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Visas for Indian Sikhs to attend a festival in Pakistan

After travel between the bitter rival countries was halted in May due to war, Indian Sikh pilgrims have been granted permits for nearby Pakistan, marking the first significant leniency.
Indian newspapers said on Saturday that the government will permit "selected" groups to go for a 10-day festival honouring the founder of the Sikh faith, although New Delhi did not immediately respond.
Following the deadliest battles between the nuclear-armed adversaries in May—the worst since 1999—tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad are still high.
The land crossing was closed to all traffic after more than 70 persons were killed in artillery, drone, and missile exchanges.

More than 2,100 visas: High Commission of Pakistan
"Over 2,100 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India" have been granted, according to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
Guru Nanak was born in the Pakistani city of Nankana Sahib, which is anticipated to see tens of thousands of Sikh pilgrims.
Nankana Sahib sits 85 kilometres (52 miles) west of the border with India. It is anticipated that festivities will start on Tuesday.
The frontier was established when?
After British authority ended violently in 1947, the subcontinent was divided into Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India, creating the border.
In May, the land border between the two countries, which crosses the state of Punjab on both sides, was closed to all traffic.

Visitors gather near the border to witness a sunset procession of strutting troops on either side during the daily flag ceremony.
After New Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, which Islamabad denied, conflict erupted in May.