Powerful IEDs recovered near LoC ahead of polling for Udhampur seat
Reports said that the IEDs were recovered near the Line of Control (LoC) in a joint search operation by the Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police.
Amid heightened tensions with India, Pakistan on Thursday suspended services of cross-border train Samjhauta Express till further order.
The train which runs between Lahore and Attari in Punjab was scheduled to depart from Lahore with 16 passengers today morning.
The train departs on Monday and Thursday from Lahore.
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Additional General Manager Pakistan Railways said the decision to suspend the train service was taken to avert any untoward incident in the wake of heightened security concerns.
According to reports, passengers are stranded at both Attari and Lahore stations as the rail service has been suspended till further notice.
It embarked on its journey from Karachi but the passengers are stuck at Lahore railway station, a report said.
Pakistan had also closed its airspace owing to escalating tensions with India.
Pakistan has stopped its domestic and international flight operations from Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Islamabad airports.
Earlier on Wednesday, three Pakistan Air Force jets violated the Indian airspace in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri sector and dropped bombs near the Indian Army post. However, they were immediately pushed back by Indian jets on air patrol.
The escalation in tension between the two countries comes in the wake of India bombing the JeM training camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 80-km from the Line of Control (LoC) early Tuesday, killing a “very large number” of terrorists, trainers and senior commanders.
In a 21-minute offensive, 12 Mirage 2000 jets carried out the strike at around 3.30 am and dropped 1000 Kg bombs on terror camps, completely destroying it and killing over 300 terrorists.
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