Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, says he plans to name the Baloki Forest Reserve after Guru Nanak and has also asked his administration to establish a university after the Sikh religion founder’s name.
He made the announcement during a launch ceremony of the Spring Tree Plantation 2019 adding that Pakistan belongs to all citizens equally and that his government will ensure that Sikh pilgrims are facilitated for the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Kartapur ' House of God'
In November last year, Prime Minister Khan laid the foundation stone for a corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur district.
Kartarpur means ‘the house of God’ and is the place where Baba Guru Nanak preached his followers and died.
Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world visit the ‘Kartarpur Sahab Gurdwara ” annually and pay respect to the founder of Sikh religion.
Earlier Pakistan said it will send a delegation to India next month to discuss and finalise the draft agreement for setting up the corridor to facilitate the visit of Sikh pilgrims to the Kartarpur Gurudwara.
Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, led his country's delegation to Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of Kartarpur corridor. Source: AAP
“We have opened our visa regime. For the first time in Pakistan, we have 70 countries from where people can come and get visas at the airport.”
He also added that Pakistan has immense tourist potential.
