ISLAMABAD -In a Breakthrough, Pakistan and India to sign historic agreement.
India and Pakistan are scheduled to sign the agreement on Kartarpurcorridor on October 24 (Thursday). Earlier on Monday, the External AffairsMinistry (EAM) had said in a statement that India would sign the KartarpurSahib Corridor agreement with Pakistan on October 23.
The EAM had also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government atthe Centre wants to finalise the agreement on October 23 in order tooperationalise the Kartarpur corridor before November 12 in view of thedemand of pilgrims to have visa-free access to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib inPakistan.
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“While agreeing to sign the agreement, the Government of Pakistan has beenonce again urged to reconsider its insistence to levy service fee of $20 onpilgrims. India would be ready to amend the Agreement accordingly at anytime,” the MEA had said.
