HASSANABDAL – Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin AslamSunday said Prime Minister Imran Khan took the decision regarding openingof the Kartarpur Corridor in his first cabinet meeting soon after takingreins of the government.The prime minister made the impossible possible only to make it easy forthe Sikh community living in India to visit their most sacred place – theresting place of Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib – without any difficulty, headded.Addressing the concluding ceremony of the three-day Baisakhi Festival 2019,the adviser said Pakistan was a peaceful country. “We want to convey amessage of love and peace to the world as peace in the region can bringprosperity to the people.”He said about 2,500 acres of government land had been retrieved fromgrabbers in Nankana Sahib around a month ago, from which the country-wideplantation drive was kicked off by the prime minister, who named the forestafter Guru Nanak Sahib.Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, had announced establishment of NanakSahib University and its construction work would be initiated soon.The prime minister had also announced to hold special ceremonies to markthe 550th birthday of Guru Nanak, he added.Speaking on the occasion, Member of Punjab Assembly Syed Yawar AbbasBukhari said Sikhs, Hindus, Christians and followers of any other religionwere Pakistanis and had equal rights like other citizens of the country.Pakistan belonged to all and there was need to promote harmony among themirrespective of their religious faith, he added.Muslims and Sikhs had similarities as both the nations had always stoodagainst brutal and tyrant rulers, he added.Bukhari said a motorway marking the Kartarpur Corridor would be built tomake it easy for the Sikh pilgrims to visit their holy shrine.He praised Mahinder Pall Singh who as parliamentary secretary in the PunjabAssembly was raising the issues of Sikh community.
Mahinder Pall Singh on the occasion said the conditions of Gurdwaras acrossthe country had improved since the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandak Committee wasset up in 1999. “The PTI government is committed to ensure best facilitiesto the Sikh pilgrims from across the world,” he added.He thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for the steps being taken by hisgovernment for the welfare of Sikhs and other minorities inhabiting inPakistan.
