Umarkot is home to Shri Shiv Mandir, which is considered one of the oldest Hindu temples in Sindh. Some people believe it was constructed more than 2,000 years ago. There are also numerous abandoned Jain temples in Nagarparkar, which has a large Hindu population.

He said there were scores of Hindus and Jains who wanted to visit the religious sites in Sindh.

A spokesperson for the Sindh government confirmed to PTI that Tourism Minister Shah had discussed this possibility with his department officials. “Zulfiqar Ali Shah mentioned this in a speech in Dubai yesterday since he has talked about it with his departmental officials. But nothing is final as yet as obviously this is also a federal government matter,” the spokesperson said.

For the religious tourists’ facilitation, Shah also proposed to commence a weekly flight from India to Sukkur or Larkana as well.

The Pakistan and Indian governments had until August 2019 run a train service, The Thar Express, that connected the border towns of Munabao in Rajasthan to Khokhrapar in Sindh province.

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Courtesy: Press Trust of India.