With the 811th Urs of Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti set to be held soon, Fayyaz demanded that the federal government take up the matter with the Ministry of External Affairs of India. Apart from the Urs of Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti, Muslim pilgrims from the country were also not issued visas for the Urs of Hazrat Mujaddid Alif Sani held in September of 2022 - even when India was open for tourists from the rest of the world. To illustrate India’s aversion against Pakistani Muslim pilgrims further: in November of last year, more than 2,500 Indian pilgrims visited Pakistan to commemorate the 553rd anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak's birth ; whereas, only 147 Pakistanis were allowed to visit India Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya's 719th annual Urs celebrations in the Indian capital, New Delhi. According to the officials of Evacuee Trust Property Board, Pakistan has always been open to allowing Indian pilgrims, which is evidenced by the efforts that Pakistan put behind the building of the Kartarpur Corridor. “On the other hand India has always had an aversion to pilgrims from our side, which effectively deprives them of their right to perform their religious rituals,” an official of the Evacuee Trust Property Board told the Express Tribune.
