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NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Wednesday said that there was no formal communication with India on the Kartarpur Sahib corridor , according to news agency ANI.Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu had earlier claimed that Pakistan wanted to open the Kartarpur passage to facilitate the visit of Sikhs."There has not been a formal communication yet. Pakistan remains open and positive but there has not been a formal communication yet," said Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.Sidhu had made the claim after he courted controversy by hugging Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa during the oath-taking ceremony of Imran Khan He had said that he hugged Bajwa after he told him that Pakistan would open the Kartarpur border for Sikhs from India's Punjab to visit to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara On Tuesday, the Congress leader had said that he had a detailed discussion with external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and urged her that a formal request should go from India's side to Pakistan on the opening of Kartarpur passage.The Congress leader added that the EAM during the meeting conveyed to him that a draft is being prepared for the same.Sidhu had a meeting with Swaraj on Monday after which Union minister and Akali leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal had claimed that the external affairs minister "reprimanded" him for "messing up" the issue of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor dialogue.Harsimrat Kaur had accused Sidhu of playing with the sentiments of the people, and said that that Pakistan has found a new agent in him and they are using him as a puppet.On Wednesday, asserting that his hug to Pakistan's army chief has been blown out of proportion, Sidhu targeted the BJP saying it was just a "jhappi" (hug) and "not a Rafale deal".