India and Pakistan signed five-year Kartarpur corridor agreement
On 24th October India and Pakistan signed a landmark agreement that will allow pilgrims from India to visit Kartarpur their holy land
Friday, 25th October 2019
On 24th October India and Pakistan signed a landmark agreement that will allow pilgrims from India to visit one of the Sikhism’s holiest gurudwara in Pakistan without a visa.
The agreement-signing ceremony took place at the Kartarpur Zero Point at the India-Pakistan border in Narowal. S C L Das, Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry signed the pact on India's behalf while Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal signed the agreement from Pakistan's side.
“It was never simple to reach an agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor. Rather these were very difficult and tough negotiations (with India) keeping in view our hostile relations with it.”- Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson.
Highlights of the agreement
- Travel will be visa-free, pilgrims must carry a valid passport
- Indian pilgrims with faith and a person of Indian origin can use the corridor.
- The pilgrims traveling in the morning will have to return on the same day.
- India has to send a list of pilgrims before 10 days of travel date and confirmation send to pilgrims four days prior.
- The online registration has begun for the pilgrims on the portal prakashpurb550.mha.gov.in
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