ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government has made the well at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib functional, and has allowed its holy water to be exported. Chairman Siddiqul Farooq, Evacuee Trust Property Board, said, "The water from this well is like what Aab-i-Zamzam is to Muslims. Now, the well has been shaped and a filtration plant has been set up over it so that Sikh devotees can drink the water."
He said the three ancient gurdwaras visited by the founder of Sikhism, Baba Guru Nanak, have also been reopened. "The doors of these gurdwaras, one in Peshawar, and two in the Nankana Sahib district, were closed after partition, and now they have been handed over to the Sikh community after renovation. The most considerable achievement is the opening to the holy well at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib. Its water is called Amrit Jal by the Sikhs, and the government has allowed for the water to be exported all over the world."
Stating the significance, he said Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Nankana Sahib is where Baba Guru Nanak is believed to have spent the final years of his life.
