SRINAGAR : The Karvan-e-Aman bus service, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), was today suspended due to International Workers’ day.
“We received a communication from PoK authorities that the bus service be suspended today due to International Workers’ day holiday there,” an official source said.
Those scheduled to travel in the bus today, have been informed after India and Pakistan agreed to cancel the bus today, they added.
The bus service, major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) between India and Pakistan after 1999 Kargil war, continued despite unrest in Kashmir in 2016 and tension on the LoC, due to ceasefire violation and the surgical strike by Indian troops in the PoK.
The cross-LoC bus service, started on April 7, 2005 despite opposition by militant organisations, has helped thousands of families, divided in 1947 due to partition, to meet each other after India and Pakistan agreed to allow travel of state subjects from both sides on travel permits, instead of international passport.
However, travel permit is issued to citizens from both sides of the LoC only after their names are cleared by the intelligence agencies from India and Pakistan. (AGENCIES)
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