Ravi Shankar will enter Lahore through the Wagah border on March 12 and proceed to Islamabad and Karachi.
"If we spend one-tenth of what we have spent on conflict, we could create a much more prosperous South Asia, where no one knows the gun, no one suffers from disease and no one cries for life," the spiritual leader said in a statement here today.
Emphasising the need for people-to-people contact between the two countries and urging the youth to commit themselves to the creation of a non-violent and harmonious South Asia, he said, "We have spent a lot on conflicts, on escalating conflicts and on destruction of life and environment. Now we have to work towards making peace."
Besides visiting places of religious significance, including the Badshahi mosque, Ravi Shankar will be inaugurating an Art of Living centre in the presence of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's advisor Dr Paul Bhatti.
The spiritual leader will also hold talks with business leaders, academicians, spiritual leaders, student organisations and opinion leaders.
During his last visit to Pakistan in July 2004, Sri Sri had inaugurated Art of Living's stress elimination programmes as well as humanitarian service initiatives.
The foundation has also been involved in relief efforts in the Swat valley, and collection and distribution of relief material and raising funds for rebuilding of schools (in partnership with Rotary International) for the 2008 Quetta earthquake relief.
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