Pakistan Rejects Land Swap Demand to Make Kartarpur India’s Part

File image of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan.

(Photo Courtesy: discoversikhism.com)

Pakistan has rejected India’s proposal for swapping land, in order to make Kartarpur a part of India.

Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign ministry has dismissed the prospects of the land swap.

There is absolutely no question of any land swap," The Tribune quoted Faisal, as saying.

The Kartarpur Corridor was a gesture for the Sikh minority community made on their request to provide a visa-free corridor, facilitating their visit of a shrine of importance to them," he added

Earlier this month, the Punjab state assembly unanimously passed a resolution, seeking an India-Pak land swap deal on Kartarpur, the final resting place of Guru Nanak located in Narowal district of Pakistan.

The Punjab government had planned to offer over 10,000 acres in the Dera Baba Nanak area in exchange for the land.