LAHORE: After almost a week’s delay, Samjhota Express left for Delhi with more than 190 passengers on-board, TheNewsTribe.com reported.
The express was not allowed to cross the border for the past week as Indian authorities turned it back twice in the last week due to ongoing protests by farmers in Punjab.
The Indian railways informed Pakistani authorities concerned that the train is vulnerable to attacks on its way as agitated farmers have resorted to protests.
At least 200 to 300 people travel between the two countries twice in a week however, the number surges when Sikh pilgrimage nears.
Earlier on October 13, at least 14 passengers reached Pakistan on ‘Dosti Bus’ service that runs from Delhi to Lahore and back.
The Pakistani High Commission (HC) had said that efforts were being made to renew expiring passports of the stranded Pakistanis in Delhi due to suspension of the train.
The total number of Pakistanis stranded in Delhi was 35 before 14 were transported using friendship bus service. As many as 86 Indian nationals had crossed Wagah-Attari border on foot on Tuesday.
The Indians were shifted to Wagah border from Lahore Railways Station. The affected travelers included 25 women and ten children.
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