Passage to peace?
The Kartarpur corridor initiative of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan brings a glimmer of hope for bilateral ties, though it has not yet been followed by any concrete moves to restart the stalled dialogue process.
PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN’S surprise decision to open the long-closed “Kartarpur corridor” for Sikh pilgrims from India to visit one of their most revered places of pilgrimage was a confidencebuilding measure of some significance in the otherwise dismal scenario of India-pakistan ties. The Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur was the place in which Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, spent his last 18 years. The original shrine was built after the Guru’s demise in 1539. The shrine, which was refurbished by the Pakistani government in 1995, lies a mere three kilometres from the Indian border in Gurdaspur district. The year 2019 will mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. Celebrations have already started with the Punjab GOVPAKISTAN