<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A 12-member delegation of British Sikh soldiers visited Pakistan this week, expressing their appreciation for its efforts to preserve the two most holy sites of Sikhism and other historical places related to Sikh religious leaders.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two most revered shrines of the Sikh religion are Nankana Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born, and Kartarpur, where he passed away while preaching and is located in Pakistan’s Punjab province.</div><div><br></div><div>In the first such visit, the delegation of British Sikh soldiers visited all of the important Sikh religious and historical sites in Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>"I am very grateful to the Pakistani military for facilitating this amazing visit for our Sikh soldiers, as for many of them, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Major General Celia J. Harvey, the deputy commander of the UK’s field army and head of the delegation, told Anadolu Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan opened the Kartarpur corridor on the occasion of Guru Nanak's 550th birthday in 2019. The corridor is a visa-free border crossing and state-of-the-art religious corridor which facilitates the entry of pilgrims from the Indian side.</div><div><br></div><div>In a message to the Indian Sikh community, Harvey said: "I will ask the Indian Sikh community to come here and see the facilitation. They can stay here, have food, and worship as much as they want, and this can be a model project to increase cultural harmony amongst people of both countries." - Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>