Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe train\u2019s scheduled journey will not take place, North\nWestern Railway\u2019s Chief Public Relations Officer Abhay Sharma told PTI. \u201cThar\nExpress rail services are being suspended till further orders by the Railways,\u201d\nSharma said in a statement. The spokesperson added that 45 people had booked\ntickets for this train to go to Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On August 9, Pakistan had announced that it discontinue\ntrain services of the Thar Express, which runs across the Rajasthan border\nlinking the two nations. However, it gave clearance for its last journey to\nKarachi, which had 165 passengers on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move comes days after India cancelled the Samjhauta\nExpress from its side. The \u201clink\u201d express train, that took passengers to Attari\nfrom where passengers could board the train to Pakistan, stands cancelled. \u201cIn\nconsequent to Pakistan\u2019s decision to cancel Samjhauta Express 14607\/14608\nrunning between Lahore and Atari\u2026 the link express train number 14001\/ 14002\nrunning between Delhi and Attari also stands cancelled,\u201d Deepak Kumar, Chief\nPublic Relations Officer of Northern Railway had said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan\u2019s Railways\nMinister Sheikh Rashid had said, \u201cAs long as I am railways minister, Samjhauta Express\nand Thar Express will not operate. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a 41-year suspension, the Thar Link Express resumed its services on February 18, 2006, connecting Jodhpur\u2019s Bhagat ki Kothi station to Karachi and running every Friday night. The services were briefly suspended on February 28 this year after the relations between the two nuclear-armed countries nosedived in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relations between India and Pakistan has become\nstrenuous after the Centre\u2019s decision to scrap the special status granted to\nJammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. As part of\ndowngrading diplomatic ties with India. Islamabad had suspended the bi-weekly\nSamjhauta train service connecting Lahore and Delhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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