has come through after Sidhuwrote three letters requesting to Indian External Affairs MinisterSubrahmanyam Jaishankar asking for the government’s clearance for his visit.
