India on Friday put on hold its engagement with Pakistan on the proposed “Kartarpur Corridor” after the government of the neighbouring country roped in people known for supporting the campaign for Khalistan.
Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner to India, Syed Haider Shah, was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in South Block in New Delhi early on Friday. The senior MEA officials conveyed to him New Delhi’s concerns over the inclusion of Gopal Singh Chawla and other pro-Khalistani leaders based in Pakistan in the committee, which Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Government recently constituted to welcome the pilgrims from India through the proposed “Kartarpur Corridor”, sources said.
Once completed, the “Kartarpur Corridor” linking India and Pakistan would facilitate pilgrims from India to travel to the final resting place of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
