Phagwara, May 03: Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) today welcomed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiatives with Pakistan saying it will normalise relations between the two countries. "The rail and road services between the two countries should also be restored at the earliest, the Wagah border opened, a sub-office for granting visas to Sikh pilgrims be set up at Wagah and full jathas of Sikhs should be allowed to visit the shrine in Pakistan," a statement quoting SAD (A) president Simaranjit Singh Mann said here. He said the opening of road and rail links will benefit all -- Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus.

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