Times of Islamabad

PM to perform groundbreaking of Kartarpur Corridor today

PM to perform groundbreaking of Kartarpur Corridor today

The ground-breaking of four kilometers long Kartarpur Corridor will be held in district Narowal on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Imran Khan will perform the groundbreaking of the Corridor.

The Corridor will connect Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur area of Narowal district with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur District.

Pakistan will build the Corridor from the Indian border to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur while the other part from Dera Baba Nanak in Indian Punjab’s Gurdaspur district upto the border will be constructed by India.

It will facilitate the Sikh pilgrims visiting their most sacred sites in Pakistan.

The initiative for opening the corridor was taken by Pakistan which was later endorsed by the Indian side.