Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, November 10

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is heard saying “Hamaara Sidhu kidhar hai” while enquiring about the coming of former cricketer and Punjab MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu at the Kartarpur Corridor opening on Saturday.

Imran Khan, who arrived in a shuttle bus for the corridor opening, is heard asking other officials in the video “Accha hamaara woh Sidhu kidhar hai, me keh raha hu hamaara Sidhu”.

The Pakistan prime minister is also heard asking “Manmohan aa gya”, referring to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

A woman official is heard in the video saying if Sidhu isn’t allowed to come it would send a negative message for them and Khan says “usko aur hero banayege” and the woman says “woh saare channels ki headline hogi”.

Sidhu had on Saturday thanked the prime ministers of India and Pakistan for the historic move.

During his address at the inauguration ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor, Sidhu said no one can deny “my friend” Imran Khan’s contribution in making the opening of the corridor possible.

“Imran Khan has made history,” he said.

Calling Khan the king of hearts, Sidhu said, “Sikandar (Alexander) had won the world with fear and you won the heart all over the world.”

Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician thanked the former Pakistani cricket captain for taking the bold step to build the Kartarpur corridor “without looking at gains or losses”.

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led the first delegation of Sikh pilgrims as they entered Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was also part of the ‘jatha’ while Sidhu was the chief guest at the opening ceremony in Pakistan as he was invited by Imran Khan.

The 9 km corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, Guru Nanak Dev’s birth place and the final resting place, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district.