04
March
Samjhauta Express services resumed
Samjhauta Express train services resumed, train leaves from Delhi to Pakistan on Sunday after both nations agreed to restart services at their ends. The announcement came a day after Pakistan released Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.
Pakistan had cancelled its services right after an air strike by the Indian Air Force, India cancelled the operations of the Samjhauta Express on February 28. The Railway Board in an order had said all operations of the Attari Special Express, Delhi-Attari-Delhi, which together with the Pakistani line from Wagah-Lahore is known as the Samjhauta or Friendship Express, will remain cancelled.
The train will started running from the Indian side on March 3, while on the Pakistan side it will leave Lahore on March 4 for its return journey
