The annual festival is scheduled to be held from April 10 to 19, with pilgrims expected to visit key Sikh religious sites across Pakistan.
The move reflects Islamabad's efforts to facilitate religious travel and promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, despite broader bilateral tensions.
Baisakhi, one of the most significant festivals in the Sikh calendar, marks the formation of the Khalsa and draws devotees from across the world, particularly to gurdwaras in Pakistan’s Punjab province, including Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak.
Official sources noted that the issuance of visas is part of the existing bilateral framework aimed at enabling religious pilgrimages and maintaining cultural linkages between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan has issued over 2,800 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to attend the annual Baisakhi festival this month, its High Commission in New Delhi said on Tuesday, in a gesture of religious diplomacy amid strained ties between the two countries.
Baisakhi, celebrated every year in mid-April, marks the founding of the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 and is one of the most important religious festivals for Sikhs. The Khalsa refers to the Sikh community formally initiated into the faith through a distinct religious code.
Thousands of devotees from around the world travel to Pakistan during this period to visit sacred sites, including Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
“On the occasion of the Baisakhi festival, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued visas to more than 2,800 pilgrims from India, so that they can participate in the annual festival to be held in Pakistan from April 10 to 19, 2026,” the mission said in a post written in Hindi on social media platform X.