Even as Punjab Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu sent a third letter requesting permission to attend the Kartarpur Corridor inauguration on the Pakistani side, the Ministry of External Affairs today brushed the matter aside by saying that it cannot afford to focus on "individual travellers" while making preparations for a historic event of such magnitude. Mr Sidhu has sought permission to attend the November 9 event on three occasions until now, the latest letter claiming that the absence of a response to his request was "hindering" his travel plans. He was invited to the event by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was his contemporary on the cricketing field in the 1980s.
