LAHORE: Delegations of Pakistan and India will meet to discuss the technicalities of building the Kartarpur corridor for the facilitation of the Sikh pilgrims.
The second meeting between the teams will be held at Kartarpur Zero Line today (Tuesday). India has even given GPS coordinates for Zero Point.
An 18-member Foreign Office team, headed by Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, went to India for talks on the details of the Kartarpur Corridor on March 14. Both sides held expert-level discussions between technical experts on the alignment and other details of the corridor, he said. The meeting between Pakistan and India on the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor was very positive and both sides have agreed to work towards opening the corridor soon.
Speaking at the Wagah Border after returning from India, Dr Faisal said that they have “agreed to work towards expeditiously operationalizing the Kartarpur Corridor”.
The corridor is meant to provide Sikh pilgrims access to the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara. The visa-free corridor is between the gurdwara in Pakistan and the Indian town of Dera Baba Nanak, which is around six kilometres away.
The corridor is expected to be opened this year, ahead of the celebrations for Guru Baba Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary.
