Pakistan: Indian pilgrims issued visas to visit Katas Raj temple

ISLAMABAD, 15 December 2021, (TON): Pakistan issued another 112 visas to Hindu pilgrims in India to visit prominent temples in Punjab’s Chakwal district.

Read an official statement “today, the High Commission for Pakistan in India issued 112 visas to Indian Hindu pilgrims for their visit to a prominent Hindu temple in Punjab, Pakistan.”

It added that the group would be visiting Shree Katas Raj Temples, also known as Qila Katas or complex of Katas Temples in Chakwal district of Punjab from December 17-23.

Katas Raj Temples surround a pond which is considered sacred by Hindus. The visit is covered under the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, 1974.

According to the communique “in addition to visas for Hindu religious places covered under the framework of the bilateral protocol, a large number of Indian Hindus are issued visas by Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on regular basis for visits to their families and friends in Pakistan.”

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