{"id":228512,"date":"2021-11-21T07:55:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=228512"},"modified":"2021-11-21T07:55:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:55:37","slug":"navjot-singh-sidhu-demands-opening-of-trade-between-india-and-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/navjot-singh-sidhu-demands-opening-of-trade-between-india-and-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Navjot Singh Sidhu demands opening of trade between India and Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>bridging the gaps<br \/>\n NAROWAL<br \/>\nFormer Indian cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for completing the Kartarpur corridor and appreciated the arrangements made by Pakistan on the occasion of 552nd birth anniversary of Bab Guru Nanak.<br \/>\nHundreds of Sikh pilgrims, including the Chief Minister of Indian Punjab and Navjot Singh Sadhu, attended the celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak s birth.<br \/>\nPakistan had issued visas to 3,000 Indian Sikhs. Navjot Singh Sadhu and other dignitaries reached Kartarpur via Kartarpur to attend the ceremonies and perform religious rites.<br \/>\nSidhu also sat down to eat with other Sikh pilgrims at Langar Khana and expressed happiness over the arrangements made by the Pakistan government.<br \/>\nTalking to media on Saturday he said that trade should be opened to bridge the gaps between the nuclear arch-rivals.<br \/>\n\u201cJust as Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown wise thinking, so too will the call for virtual tourism be heard because virtual tourism can change the destiny of our countries,\u201d Sidhu said. He also stressed on \u201copening of a new friendship chapter\u201d and trade between the two countries.<br \/>\n\u201cI am thankful to PM (Imran Khan) for taking the first step and on the other side (India) responded with two steps. I had already said that those favouring the  laanga  (corridor) would have blessings and those opposing it had no value,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Indian Punjab Congress chief also referred to Prime Minister Imran Khan is his \u201celder brother.\u201d \u201cHe (Imran Khan) is my elder brother,\u201d Sidhu said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bridging the gaps NAROWAL Former Indian cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for completing the Kartarpur corridor and appreciated the arrangements made by Pakistan on the occasion of 552nd birth anniversary of Bab Guru Nanak. 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