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.