New Delhi: In another major U-turn, Pakistan has conveyed to India that it will charge the USD 20 facilitation fee from each pilgrim using the Kartarpur Corridor to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib on Saturday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan last week announced that no fee would be charged from the pilgrims on the opening day of the corridor on November 9 and on Sikhism founder Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary on November 12.
The Pakistan foreign office confirmed on Thursday the waiving of the fee for the inaugural day and November 12 citing Prime Minister Khan's remarks.
The corridor connecting the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Punjab with Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in the Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province will be thrown open to the pilgrims on Saturday with India and Pakistan set to hold separate ceremonies to mark the occasion.
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