Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced that Sikh pilgrims who arrive from India to visit Kartarpur will no longer need a passport to cross over into Pakistan as long as they have a valid identity.
In a tweet on Friday morning, the premier also announced that he had directed that the condition for pilgrims to register 10 days before their arrival to the Kartarpur shrine also be waived.
The premier, while making the announcement on Twitter, said, “For Sikhs coming for pilgrimage to Kartarpur from India, I have waived off 2 requirements: i) they won’t need a passport – just a valid ID; ii) they no longer have to register 10 days in advance.”
Imran also announced that no fee will be charged on the day the Kartarpur corridor will be inaugurated by the premier on Guruji’s 550th birthday on November 9.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had announced that PM Imran will inaugurate the corridor on November 9. Pakistan has also invited former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh to attend the opening ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor on the occasion of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.
