Pakistan gifts Sikh pilgrims on Baisakhi, issues visas for annual festival

Baisakhi Festival: Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has given a big gift to Sikh pilgrims on the occasion of Baisakhi. Under which visas of 2856 pilgrims have been issued. These people will take part in the annual festival in Pakistan from 9th April to 18th April.

Aftab Hasan Khan, Charge d’Affaires, Pakistan High Commission, while congratulating the pilgrims, said, “Hearty greetings to the pilgrims and wishing them a rewarding and fulfilling journey.” Pakistan takes great pride in preserving and providing sacred religious sites. This visa is covered under the Pakistan-India Protocol for Religious Pilgrimage in 1974.

Big step in the midst of political crisis

This step of Pakistan has come in the midst of political crisis in the neighboring country. Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly (Parliament) on the advice of Prime Minister Khan, after Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri rejected a motion of no confidence against the premier, who effectively lost his majority in the 342-member lower house. Were.

On the occasion of Baisakhi, Pakistan High Commission New Delhi has issued 2,856 visas for Sikh pilgrims who will travel from India to participate in the annual festival in Pakistan from 9-18 April 2023: Pakistan High Commission India

— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) April 7, 2023

586 visas canceled for Nankana Sahib

Earlier last year, on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, Sikh pilgrims had applied for visas at Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. Pakistan authorities had canceled 586 visas out of 1496 visas of Sikh pilgrims wishing to visit Nankana Sahib. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee had made 1496 visa applications to visit the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, out of which only 910 were allowed. The visa validity of 910 pilgrims was only for 10 days only.

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