DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD Pakistan said on Thursday that it has issued a visa to cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend the inauguration of the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor on November 9.The Pakistan government invited Punjab Congress leader Sidhu – who also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor – to attend Saturday’s inauguration. […]
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Pakistan Punjab Governor Mohammed Sarver during the insulation cerem ony of Palki Sahib at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on Monday
DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD Over one thousand Sikhs from India arrived at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Pakistan’s Hassanabdal city on Sunday as part of the ‘Nagar Kirtan’, a religious procession, held to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. The gurdwara in Punjab Province was decorated with colourful lights and pilgrims […]
Pak issues commemorative coin to mark Guru Nanaks 550th anniversary
DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD Pakistan on Wednesday issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion in November.In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a picture of the coin. “Pakistan issues commemorative coin to mark the 550th anniversary of Guru […]
Kartarpur corridor agreement likely to be signed today
DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD A historic agreement with India to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor was likely to be signed on Thursday, Pakistan said on Wednesday. The corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Punjab with the gurdwara at Kartarpur, just about four km from the international border, located at Narowal district of […]
Pakistan claims doing 90 pc work on Kartarpur Corridor
DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD Pakistan plans to inaugurate the Kartarpur Corridor on the 550 birth celebrations of Guru Nanak in November this year as it claimed to have completed 90 per cent work on from the project’s zero line to Gurdwara Sahib. According to a media report, the corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s […]
Pak hopeful of talks on Kartarpur Corridor after elections in India
DW BUREAU / ISLAMABAD Once the new government takes charge in New Delhi, Pakistan expects to resume talks with India to finalise the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor according to a Pakistani media report. The Kartarpur Corridor links Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in Punjab. The […]