Closure of bus service: Pak govt put on notice

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has put top federal officials on notice over the closure of the Pak-Afghan Ittehad Bus Service.

Based on a writ petition against the closure of the bus service, the court issued notices to federal secretaries of communications and state and frontier regions.

On Tuesday, a two-member PHC bench comprising Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Ikramullah Khan directed the secretaries to explain why the bus service had been closed.

The Pak-Afghan Ittehad Bus Service management filed the petition through Sajeed Afridi. The lawyer submitted the bus service had been launched to facilitate the peoples of the two countries.

But one year back, the lawyer said, the bus service was closed on the directives of the Ministry of Interior. He claimed people were facing travel difficulties after the closure of the service.

He requested the court to issue directives to the Ministry of Interior for the re-opening of the bus service.

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