Lahore, Amritsar trial bus to run today
ISLAMABAD—Amritsar-Lahore bus service will start from India side on
December 11 while a bus from Pakistan will leave for India on December
13. According to details India has announced that a trial bus service
between India and Pakistan is being started which will connect Punjab
province of the two countries.
The bus service was going to started in October but due to the devasting
earthquake it was delayed. Both the countries started first service
between Lahore and new Delhi in 1999 but after an alleged attack on
Indian Parliament in 2001 it was stopped. The bus service was again
started in 2003. A second bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad
was started in this year.
According to a statement to a Indian External Ministry, the fourth bus
service will be started in on December 21 which will links Sikhs
religious place Nankana Sahib with Amritsar. On the other hand, Federal
Minister for Railways, Shamim Haider has said that Khokrapar-Monabao
train service is being started from January 8.—Online |
