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India, Pakistan sign Kartarpur pact
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- India and Pakistan signed an agreement to operationalize the Kartarpur corridor that will facilitate pilgrims from India to visit the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.
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- The Kartarpur Corridor
(1) The corridor is being built to connect Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur (India) with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur (Pakistan).
(2) Kartarpur is the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.
(3) The corridor will be inaugurated on November 12 which marks the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
- The Kartarpur Pact
(1) The pact was signed by S.C.L Das, Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry and Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal at the Kartarpur zero point along the border.
(2) The agreement is valid initially for five years.
(3) India will hand over the list of pilgrims to Pakistan 10 days in advance and those granted permission to go may be informed only four days before the proposed date of travel.
(4) Pilgrims would be allowed to carry a maximum of Rs. 11,000 and a 7-kg bag that could contain drinking water, and they would not be allowed to venture beyond the shrine.
(5) An Electronic Travel Authorization will also be generated that pilgrims need to carry along with their passport, when they arrive at the passenger terminal building [PTB].
Source
The Hindu