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After Kartarpur, India and Pakistan must facilitate opening of Sharda Peeth pilgrimage for Kashmiris, says Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has said that after opening the Kartarpur Border for Sikh pilgrims, India and Pakistan should facilitate the opening of Sharda Peeth pilgrimage for Kashmiris.
In a tweet, the Former Chief Minister said that Kartarpur is a great example of how religion can bring people together and added that it is a path ‘envisioned by PDP founder Mufti Sayeed to end turmoil in Kashmir.’
Kartarpur is a great example of how religion can bring people together instead of dividing them. It is a path envisioned by PDP founder Mufti Sb to end the turmoil in Kashmir. #SelfRule
After Kartarpur, Delhi and Pakistan must facilitate Sharda Peeth pilgrimage for kashmiris .— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) November 28, 2018
Recently, the foundation stone of the Kartarpur corridor in Gurdaspur was laid by Vice-President of India Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of the CM and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary informed on Friday that Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu would arrive in the country to attend the ceremony of the Kartarpur Border corridor.
The Government of Pakistan had also said that it would provide land to Sikh organisations for construction of modern hotels in Kartarpur, Nankana Sahib and Narowal, besides construction of a railway station in Kartarpur to provide state-of-the-art board and lodging facilities to Sikh pilgrims visiting Pakistan.
