During the Kartarpur meeting on Thursday, India sought visa-free access from Pakistan for 5,000 pilgrims per day to the historic Sikh shrine in Kartarpur.
This was conveyed to the Pakistani delegation at a meeting here to discuss the opening of a planned corridor for pilgrims between Punjab’s Gurdaspur district and Kartarpur Sahib across the border.
The talks, which focused on details of the construction and a draft agreement for facilitating pilgrims to visit the gurdwara, the final resting place of Guru Nanak,were held at the integrated check post in Attari, in Amritsar, in a “cordial environment”, a joint statement said.
Responding to India’s proposal for allowing 5,000 people to use the corridor every day, Pakistan indicated that only 500 to 700 people would be allowed daily. The Pakistani side did not agree to India’s proposal to permit Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders to use the corridor.
