US EditionIndian Pilgrims Find 'Warm Welcome' in Pakistan Despite Tensions
Over 2,100 Indian Sikh pilgrims crossed the Wagah-Attari border to attend a 10-day festival honoring Guru Nanak, fostering interfaith harmony amid ongoing India-Pakistan tensions.
- On Tuesday, Indian Sikh pilgrims crossed into Pakistan at the Wagah-Attari border to pay their respects ahead of Guru Nanak's 556th birth anniversary, AFP journalists said.
- More than 2,100 pilgrims received visas for the 10-day festival, Pakistan's High Commission in New Delhi said, while Indian media reported around 1,700 would cross from selected groups.
- On Wednesday, pilgrims will gather at Nankana Sahib about 80 kilometres west of Lahore and later visit Kartarpur, as the Kartarpur Corridor remains closed since the conflict.
- Relations are strained after the four-day May clashes, which killed more than 70 people and followed an April 22 attack that Pakistan denied, according to AFP.
- Pakistani officials greeted pilgrims with flowers and rose petals, while the Wagah-Attari border—the only active land crossing—remained closed to general traffic after the violence.
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Indians arrive for Guru's anniversary
Sikh pilgrims from India on Tuesday arrived in Pakistan to attend the 556th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the spiritual founder of Sikhism, in the first major crossing since deadly clashes in May closed the land border between the two countries. The pilgrims were warmly received at the Wagah border, marking the beginning of a week-long series of religious and cultural events. The main ceremony will take place on Wedne…
After deadly clashes this spring that raised fears of a catastrophic major war, there is relative calm between India and Pakistan. Sikh pilgrims have been allowed to cross the border for the first time since last spring.
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Nearly 2,100 Indian Sikhs arrive in Pakistan for annual religious festivities
Officials say about 2,100 Indian Sikh pilgrims have arrived in eastern Pakistan to participate in an annual commemoration of the birth of their religion’s founder.
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