Pakistan and India will hold another technical meeting to finalise the remaining modalities of Kartarpur corridor at Wagha Border on Wednesday (September 4). According to reports, the Director General for South Asia and SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal will lead the Pakistani delegation in the third around of talks with Indian officials in which Kartarpur Corridor's draft will be finalized. Both sides are 80 per cent agreed on the corridor's draft. The meeting will start at 10:00am in the boundary of India at Attari-Wagah border.
The meeting will finalise the agreement on the modalities for Kartarpur corridor and follow a technical-level meeting to finalise the alignment of the temporary road, as agreed by both countries in July. The second round of talks between Indian and Pakistani officials on Kartarpur Corridor took place on July 14 and during that meeting, Pakistan had agreed to construct a bridge over the old Ravi Creek that will allow all-weather pilgrimage to the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib, throughout the year.
During the Wednesday's negotiations, the officials will also hold talks on finalising the modalities on the exchange of information about using the corridor and modalities to deal with emergencies such as medical cases, during operation of the corridor.
After the opening of Kartarpur Corridor, 5,000 Sikhs would be allowed to visit Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara, which is situated in Pakistan, per day. The pilgrims will be allowed to travel as individuals or in groups and also on foot.
The corridor is set to be completed by October 31. The Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara across the Ravi river is built on the historic site where the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev, spent his final days. Gurudwara in Kartarpur is in Pakistan, where Guru Nanak Dev passed away in 1539.
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