The former Indian Cricketer and Congress Leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will attend the Kartarpur Corridor ground-breaking ceremony be held on November 28, 2018.
Navjot Singh Sidhu today telephoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Senator Faisal Javed and accepted the invitation for attending the Kartarpur Corridor ground-breaking ceremony.
Senator Faisal Javed, on behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan, had extended an invitation to Navjot Sidhu to attend the groundbreaking ceremony at Kartarpur on November 28 which he accepted.
Faisal Javed said that Navjot Singh Sidhu will be part of this historic gesture by the Pakistan government for peace in the region.
We welcome Navjot Singh Sidhu for the historic ground-breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor by the Prime Minister Imran Khan@sherryontopp pic.twitter.com/dq1QzR9zxb
— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) November 26, 2018
Navjot Singh thanked Faisal Javed for the invitation stating that he is overwhelmed by the initiative of the Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Navjot Singh Sidhu said that the whole Sikh Community is super happy and it will be a historic move.
As our two nations take this first step, this will indeed break ground. On this momentous day the hearts of the Sikh community overflow with hope and gratitude as they contemplate their chance to pay obeisance at the historical Gurudwara Sahib. #KartarpurCorridor pic.twitter.com/V3I0fAVB3O
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) November 26, 2018
Pakistan is opening the Kartarpur Corridor for the 550th Birth Anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in 2019.
Kartarpur is a small town in district Narowal, four kilometers from the Pakistan-India border, where the founder of the Sikh religion Baba Guru Nanak spent the last 18 years of his life.
Subsequently, Gurdwara Darbar Sahab was built at the site on the Pakistan side and Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in India, which are visited by thousands of Sikhs every year.
Opening the Kartarpur Corridor will allow Sikh Yatrees ease of access for their most reverential place of worship which has been their longstanding demand.
