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Nov 9, 2019 · 9 Nov 2019. Hundreds of Indian Sikhs have made a historic pilgrimage to Pakistan, crossing the border to one of their holiest sites under a landmark deal between the two rival countries....
Nov 9, 2019 · A historically tense relationship between India and Pakistan - who have fought three wars since 1947 - has made it difficult for a deal to be reached. The two countries first discussed the ...
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To this day, when he visits the home his parents fled – now occupied by a Muslim family – he is greeted with respect, offered hospitality, and seen as one of their own, Singh says. “People want to go to the other side of the border,” Singh adds. “We are brothers with a common history.” Pakistan is home to approximately 20,000 Sikhs, though the real...
Although Pakistan titles itself as an Islamic Republic, the country still strives to uphold warm relations with its religious minorities, Farooq adds. “There is sometimes enmity which gives birth to intolerance, and that you can’t even stop in Europe or the US,” he tells Al Jazeera. The divided state of Punjab, splintered in two by India and Pakist...
Periodically, however, festivities have been interrupted by a breakdown of relations between Pakistan and India. Earlier this year, India accused Pakistan of failing to provide pilgrimage trains for Sikh yatris, while India stopped more than 300 Sikhs from travelling to pilgrimage sites across Pakistan as tensions simmered between the two archrival...
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Arif Ali/ AFP/ Getty Images. “Everyone is equal in Guru Nanak’s eyes,” says Hardial Singh, an Indian Sikh who crossed the border in November to visit Sikhism’s holy sites in Pakistan. Guru ...
NEW DELHI: Over the past five years, 16,831 Indian pilgrims have visited Pakistan, while 2,119 Pakistani pilgrims visited India, minister of state for external affairs V. Muraleedharan informed...
Nov 9, 2019 · Differences put to one side. The new corridor has become a reality despite months of heightened tensions between the neighbors, mainly over the disputed region of Kashmir. Months of clashes and...
Nov 17, 2021 · The 1974 Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines between India and Pakistan is a set of principles that was implemented while keeping in view the sentiments and devotion of the various communities ...
