Pakistan to open Kartarpur Corridor on November 9: Imran

Pakistan will open much-awaited Kartarpur Corridor on vember 9, Prime Minister Imran Khan anunced on Sunday.
proposed corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was established in 1522 by Guru Nanak Dev. Pakistan is building corridor from Indian border to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, while or part from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district up to border will be constructed by India.

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"Pakistan is all set to open its doors for Sikhs from all across globe, as construction work on Kartarpur project enters final sts and will be open to public on vember 9, 2019," Khan said in a Facebook post, clearing air on wher corridor will be open on occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev next on vember 12.
" world's largest gurdwara will be visited by Sikhs from across India and or parts of World. This will become a major religious hub for Sikh community, and will boost local ecomy, result in earning foreign exchange for country creating jobs in different sectors including travel and hospitality," Khan said.

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"Religious tourism is on rise in Pakistan, earlier Buddhist monks visited various sites for religious rituals followed by opening of #Kartarpur Corridor," he ded. On October 10, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohamm Faisal created confusion over inauguration date by stating that " date has been fixed so far while a Pakistani senior official heing corridor project h anunced that Pakistan will allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit holy Kartarpur Sahib from vember 9. Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has accepted his invitation to attend Kartarpur corridor inauguration ceremony as "a common man".

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However, sources close to Singh in New Delhi said that former prime minister would t attend formal inauguration ceremony but would visit historic shrine as a common pilgrim. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on October 3 h said Singh h agreed to join first all-party "jatha" (delegation) to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara to join mega event after opening of Kartarpur Corridor.

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