Pakistan on Monday issued 96 visas to a bunch of Indian pilgrims to go to the Katas Raj Temple throughout December 20-25, Pakistan excessive fee mentioned on Monday.

Visas are issued to Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India consistent with the Pakistan authorities’s efforts to facilitate visits to spiritual shrines, the Pakistan excessive fee in New Delhi mentioned in an announcement.

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Each 12 months, a sizeable variety of Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India go to Pakistan to take part in varied spiritual festivals and events. “A large number of Indian Hindus are also issued visas by the Pakistan high commission to visit their families and friends in Pakistan,” the assertion mentioned.

Charge d’affaires Aftab Hasan Khan, the senior-most diplomat on the Pakistani mission, wished the Indian pilgrims a “spiritually rewarding pilgrimage and underlined that Pakistan remains committed to preserving sacred religious sites and providing all possible assistance to the visiting pilgrims of all faiths.”

The go to of Indian pilgrims to the Katas Raj Temple is roofed below the bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974.

Katas Raj Temple is located within the Punjab province’s Chakwal district.