A day after India and Pakistan discussed the draft agreement for the Kartarpur corridor at Attari, officials said that despite promising visa-free access to the Sikh shrine, Pakistan through back door wanted to introduce “special permits for pilgrims for a fee.”
India also strongly protested against the encroachment of around 100 acres of land belonging to the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in the Pakistani territory that was donated by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh in the 19th century.
Pakistan restricted the duration of the agreement to two years said an official.
A senior government official said that against the hype created by the Pakistan government and the Pakistani media on the Kartarpur corridor, its actual offer during the talks turned out to be “farcical and mere tokenism.” “There is a sea of difference between what Pakistan, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, had announced and what they offered at Attari,” said the official.
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