Overview
- Roughly 1,900 to 2,100 Indian Sikhs crossed at Wagah for 10 days of Guru Nanak’s 556th birth anniversary events in the first major movement since the May clashes.
- Pakistan’s High Commission said it issued more than 2,100 visas for the visit, with some reports putting approvals at over 2,400.
- Indian accounts said 12 to 14 Hindu pilgrims in the jatha were turned back after being told they could not travel with Sikh devotees.
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office denied religious discrimination, saying only a very small number lacked complete documentation and noting India stopped about 300 visa-holders without required Home Ministry clearance.
- Officials in Pakistan highlighted security and medical arrangements for the pilgrims, and the Kartarpur Corridor remains closed since the May conflict.