SRINAGAR – Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has welcomed the opening of the Kartarpur border crossing saying, the goodwill measures between India and Pakistan are welcomed by the people of Kashmir.
In a Twitter message on Wednesday, Farooq highlighted that both the countries should extend the measures aimed at friendship for resolution of core issues.
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Resolve the Kashmir dispute to open floodgates of peace and prosperity for people on all sides, said the APHC leader.
The comments came hours after Prime Minister Imran Khan, laid the foundation stone for Kartarpur border corridor that connects India’s Gurdaspur district to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib located in Pakistan.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Interior Minister Sheryar Afridi, Punjab Governor Ch Sarwar, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed and other government ministers attended the ground-breaking ceremony in Narowal while a large number of Sikhs – both Indian and local – were also present on the occasion.
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Last week, India gave the go-ahead to Pakistan’s proposal to build the Kartarpur corridor to facilitate Sikh pilgrims wishing to visit the place that holds religious significance for the Sikh community.
The event began with the airing of a film about the pilgrimage of members of the Sikh community to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
The Pakistan government will open the four-km-long visa-free corridor on Baba Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary next year.
The project will be completed keeping in view the needs of the Sikh community.
The Gurdwara Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal city holds religious significance for the Sikh community; It is the place where Baba Guru Nanak settled down after his travels as a missionary.
The decision to open the Kartarpur border was made after Imran Khan assumed office in August; Navjot Singh Sidhu was invited for the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief.
