{"id":57126,"date":"2019-11-01T17:43:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57126"},"modified":"2025-02-27T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:07:41","slug":"pm-khan-announces-special-waivers-for-sikh-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-announces-special-waivers-for-sikh-pilgrims.html","title":{"rendered":"PM Khan announces special waivers for Sikh pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced special waivers for Sikh pilgrims using the Kartarpur Corridor to cross from India to Pakistan, according to a news source. The PM made this announcement via Twitter on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that two previous conditions that were imposed on tourists from across the border would be waived for the Sikh community. The first condition was that the Sikh pilgrims would no longer require a passport to use the corridor. Instead, any valid photographic identification will be accepted. Previously, a passport was deemed necessary to travel through the Kartarpur Corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kartarpur-corridor-inauguration-scheduled-next-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kartarpur Corridor inauguration scheduled for next month<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, PM Khan announced that the condition for pilgrims to register themselves with the proper authorities 10 days prior to visiting Kartarpur Shrine would also be waived. This had been part of the conditions shared earlier last month and agreed upon at the signing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-india-sign-kartarpur-corridor-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kartarpur Corridor Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he stated that Sikh pilgrims visiting on the day of Kartarpur Corridor\u2019s opening would not be charged any fees. The same facility can be enjoyed by pilgrims visiting on the day of Baba Guru Nanak\u2019s 550<sup>th<\/sup> birth anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced special waivers for Sikh pilgrims using the Kartarpur Corridor to cross from India to Pakistan, according to a news source. The PM made this announcement via Twitter on Friday. He revealed that two previous conditions that were imposed on tourists from across the border would be waived for the Sikh community. The first condition was that the Sikh pilgrims would no longer require a passport to use the corridor. Instead, any valid photographic identification will be accepted. Previously, a passport was deemed necessary to travel through the Kartarpur Corridor. Read: Kartarpur Corridor inauguration scheduled for next month Secondly, PM Khan announced that the condition for pilgrims to register themselves with the proper authorities 10 days prior to visiting Kartarpur Shrine would also be waived. This had been part of the conditions shared earlier last month and agreed upon at the signing of the Kartarpur Corridor Agreement. Additionally, he stated that Sikh pilgrims visiting on the day of Kartarpur Corridor\u2019s opening would not be charged any fees. The same facility can be enjoyed by pilgrims visiting on the day of Baba Guru Nanak\u2019s 550th birth anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":47312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15167],"tags":[13743,13597],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tourism","8":"tag-baba-guru-nanak-birth-anniversary","9":"tag-kartarpur-corridor","10":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM Khan announces special waivers for Sikh pilgrims - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced special waivers for Sikh pilgrims using the Kartarpur Corridor to cross from India to Pakistan,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-announces-special-waivers-for-sikh-pilgrims.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Khan announces special waivers for Sikh pilgrims - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced special waivers for Sikh pilgrims using the Kartarpur Corridor to cross from India to Pakistan,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-announces-special-waivers-for-sikh-pilgrims.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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