SGPC to approach Pakistan Government on Gurudwara Kartarpur corridor issue
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak
Committee (SGPC) President Avtar Singh Makkar today said that the representative
Sikh body would be taking up the resolution of the Kartarpur Corridor issue
with Pakistan during its visit for celebrating the 538th birth anniversary
of Guru Nanak Dev.
Amritsar, Nov.21, 2007
ANI
Ravinder Singh Robin
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) President Avtar Singh Makkar today said that the representative Sikh body would be taking up the resolution of the Kartarpur Corridor issue with Pakistan during its visit for celebrating the 538th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
Talking to reporters here before the 3000-strong Indian Sikh Jatha embarked on its train journey to Pakistan, Makkar said the issue of providing a corridor to the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib where Guru Nanak Dev spent last 17 years of his life would be taken up.
Presently Sikhs converge at the international border and pay obeisance by looking at the Gurdwara on a sunny day.Makkar said that the SGPC had already put forth its demand to the Central Government.American Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (AGPC) president Pritpal Singh said the AGPC would also take up the issue with the Pakistan Government.