Opening of Kartarpur border to bring opulence in region, says Sidhu

NAROWAL: Former Indian cricketer and member of Punjab cabinet, Navjot Singh Sidhu has said opening of Kartarpur crossing to bring opulence in the region, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Talking to the newsmen after his visit to Darbar Sahib, Mr. Sidhu said Kartarpur border opening to help in settling decade’s long unresolved issues between both the countries.

Terming the Kartarpur crossing opening, a landmark step taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, it will add its share in strengthening the economy of both the country and bring prosperity in south Asia.

On Wednesday (November 28), Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of Kartarpur Corridor which will link Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with India’s Gurdaspur district.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Navjot Singh Sidhu, had said, Imran Khan has become a ‘key’ that can open any ‘lock’.

“Whenever the history of Kartarpur Sahib will be written, name of Imran Khan will top it,” Sidhu maintained, adding it is a miracle that had happened after 73 years, with Khan’s initiative.

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.

Pakistan and India both had made an official announcement on November 15 in this context.

Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is located at the bank of Ravi river in Pakistan is about four km from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.

The Sikh community was demanding for a long time to build a corridor linking India’s border district of Gurdaspur to historic gurudwara in Narowal, Pakistan. The corridor will give Indian pilgrims easy access to the shrine in Kartarpur.