Amritsar: The Pakistani government has decided to only give pilgrims who are fully vaccinated to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib from India which aspires to make a pilgrimage to a neighboring country on the commemoration of Nanak Dev’s deaths observed in September even when India has not opened The sides of the Kartarpur corridor to prevent the spread of Covid 19.
According to sources, Pakistani National Command and the operational center (NCOC) held a meeting on Saturday and decided that only a fully vaccinated individual, had a legitimate vaccination certificate, would be permitted to enter Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor or through Attari / Wagah’s international border.
Other conditions include 72 hours of the negative RT PCR test before traveling to Pakistan and RAT on arrival in Pakistan.
In terms of positive results, pilgrims will be returned to India, said source.
Especially on March 16, 2020, both India and Pakistan for a while suspend the pilgrimage throughout the day after Covid 19 and also suspended registration for Pilgrimage Kartarpur Sahib.
However, on October 2, 20, the Pakistani government announced unilaterally opening a pilgrimage of Kartarpur Sahib but India denied to reply to the gesture.
The sources informed that it has also been decided that in accordance with non-pharmaceutical interventions that are currently enforced (NPIS), an external meeting of a maximum of 300 people permitted in Pakistan with compliance with strict Covid 19 protocols including masks wearing and distancing themselves And NCOC has directed the property board to believe Evakuee and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbanda Committee to ensure the presence of 300 maximum individual at one time in Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.
The source here informs that the Director of NCOC (Operations) Magic Mazhar has been directed to hold a review meeting in the first week of September before making a final decision.