Samjhauta Express suspended in wake of soaring Pak-India tensions
Last updated on: 28 February,2019 11:15 am
The passengers who came from India are facing problems in traveling back.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Samjhauta Express train service from Pakistan to India has been suspended till next order in a wake of escalating tensions between the both countries.
The passengers who came from India are facing problems in traveling back. They have also advised Indian government to handle the situation with peace talks.
The train connecting Lahore in Pakistan and Atari and Delhi in India was scheduled to depart on February 28 at 8 am but it was cancelled.
The suspension came day after Pakistan Air Force (PAF) destroyed two Indian fighter jets in a response to Indian Line of Control (LoC) violation.
The wreckage of one aircraft fell in Central Kashmir’s Budgam while the other’s in Pakistan territory. Two of the pilots were also killed in the incident.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor said Pakistan Air Force engaged six targets from across the Line of Control in Occupied Kashmir. He said that one Indian pilot identified as Abhinandan was also arrested. Tensions between Pakistan and India have been escalated since a suicide attack in occupied Kashmir killed 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers.
The attack saw explosives packed inside a van rip through buses in a convoy of 78 vehicles carrying some 2,500 members of the paramilitary CRPF.