159 Hindu pilgrims arrive in Pakistan, leave for Peshawar for religious rituals

Lahore: As many 159 Hindu devotees arrived in Pakistan from India via Wagah border on Saturday and later departed for Peshawar for their religious rites.

Federal legislator Dr Ramesh Kumar received and welcomed the foreigners.

Talking to reporters at the border, Kumar said it was an ideal start of the new year that Indian Hindu devotees have come to Pakistan to promote religious interfaith.

He said Hindu devotees are going to Terry to perform their four-day religious rites.

For the first time, religious tourism has been started on a monthly basis. He further stated that Hindu devotees from other countries have already reached Peshawar by various flights while they will visit four places during their days to perform religious rites.

He told the media that a delegation from Pakistan would visit Ajmer Sharif in January. He further maintained that Pakistani visitors will fly through PIA and Indian devotees would travel through Air India.

He vowed the religious tours would further improve the bilateral ties in trade and other fields.

The Hindu devotees thanked Ramesh Kumar for hosting and to make the environment peaceful and conducive for the minorities.

They said hatred between the two countries would definitely disappear after these kinds of steps.