ISLAMABAD: In a historic move, Pakistan has granted visas to 6,629 to Sikh pilgrims from India, allowing them to participate in the annual Baisakhi festival 2025. The surge, first in 50 years, enabled yatrees to visit sacred sites like Nankana Sahib. Narratives for International Electronic Media 📌 Pakistan Sets New Standard for Interfaith Diplomacy with … Read more
LAHORE:Sikh pilgrims from India are flocking to Pakistan via the Wagah Border to celebrate Baisakhi, their religious and cultural festival. They are cordially welcomed by officials from the Evacuee Trust Property Board, members of the Pakistani government, and members of the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. All arrangements for Sikh Yatrees have been finalized, according to ETPB spokesman Amir Hashmi. He stated that after arriving in Lahore, pilgrims will travel by train and coaches to … Read more
On the eve of Baisakhi celebrations, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued over 2,200 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the annual festival scheduled to be held in Pakistan from April 12 to 21. The issuance of visas is covered under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits … Read more
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday welcomed Sikh yatrees (pilgrims) from across the world to Pakistan on the occasion Of the 552nd birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak. “More than eight thousand Sikh Yatrees from all over the globe are arriving in Pak to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of … Read more
The National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has allowed Sikh pilgrims to come to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur to attend religious ceremonies on the occasion of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s death anniversary next month. According to the details, the NCOC meeting unanimously decided to allow Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur next month under the … Read more
India has denied permission to one thousand Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan through Wagha Border. According to Spokesman of Evacuee Trust Property Board, these pilgrims were scheduled to take part in their religious Saka Festival at Gurdwara Janamasthan at Nankana Sahib on Sunday, for which all arrangements have already been finalized. Evacuee Trust Property Board … Read more
ISLAMABAD: India, the so-called secular country of Hindutva propaganda, again demonstrated traditional bigotry by barring Sikhs from attending Baba Guru Nanak’s death anniversary. Sikh groups from across the country continue to arrive in Kartarpur to attend Baba Guru Nanak’s death anniversary. Groups of Sikhs from different parts of the world have also reached Kartarpur. Secular India … Read more
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan have expressed deep sorrow over the Sheikhupura train accident. According to Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR), Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has saddened over the loss of precious lives in a tragic train accident near Sheikhupura. Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that … Read more
At least 19 people have been killed as a train struck a passenger van at an unmanned railway crossing near Sheikhpura. According to the District Police Officer Sheikhupura Ghazi Salahuddin, 15 pilgrims lost their lives as the Lahore-bound train from Karachi met with an accident near Farooqabad railway station. According to railway officials, the accident … Read more
Darbar Sahib Kartarpur was opened on Monday (Jun 29) for Sikh pilgrims, Sikh pilgrims are arriving on the anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Government of Pakistan allowed pilgrims to join the prayer under Coronavirus SOPs. It is to be noted that pilgrims are happy with the opening of Kartarpur Corridor. Sikh pilgrims demanded that India should … Read more
India has refused to open Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on 29th June. Pakistan had announced to open Kartarpur corridor on June 29 and India was also informed in this regard but now India has refused to open Kartarpur corridor. In this regard, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said that Pakistan is preparing to … Read more
More than 550 Sikh pilgrims arrived Kartarpur Darbar Sahib on Sunday to celebrate the custom of Nagar Kirtan. It was reported that 585 Sikh pilgrims arrived at Kartarpur Darbar Sahib barefoot to celebrate the custom of Nagar Kirtan. 58,311 pilgrims have visited the darbar from India so far while 9,904 Sikhs from United States (US), … Read more
Pakistan has opened gates for the Sikh Pilgrims as he historic Kartarpur corridor has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday. Former Prime Minister of India and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu also attended the inauguration ceremony of Kartpur corridor. More than 10,000 Sikh pilgrims arrived Pakistan to take part in the ceremony. … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 9 will inaugurate the historic Kartarpur Corridor, the first visa-free corridor between Pakistan and India. The inauguration will held three days before the 550th birth anniversary Baba Guru Nanak to be celebrated on Nov. 12. In a short span of one year, Pakistan has completed the construction, signed an … Read more
Indian politician and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu along with Bollywood actor Sunny Deol is also ready to come to Pakistan. According to the details, Sidhu wrote a letter to the Indian Foreign Ministry for permission to attend the opening ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor, and now Indian government granted him permission. Sidhu said that … Read more
Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Faisal said that Kartarpur did not want any negative thinking about the transit. During a weekly news briefing, the FO spokesman said that no fee will be charged from the Sikh pilgrims coming to Kartarpur on November 9 and November 10. The passport condition for the travelers was waived … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday congratulated his concerned government team for readying the project in a record time for Baba Guru Nanak’s 550th birth day celebrations. In a tweet, he says Kartarpur Corridor is ready to welcome Sikh pilgrims. The Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate the project on the 9th of this month. … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday waived off two requirements for the Sikhs coming for pilgrimage to Kartarpur from India. In a tweet, he said the Sikhs from India would not need a passport now but just a valid identity card. They no longer have to register ten days in advance. He wrote, “For Sikhs … Read more
The federal government has issued a commemorative coin of 50 rupees on the 550th birthday of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. The Sikh pilgrims, during their visit to the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib next month, will be able to buy the coin of worth Rs50. The postage stamps, with the image of Gurdwara Janam … Read more
