Pakistan suspends train service to India as Kashmir dispute continues

Pakistan said on Thursday it would suspend a rail service linking it to India, as relations with its arch-rival continue to sour over the contested Kashmir region.

"We have decided to shut down Samjhauta Express," railways minister Sheikh Rasheed told a news conference on Thursday, in reference to the train running to India's capital New Delhi from the Pakistani city of Lahore. "As long as I am railways minister, Samjhauta Express can't operate".

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