Under an accord between the Indian and Pakistan railways, the Thar Express leaves Jodhpur once every week during a six-month block to cross the international border at Munabao, with the passengers picked up by a Pakistani train at Zero Point railway station in Khokhrapar for their onward journey to Karachi Cantonment.ĭuring the subsequent six months, it is the turn of the Pakistani train to cross the international border.

“So in order to avoid any untoward incident, we will send off the 200 passengers to Zero Line with a bottle of water at 11.55 p.m. “We don’t have the resources to take responsibility for the security of Indian passengers in Mirpurkhas,” he added. “From midnight tonight, we will stop the Thar Express,” Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said at a press conference in Islamabad. A divisional office spokesperson said a total of 143 passengers had booked their seats till Friday evening and the booking was open till 10 p.m., about three hours before the train’s departure. Officials at the North-West Railway divisional office in Jodhpur said Friday’s train had not been cancelled and was scheduled to depart after midnight.

The train leaves Bhagat Ki Kothi station for Munabao in Barmer district every Friday night.

The announcement was made in Islamabad on Friday, a day after Pakistan stopped the Samjhauta Express as part of its moves to downgrade bilateral ties following India’s revocation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Uncertainty loomed large over the Thar Express weekly train to Karachi - scheduled to depart from Jodhpur’s Bhagat Ki Kothi station late Friday night - following the Pakistan Railway Minister’s announcement that the service was being halted.

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