Kartarpur Corridor reopening tomorrow.

LAHORE -- Pakistan has decided to reopen Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate all the Sikh pilgrims, officials said Saturday.

In a tweet on Saturday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan has conveyed its readiness to the Indian side to reopen Kartarpur corridor on Monday on the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh.

Also, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning Moeed Yusuf said that 'We're conveying to India that we're ready to reopen Kartarpur corridor from Monday for Sikh pilgrims from India with putting in place the Standard Operating Procedures against spread of COVID.

In a twitter message Saturday, he said this initiative was taken as a special gesture given our commitment to interfaith harmony. He said Pakistan continues to stand for peace and hoped that the gesture be taken in right spirit.

The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated on 09 November last year by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The opening of the Corridor on the eve of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak...

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