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Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has made a requestto Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
He wrote a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday,requesting him not to allow building of concrete structures aroundKartarpur Sahib Gurdwara and to regulate the movement of pilgrims forpreserving the sanctity of the historic Sikh shrine.
The cricketer-turned-politician has also written to Prime Minister NarendraModi, raising similar demands for Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur.
“…as the plans for the development works to be undertaken for the 550thbirth anniversary of Baba Nanak (Guru Nanak), the sacredness and serenityof Kartarpur Sahib should not be compromised as hearts of millions ofpilgrims across the world yearn for this historic moment,” Mr Sidhu wroteto Mr Khan, also a cricketer-turn-politician.
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“To preserve the sanctity of Kartarpur Sahib, I request that in the 104acres of land that surrounds the Gurudwara Sahib at Kartarpur (inPakistan), we can avoid building any new concrete structures and alteringthe historical structures on the sites,” he said.
Mr Sidhu also requested for regulating the movement of pilgrims.
