ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office strongly responds over Indian governmentnew actions of stopping pilgrims at the Kartarpur Corridor.
The Foreign Office on Thursday expressed concern over reports that Indiawas obstructing the use of newly-established Kartarpur Corridor by Sikhpilgrims for visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal at the weekly media briefingsaid that Pakistan government had “agreed to receive five thousand pilgrimsper day from the corridor. However, there are some reports of Indianreluctance and creation of problems for the Yatrees”.
The corridor providing Indian Sikhs the visa-free access to one of theirholiest shrines was opened on Nov 9 ahead of the 550th birth anniversary ofSikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak.
The spokesman had at last week’s briefing shared the figures of pilgrims,who came through the corridor on the day it was inaugurated. According tohim, only 700 of the 12,000 pilgrims, who visited the shrine that day, camethrough the corridor.
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Opening of Kartarpur Corridor was a longstanding demand of Sikhs. ThePakistan government agreed last year to its opening with the hope that itwould help lessen tensions between the two neighbours.
Dr Faisal said that the Pakistan government remained committed toimplementing the Kartarpur Agreement in letter and spirit.
