Overview
- An advisory dated September 12 instructed Punjab and neighboring states that no applications for November’s Nankana Sahib visit should be processed.
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Congress leaders demanded a review and called for reopening the Kartarpur Corridor.
- The Akal Takht’s officiating Jathedar and the SGPC condemned the decision, contrasting it with the India–Pakistan Asia Cup match held on September 14.
- The SGPC had collected passports and submitted visa requests in July for the 10‑day jatha, after a similar June pilgrimage was halted on security grounds.
- Restrictions follow the April Pahalgam terror attack, with India tightening travel including Attari–Wagah access, while Pakistan paused most SAARC visa exemptions for Indians except Sikh pilgrims.