Chandigarh: They (Pakistan) are ready to open the corridor of Kartarpur Sahib on the 550 birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji. There can be no bigger happiness than this for the people of Punjab said cricketer turned politician and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday.
It is to be noted here that Sidhu had attended the oath-taking ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 18 and declared that the country may allow Sikh pilgrims from India direct access to the historic Gurdwara.
Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometers from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. The 550th birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru, who breathed his last in Kartarpur, is being observed in November 2019.