India says passport will be required for pilgrims visiting Kartarpur Sahib

India has said that pilgrims visiting Kartarpur must carry passport. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said this in New Delhi yesterday. He was replying to query on conflicting reports coming from Pakistan regarding documents required for the visit. Mr Kumar said the pilgrims must carry the documents which are stated in the Memorandum of Understanding. He said there is a bilateral document which clearly specifies documents required for the visit.

Pakistan Army said yesterday Indian Sikh pilgrims visiting the Kartarpur Sahib will need a passport to use the Kartarpur Corridor, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Indian devotees would only need a valid ID to visit the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.

Meanwhile, preparations are in full swing ahead of Kartarpur sahib corridor inauguration by Prime Minister



Narendra Modi tomorrow. 

The Kartarpur Corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, just four kilometre from the International Border, located at Narowal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province. India and Pakistan after negotiations had signed a landmark agreement to operationalise the historic Kartarpur Corridor to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.

The two countries decided that 5,000 pilgrims can visit the shrine daily. Both sides also decided that the corridor will be operational through out the year. 2019 marks the 550th birth anniversary year of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose birthplace is Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. The corridor has been established to commemorate his birth anniversary.