2,800 Indians get visas for Baisakhi pilgrimage in Pakistan this week

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2,800 Indians get visas for Baisakhi pilgrimage in Pakistan this week

2 min learnNew DelhiApr 7, 2026 04:12 PM IST

Pakistan has issued round 2,800 visas to Indian nationals for the annual Baisakhi pilgrimage this yr, which begins on April 10. Final yr, round 6,500 Indians received to go to varied gurudwaras in Pakistan for the 10-day pilgrimage, which is held yearly.

That is the primary Baisakhi pilgrimage which will likely be held publish the Pahalgam terror assault of April 2025 and Operation Sindoor in Might.

In an announcement on Tuesday publish on their X account, the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi mentioned, “On the event of Baisakhi competition, the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi has issued visas to greater than 2,800 pilgrims from India, in order that they will take part within the annual competition to be held in Pakistan from April 10 to 19, 2026.”

On the event of Baisakhi competition, the Pakistan Excessive Fee in New Delhi has issued visas to over 2800 pilgrims from India to take part within the annual competition to be held in Pakistan from 10 to 19 April 2026.

— Pakistan Excessive Fee India (@PakinIndia) April 7, 2026

The pilgrims will go to Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.

Yearly, a lot of pilgrims from India go to Pakistan to watch varied spiritual festivals or events below the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Spiritual Shrines of 1974. In 2025, the Pakistan Excessive Fee issued greater than 6,500 visas to Indian pilgrims to take part within the annual competition held from April 10-19.

In actual fact, the group for 2025 was reported as the most important ever delegation of India pilgrims going to Pakistan for the competition. Earlier in 2024 additionally, round 2,843 visas have been issued for Indian nationals for the Baisakhi pilgrimage in April, whereas 962 Indians moreover received to go to Pakistan on the eve of martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev from June 8-17.

In November final yr, Pakistan had issued over 2,100 visas to Indians to take part within the beginning anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, which was held between November 4 and 13.

Divya A reviews on journey, tourism, tradition and social points – not essentially in that order – for The Indian Categorical. She’s been a journalist for over a decade now, working with Khaleej Instances and The Instances of India, earlier than settling down at Categorical. In addition to writing/ modifying information reviews, she indulges her pen to jot down brief tales. As Sanskriti Prabha Dutt Fellow for Excellence in Journalism, she is researching on the lives of the youngsters of intercourse employees in India. … Learn Extra

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