Lahore, April 10 Over 2,200 Sikh pilgrims from India arrived in Pakistan's Punjab province on Friday through the Attari-Wagah border to participate in the Baisakhi festival and the 327th Khalsa Janam Din celebrations.
Pakistan's Minority Minister Ramesh Singh Arora and Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Additional Secretary (Shrines) Nasir Mushtaq received the pilgrims at the Wagah border.
Pakistan had issued 2,800 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims for the Baisakhi festival, scheduled to be held on April 14.
"As many as 2,238 Sikh pilgrims crossed into Pakistan from India today to take part in Baisakhi festivities," Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) spokesperson Ghulam Mohyuddin told