Govt to spend Rs2bn on Kartarpur corridor: Qureshi

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UMERKOT: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said the government had prepared the feasibility report of the Kartarpur corridor project and a total of Rs2 billion will be spent on it.

The Kartarpur corridor is a proposed border corridor between Pakistan and India, which will connect the Sikh shrines of Dera Baba Nanak Sahib and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur to facilitate thousands of Sikh pilgrims visiting the country every year.

Addressing a public rally here, Qureshi said the Sikh community was very happy over the opening of the Kartarpur border and Pakistan had received an overwhelming response on the gesture from all across the globe.

Speaking of the Pakistan-United States (US) ties, the foreign minister said Washington wanted to review its relations with Islamabad.

He further said Indian occupation forces were involved in grave human rights violations in occupied Kashmir.

“A majority of Indians believe that they had lost Kashmir emotionally. Indian politicians use the anti-Pakistan card in their elections which is totally unethical and unacceptable,” he added.