Around 1,000 Indian Sikh Pilgrims Arrive In Pakistan
Visiting pilgrims will take part in Baisakhi festival beginning of spring harvest and new Sikh calendar year. Around a thousand Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan on Monday to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations, officials said.
The pilgrims entered northeastern Lahore city through the Wagah border crossing, where they were welcomed by Pakistani officials and local Sikh community leaders, said a statement from the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a state-run body which administers the minorities worship sites.
The 10-day celebrations starting will last until April 22 in Hasan Abdal town of northeastern Punjab province.
Pakistan to host 2021 World Tourism Forum
Tourism ministers from D-8 countries including Turkey set to attend next year s forum in Islamabad
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan will host the World Tourism Forum next year to tout the country s tourism potential around the globe, especially among the countries of the D-8 (developing 8) bloc.
Addressing a press conference in the Islamabad on Sunday, Syed Zulfikar Bukhari, the prime minister s adviser on tourism and overseas Pakistanis, said the tourism ministers of all the D-8 member states, including Turkey, willl also participate in the forum in Islamabad.
The event had been scheduled for this year but was delayed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,000 foreign visitors will attend the five-day event.