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Indians travel to Pak despite advisory

Unmindful of the advisory by government against going to Pakistan, scores of Indians on Saturday travelled to the neighbouring country.

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JODHPUR/NEW DELHI: Unmindful of the advisory by government against going to Pakistan, scores of Indians on Saturday travelled to the neighbouring country by Delhi-Lahore bus and Thar Express with a hope that the current chill will go and ties will improve.
     
The situation should not be allowed to worsen and Pakistani government should hand over to India the terrorists found to be involved in the Mumbai carnage, was the common refrain of passengers a day after India issued the advisory.

"Pakistan should hand over terrorists if it knows they are from Pakistan. If they cannot catch the terrorists, they should discuss it with India," said a women passenger of Thar
Express before it left the Jodhpur station for Khokrapar in Pakistan.

Over 300 passengers, including 260 Pakistanis, were onboard the Thar Express train which left the Jodhpur in Rajasthan early on Saturday. A Pakistani national said he came to India to take his relatives to Pakistan thinking that the situation has worsened. "But there is nothing like that and my people have told me that it would be wrong to leave India."

Another women traveller said people in Pakistan too should ask Islamabad to handover the people wanted by India so that both the countries can live in peace.
      
"I want all Muslims across India and Pakistan to tell the Pakistani government to handover the people wanted by India so that both the country can live in peace and ensure that Pakistan's reputation is not spoilt," she said. 

In Delhi, passengers of Delhi-Lahore bus service also felt the atmosphere should not be allowed to vitiate further. 

"We can hope that our voices are heard and people on both sides of border realise how much we have in common," a Pakistani women said before boarding the bus.
       
Another women traveller from Pakistan, Tabassum, said she could not enjoy her visit because of fresh tension between the neighbours.

"We could not enjoy the trip."

For Saood Ahmed, who is also travelling to Pakistan onboard the bus, "It is just a misunderstanding and things will hopefully get better."
 
The government yesterday advised Indian nationals to avoid travelling or being in Pakistan, fearing their persecution in the wake of media reports there that some
Indians have been accused of terrorism and arrested.

The advisory by the external affairs ministry came after media reports in Pakistan claimed that Indian nationals Satish Anand Shukla, Ram Kumar, Ram Chandar and Prakash were arrested for a bomb blast in Lahore two days back.

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