Pakistan should approach saudia and UAE to get their support for Kashmir issue and if saudia and UAE don't respond in favor of Pakistan then all Pakistani forces officers serving or retired should be called back to Pakistan as a protest for nonsupport from saudia and uae

Why separate families?

Priorities are really misplaced when you end up ruining family life of your own citizens

@Rakrl, already UAE told it's internal matter to India

@Rakrl, Good suggestion.

The Samjhauta Express does not offer ANY benefit to India. They don't really care if Pakistan terminates the service. On the other hand, Pakistanis wishing to travel to India and back were benefitted. Indians who have Pakistani relatives will have to fly to and fro. It is a tually really good that all relations are terminated between Pakistan and India. Please do it permanently. That way there will be no animosity, or toxicity between these two countries. Both can live peacefully WITHOUT each other!

I don't think it is going to benefit Pakistan in any way. At least separated Muslim Families can visit each others including Kashmiri brothers.

Deluded Decision, No logic & rational behind this act. This action will not do any harm to India, it divides relations & families.

@Rakrl, UAE already supported India on the issue.

The world will probably support India more than Pakistan, not because India is correct but, because India is a larger market for export. The Muslim world may support only if Pakistan gives something in return. Which in my opinion is nothing less than blackmail. Saudi Arabia did it in the time of Zia.

Why not ban flights. Why only common man have to suffer.

Ask all Muslim country to send back Indian employees

@Enlightened One, Exactly all relations should be terminated between Pakistan and India. Please do it permanently to enable peace for ever..

What will Pak achieve with this?

@Rakrl, what nonsense them to will send remittances, the economy is already in doldrums, suadi and UAE will have no problems if they leave, don't live in fool's paradise

Pakistan’s damaging its own image

I liked the last photo; happy people, rare to find nowadays!

@Rakrl,- are you serious? Do you think the billions of dollars received from these countries are for free?

This is sad news for north indian Muslims from Mumbai and Dilli as it heart only Muslims in India. This action won't feel anything for government.

The leaders of the region are not serving the humanity. History will remember these rulers as the enemy of own people who are already deprived.

Heart touching images, particularly the first one. Thanks Dawn.

Pakistan should continue Shamjhota express

What was the mistake of our people who has relatives in India? What they have to do with Kashmir? Why are we penalizing them? Is it going change India's action in Kashmir? Kashmiris use Samjhauta Express for crossing border? I don't understand the logic.

The sheer ignorance and arrogance of the Indian BJP government!!

Pakistan needs to launch a global initiative on Kashmir!

Samjhota Express was in favor of Pakistan 95% and 5% in India’s favor.

Cutting the nose to spite the face.

It is heartbreaking to see these pictures. Was it necessary to stop this train and hurt common people, most of whom are muslims on both sides?

@Rakrl, sir, they are paying money for it.

A very poor and antipeople decision. If anything it is hurting Muslims on both sides of the border.

We going to have a North/South Korea type relation now on.

@Babu, What will India achieve from this aggression?

@asif It is your ignorance that you don't know which government suspended the train service. For sure people on the both side of the border will be impacted by this.

@khalida, Why separate families? Indian action in IOK ,is why.

@patriot, India is downgraded status, until IOK is resolved.

The indian families will be cursing BJP.

A loss for pakistan. more than 85 percent of samjhota express passengers are muslims. there are no relatives of Hindus in pakistan

The travel b/w two countries is almost 100% by muslims why make them suffer???

Pakistan has misplaced priorities. 1. By cancelling thar express and samjhauta express, they are just punishing their own citizen. It has very minute effect on India. 2. Cutting trade ties with India, again same we are just shooting at our foot. 3.2 % of our global trade was with India. 3. With the kind of relationship it has with China, changes are that it is gonna end up in debt with China like Srilanka. There is no backing out then. Pakistan better start focusing on it's internal matters building back the economy, cutting off funds to the terror organization (when ex pm himself talks about it we have problems on the ground),save itsef from being blacklisted without help of china. The stuff Pakistan does not only hurts it's image but also hurts every Pakistani across the globe.

Pakistan has lost on the front of foreign affairs. As Nawaz and Zardari never did anything to maintain better ties with foreign countries. Muslim countries are ruled by Muslims but they are more truthful to Indians, because of their better foreign policies.the irony is Indians are all over the Middle East & Arabs feel pleased to serve them. They can deport Pakistanis but not Indians.

Great decision! India is not worth this connectivity. We are much better when we have no contact with Indians.

Politics apart, it touches a chord to see divided families parting, not knowing if they will ever meet again.

@khalida, I agree let them live in Pakistan...the land of the pure.

@Singh.ra, Absolutely not

@Ali Sher, I agree

@Mhmd, Good Observation

@Rakrl, great suggestion. Why can’t Pakistan call back all expatriate from Saudi and UAE.

@Rakrl Nice suggestion!!! Good for the foreign currency reserves!!!!!

Unfortunate..

Many Pakistanis will get stuck in India. And may end up in jail due to visa expiring.

@Mhmd, Agree

@Uncle Funky, who will play North?

heart touching photos

Situation will change.... That's the history teaches us....

@Neighbor , that’s a lie. UAe told PMIK that this is seriously issue

So many Indians must be wishing their respective nationwas independent like Pakistan as well. Seeing peace in Pakistan and brutal oppression in IOK and in India, the stark difference is bringing the point home.

@Azam Kadeer , none of the middle east country will be able to run without Indian Doctor and IT specialist.The recruit Indian people not because Indian need job .Their economy will not run smoothly without Indian.

@Rakrl, We are looking to fix things not to spoil them further. Are you an indian giving such ideas

@AG, I do not think so read news

By banning this train service, who is Pakistan penalizing? Do they even think about it?

@Nick NY, How ???? Suggestions please

@Zak, who downgraded India?

Heart wrenching photos !

Suspending the train service is just short term political theatrics - in fact extreme Hindu nationalists like the ones who bombed in the train service in the past must be overjoyed

Is not it human right violation.

@Sadia, I agree.

@khalida, I agree

Look who is suffering. It is the poor Muslim families having relatives on both sides... Is that your intention?

@Rakrl, Mr. Rakrl, No expectation from Saudi Arabia and UAE.

@A shah, well said , righteous are never popular.

@Iftikhar Khan, I wonder what happened to the Hindus. We also had relatives in Punjab and Sind.

@Rakrl, I agree.

Very bad decision by PTI government.

BJP took bad decision to abolish Kashmir status. But PTI did even worse.

Sad pictures. This is a very poor decision. People who can’t afford to go to Europe or America for specialized medical treatments and tibbi maina go to India by this train. They don’t have the money that some of our Syasatdaan’s have. Could someone let them know that this decision hurts the Kashmiri’s and the general Awam in our own country.

It's mostly Pakistani Muslims who got affected.

How is suspending train services helping our cause. The common person suffers because of this and they have nothing to do with Article 370 abrogation.

All ties with India should be cut, with train services terminated permanently. We don’t need any relations with India as they’re proven to be back stagers and liars.

Who is the looser here?

@Javed Ali, i agree

Very good decision.

@Naxalite, What aggression?

@Rakrl, Keep on Dreaming.