CHANDIGARH, Aug. 1 -- The Centre on Friday said the Kartarpur Corridor will remain shut due to the prevailing security situation, despite receiving repeated representations from Sikh organisations seeking its reopening.

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said the visa-free corridor, which allows Indian pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan, was suspended on May 7, 2025, in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. The government maintained that the existing security environment does not permit the resumption of services.

The clarification came in response to queries by MPs Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who sought to know whe...