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PM Imran performs ground-breaking of Kartarpur Corridor

PM Imran performs ground-breaking of Kartarpur Corridor

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday performed the ground-breaking of the four kilometers long Kartarpur Corridor.

The event is being attended by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri and Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed, as well as Indian ministers, foreign diplomats, Sikh yatris and a delegation of Indian journalists.

The Indian delegation includes Minister for Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Housing Hardeep S. Puri, Indian Punjab Minister for Local Government and Tourism and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu.

As the event commenced, a film about the pilgrimage of members of the Sikh community to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib was aired for the audience.

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noorul Haq Qadri took the stage first and termed the ground-breaking as an important event of history. He asserted that Kartarpur gurdwara will be made into a state-of-the-art gurdwara.

Former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu thanked PM Khan for opening the corridor and expressed good wishes.

“India’s Constitution says there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste or creed. Baba Guru Nanak said this 549 years ago,” Sidhu said. Religion should never be seen through politics and terrorism, he added.

Sidhu stressed that peace should prevail now as there had been enough bloodshed.

Visibly emotional Indian Minister for Food Harsimrat Kaur Badal went on to say that she had never thought of visiting Pakistan but is now here on this historic day. “I saw the corridor becoming a reality in Indian Punjab there and now I am seeing it here,” she said.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi maintained in his address that Guru Nanak gave the message of peace and love. Kartarpur Corridor will be able to reduce mutual distances.

The four-kilometre-long visa-free corridor will be opened on the Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary next year by Pakistan government.






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