Peter Virdee Foundation investment of up to £500 million for the Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan
The Sikh community in London along with the Peter Virdee Foundation has committed an investment of up to £500 million for the Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan in a meeting with Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Chairman of the Pakistan Tourism Board and Special Assistant to Prime MinisterImran Khan, in London on June 10.
Sikh Federation press secretary Gurjeet Singh said the Sikhs based in the UK along with the Peter Virdee Foundation organised a meeting at a hotel in London on June 10to discuss religious tourism projects in Pakistan following the historic laying of foundation stones for the corridor on either side of the border in November 2018.
He also made a specific commitment on connectivity whereby high-standard free buses would connect all the main gurdwaras in Pakistan. “The Peter Virdee Foundation and other traders are prepared to inject £500 million.”
