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In India, all citizens would have to apply at the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar, which was the designated authority to evaluate applications, verify identities and issue entry permits. [3] As of 25 September 2019 all transport routes have been closed between India and Pakistan after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. [3]
The Delhi–Lahore Bus, officially known as Sada-e-Sarhad (Translation: Call of the Frontier, Hindi: सदा ए सरहद; Urdu: صدائے سرحد), [1] is a passenger bus service connecting the Indian capital of New Delhi, Delhi with the city of Lahore, Pakistan via the border transit post at Wagah near Attari.
The Thar Express (Hindi: थार एक्सप्रेस, Urdu: تھر ایکسپریس, Rajasthani: थार एक्सप्रेस, Sindhi: ٿر ايڪسپريس) was an international passenger train that ran between the Bhagat Ki Kothi a suburban area of Jodhpur in the Indian State of Rajasthan and Karachi Cantonment of Karachi in the Pakistani Province of Sindh.
An earlier train ran between Amritsar and Lahore and vice versa and carried 8,239 persons from India to Pakistan and 10,360 from Pakistan to India from 28 October 1954 to 30 November 1954. [3] Samjhauta Express was a daily train when the service started in 1976 and changed to a twice-weekly schedule in 1994.
This is on par with Karachi, Pakistan's economic hub, with Lahore (having half the population) fostering an economy that is 51% of the size of Karachi's ($78 billion in 2008). [180] It is estimated that Lahore contributes 11.5% to the national economy, and 19% to the provincial economy of Punjab. [ 181 ]
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed the Multan–Lahore–Amritsar line in 1865. [1] The Amritsar–Attari section was completed on the route to Lahore in 1862. [2] The 78 km (48 mi)-long Amritsar–Khem Karan railway line runs through Tarn Taran and Patti. A 54 km (34 mi)-long line links Amritsar to Dera Baba Nanak on the bank of the ...
The independence in 1947 was a traumatic event, and a significant portion of this community had to leave India. After the independence of Pakistan, a large number of these traders migrated to Lahore and Karachi. A few numbers of these traders migrated to Mecca and Medina and are usually referred to by the surname, “Aldehlawi”.
Farooqabad (Urdu: فارُوق آباد), which was known as Chuhar Kana until 1983, is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan.It is situated along the twin canals (Qadirabad Balloki Link Canal and Upper Gogera Branch Canal) about 55 km west of Lahore on Sargodha Road along Lahore-Islamabad M-2 Motorway and on Lahore-Faisalabad-Karachi Main Railway Line.