LAHORE: Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has saidPrime Minister Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are onthe verge to make history through establishing Kartarpur Corridor.
Talking to the media along with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar atGovernor’s House on Tuesday, he said the time had provided opportunities tothe Pak-India leaders to mark their names in the history throughepoch-making feats, adding great leaders never let such opportunities slipaway.
He said that Kartarpur Corridor would eventually ‘immortalize’ Imran Khanand Narendra Modi.
Navjot Sidhu said nothing could be accomplished without effort andendeavour, adding it was miraculous that Kartarpur Corridor had became areality in just three months.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan could not give a better joy and bliss tothe 120 million Sikhs than the opening of Kartarpur border crossing.
To a query, the Indian politician said a sweet fragrance of friendship hademanated from the land of Pakistan after a lapse of 71 years, adding it wasgoing to mesmerize people on the Indian side of the border as the KartarpurCorridor becomes a reality on November 28.
To another question, he said that the opening of Kartarpur Corridor wouldpave the way for peace in the region and open up new vistas of cooperationbetween the neighbouring countries.
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“Kartwarpur Corridor would enhance people-to-people contacts and I foreseebrotherhood and more friendly relations between the peoples of twoPunjabs,” he said. The Pakistan government had opened up doors forinnumerable possibilities by opening the doors to the resting place of BabaGuru Nanak, he added.
Talking to the media, Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar said the opening ofKartarpur border was a historic initiative by Prime Minister Imran Khan,adding Sikhs could not cross Kartarpur border crossing for the last manydecades.
The Governor welcomed Navjot Singh Sidhu to Lahore, adding that Sikhs werefaced with multiple problems including visas and all these problems wouldbe resolved under the leadership of Imran Khan.
Ch Sarwar invited Sidhu to spend a whole day in Nankana Sahib the nextyear, adding that the government would ensure maximum facilities in theholy city of Nankana.
