SRINAGAR : There will be no Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar to Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), today as drug row deepened further. Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a driver after drugs worth Rs 100 crore were seized from a truck which had arrived here on January 18 from PoK.
However, the PoK authorities demanded release of the truck and driver. They announced cancelation of the bus service, official sources said.
They said during a meeting between representatives of both sides yesterday, the PoK has also announced suspension of the bus service till the row is resolved. The weekly bus run today was cancelled and residents, who were scheduled to undertake cross Line of Control (LoC) travel were informed, sources said.
The service was started on April 7,2005 when Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh flagged off first bus from here for Muzaffarabad despite threat by militants.
The bus service has helped thousands of families, divided in 1947 due to partition, to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of separated families on ‘Travel Permit’ instead of International Passports. However, it was also agreed that travel permit will be allowed to any person after intelligence agencies of both the countries clear his or her name.
(AGENCIES)
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