{"id":179347,"date":"2021-12-15T00:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=179347"},"modified":"2021-12-15T00:30:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:00:28","slug":"pakistan-issues-112-visas-to-indian-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/pakistan-issues-112-visas-to-indian-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan issues 112 visas to Indian pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The Pakistan high commission on Tuesday said it has issued 112 visas to Indian pilgrims to visit Shree Katas Raj temples in Punjab province&#8217;s Chakwal district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said the group will visit the Katas Raj temples, also known as Qila Katas or complex of Katas temples from December 17 to 23.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;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, &#8221; the high commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the framework of a bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines, Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India visit Pakistan every year. Pakistani pilgrims also visit India every year under the protocol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The visit is covered under the Pakistan-India protocol on visits to religious shrines, 1974,&#8221; the high commission said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two weeks ago, Pakistan had issued 136 visas to Indian pilgrims for visits to various religious sites in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The high commission wishes a spiritually rewarding pilgrimage to Hindu pilgrims visiting Pakistan,&#8221; the high commission said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Pakistan remains committed to preserving sacred religious sites and extending all possible assistance to the visiting pilgrims of all faiths,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) The Pakistan high commission on Tuesday said it has issued 112 visas to Indian pilgrims to visit Shree Katas Raj temples in Punjab province&#8217;s Chakwal district. It said the group will visit the Katas Raj temples, also known as Qila Katas or complex of Katas temples from December 17 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}