Diplomats arriving in Narowal to attend groundbreaking of Kartarpur corridor
- By Web Desk -
- Nov 28, 2018
NAROWAL: Foreign diplomats arriving in Narowal to witness groundbreaking of Kartarpur Corridor on Wednesday (today).
In his tweet, the Spokesperson of the Foreign Office Dr Muhammad Faisal said, “The world comes together for the #PakistanKartarpurSpirit – diplomats attending the groundbreaking ceremony.”
The world comes together for the #Pakistankartarpurspirit – diplomats attending the groundbreaking ceremony by PM #ImranKhan#Babagurunanak#Peacecorridor pic.twitter.com/PYTcsIDr1w
— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@ForeignOfficePk) November 28, 2018
Prime Minister Imran Khan will perform the groundbreaking of the corridor connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib with Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district, later today.
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, government officials and Indian ministers will also attend the groundbreaking ceremony.Preparations for groundbreaking ceremony have been finalized.
A high-level delegation and a group of Indian journalists will also take part in the ceremony. Former Indian cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu, has already arrived in Pakistan.
Contended over the border decision, Sidhu said the project that couldn’t be materialzed in 73 years finally being executed in just three months.
He thanked PM Khan for his decision to open the Kartarpur Border Corridor, and said the initiative had ‘won the hearts of 120 million Sikhs.’
The construction work of the corridor will begin after the ground breaking ceremony today.
The formal opening of the work of the Kartarpur Corridor in India had begun on Nov 26 after a formal ceremony.
After Pakistan’s initiative to open the Kartarpur Corridor on the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak next year, India last week had agreed and decided to build the Kartarpur road corridor up to the border with Pakistan.
Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara at the bank of Ravi river in Pakistan is about four km from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.
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