Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would attend the Kartarpur Corridor inauguration ceremony on November 9 as a common man. Mr. Qureshi told reporters in his home town Multan on Saturday that Mr. Singh has accepted his invitation and would attend the scheduled opening as a common man rather than as a special guest, ‘Dawn’ newspaper reported. “He is welcome even as a common participant,” Mr. Qureshi said. Pakistan is building the corridor from the Indian border to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, while the other part from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district up to the border will be constructed by India. Mr. Qureshi said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan would inaugurate Pakistan’s part of the corridor, facilitating pilgrimage of 5,000 Indian Sikhs everyday to their holy place.

Source: The Hindu October 20, 2019 07:30 UTC