The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi issued over 2,200 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the annual Baisakhi festival scheduled in Pakistan from April 12 to 21, 2022.

The visas were issued under the framework of the ‘Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974’.

Every year, a large number of Sikh pilgrims from India visit Pakistan to observe various religious festivals. The visas issued from New Delhi were in addition to the visas granted to Sikh pilgrims from other countries.

The high commission issued the visas for the religious pilgrimage in line with Pakistan’s commitment to fully implement the ‘Bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines’ between the two countries.

Expressing his views on the auspicious occasion, Charge d’Affaires Aftab Hasan Khan extended his “heartfelt felicitations” to the pilgrims and wished them a rewarding and fulfilling pilgrimage.

“Pakistan takes immense pride in preserving sacred religious places and providing necessary facilitation to the visiting pilgrims,” he added.

During the visit, the pilgrims will visit Panja Sahib, Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib. They would enter Pakistan on April 12 and return to India on April 21.